Main Street (2010)

Several residents of a small Southern city whose lives are changed by the arrival of a stranger with a controversial plan to save their decaying hometown. In the midst of today's ... See full summary »

Director:

John Doyle

Writer:

Horton Foote

Stars:

Colin Firth, Ellen Burstyn, Patricia Clarkson

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Colin Firth	...	Gus Leroy
Ellen Burstyn	...	Georgiana Carr
Patricia Clarkson	...	Willa Jenkins
Orlando Bloom	...	Harris Parker
Amber Tamblyn	...	Mary Saunders
Margo Martindale	...	Myrtle Parker
Andrew McCarthy	...	Howard Mercer
Victoria Clark	...	Miriam
Isiah Whitlock Jr.	...	Mayor
Tom Wopat	...	Frank
Viktor Hernandez	...	Estaquio
Juan Piedrahita	...	Jose (as Juan Carlos Piedrahita)
Thomas Upchurch	...	Trooper Williams
Reid Dalton	...	Crosby Gage
Amy da Luz	...	Rita

Storyline

Several residents of a small Southern city whose lives are changed by the arrival of a stranger with a controversial plan to save their decaying hometown. In the midst of today's challenging times, each of the colorful citizens of this close-knit North Carolina community, will search for ways to reinvent themselves, their relationships and the very heart of their neighborhood.

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Plot Keywords:

durham north carolina

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Taglines:

An offer too good to be true... it just might be

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Genres:

Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for mild thematic elements, brief language and smoking

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 July 2012 (Kuwait)

Also Known As:

Bom Demais Pra Ser Verdade

Filming Locations:

Durham, North Carolina, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$1,553 (USA) (9 September 2011)

Gross:

$1,553 (USA) (9 September 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

1984 Private Defense Contractors, Annapurna Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ellen Burstyn's character, "Georgiana Carr," bears the last name of an actual Durham, N.C., family that was prominent in the tobacco business. The large portrait in her house, showing a uniformed man with a big white mustache, is a picture of Julian Shakespeare Carr (1845-1924), one of Durham's earliest tobacco magnates, who was involved in a variety of other business enterprises and was a highly regarded philanthropist. The portrait normally resides in the North Carolina Collection of the Durham County Public Library.

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Goofs

While Mary and her mother are talking in her bedroom, her mother's hair changes position - alternately behind and in front of her ear.

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Quotes

Harris Parker: This city like many in America, has come to a rough moment in its history. A city after all is just a collection of houses and buildings, hopes and dreams that depend on the fortune and determination and fate of its residents. The future, uncertain at best can be fearful or full of promise. It's all in how you see it..."

User Reviews

Good actors in a B movie - not much of a storyline

I watched to the end, so it wasn't "that bad", as I saw the movie on a DVD at home and could have turned it off at any time. But that much said, it barely crossed my personal limit for "tolerable". The storyline is pretty dull and nothing can "fix" this. When you start with an uninteresting story, you get an uninteresting movie. I have no idea what Colin Firth was thinking to accept this part. I chose the movie because I figured he was a star and would surely only appear in a solidly good movie. I was wrong! Perhaps he thought it would be a challenge for him to play a character who is a Texan and felt this would give him a chance to break into being offered also roles for characters who are supposed to speak with American accents. He did quite well in terms of portraying a Texan, but that hardly compensated for a lack of an interesting plot.