The Supermarket (2009)

To the young people of Ellington the Supermarket was many different things. Another home, a place they'd known as long as they can remember. A one-of-a-kind place to work, build friendships... See full summary »

Director:

Timothy Norman

Writer:

Timothy Norman

Stars:

Matt Jenkins, Bob Ondek, Pat Tanner

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Matt Jenkins	...	Jenkins
Bob Ondek	...	Bob
Pat Tanner	...	Pat
Brian Madore	...	Madore / Angry Meat Worker
Carolyne Burgess	...	Deirdre Boyle
Ed Reed	...	Timmy (as Ed Reed IV)
Joe Zethner	...	Joe Boyle
Randy Paradis	...	Bill - Grocery Manager
Monica Banta	...	Monica - Meat Manager
Pdoug Nadeau	...	Newman - Grocery
Mike Norman	...	Mike - Grocery
Matt Duckett	...	Duckett - Bakery
Chris Nash	...	Kilroy - Produce
Kristen Savage	...	Kristen - Cashier
Erika Keith	...	Erika - Cashier

Storyline

To the young people of Ellington the Supermarket was many different things. Another home, a place they'd known as long as they can remember. A one-of-a-kind place to work, build friendships and have as much fun as possible without getting caught. The heart of their town, a farming community with more cows than people and the last outpost for Rockwell's America. But this summer Ellington, the Supermarket, and the young people who cared for it the most will grow up. A modern day Capraesque tale about growing into adulthood in small town USA, 'The Supermarket' is a story of laughter, love, old rivalries, coming home for the summer, barely functional cars, small triumphs and tragic loss, late-night lawbreaking, fearing the future, food fights, standing together, and finding your place in the world.

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Plot Keywords:

supermarket | summer | friendship | cow | community | 

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Taglines:

This summer watch small town America grow up

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

MySpace page

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2009 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Ellington, Connecticut, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lone Knight Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

116 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Mike Norman's story about Kool-Aid the crack head was unscripted. Mike's younger brother and director Timothy Norman simply told him to tell Matt Jenkins about what had actually happened to him that day.

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Quotes

Mike: This is the Wall of Honor. I can only hope, one day when I leave, I'll be put on here.
[writes Joe's name on the Wall]
Mike: It's been a pleasure working with you.

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Crazy Credits

Every supporting character's name is followed by a parenthetical note of their department within the Supermarket. Following Tom Schall's credit as "Hobo" is the department tag of "(United Bums Local 501)."

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Connections

References Beowulf (2007)

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Soundtracks

"Thrown Out (Instrumental Version)"
Written and Performed by Three Day Threshold

User Reviews

A very excellent movie

I live in Ellington, and have seen The Supermarket many times. For a low-budget film, it is surprisingly well done. It is a very funny movie as well. Tim Norman knows how to make a comedy-drama film, and I only hope he can make more.

Ellington Supermarket was a part of my life. My parents shopped there, it was where we would go every Friday to buy our groceries. When it closed, it was like it created a little hole in my heart that remained unoccupied until this film came along to preserve its memory. Ellington Supermarket will never truly be gone, as long as this film is around to memorialize it.