Come Early Morning (2006)

A 30-something southern woman searches for love, despite the burdens she carries with her.

Director:

Joey Lauren Adams

Writer:

Joey Lauren Adams

Stars:

Ashley Judd, Jeffrey Donovan, Tim Blake Nelson

2 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ashley Judd	...	Lucille Fowler
Jason T. Davis	...	Motel Man
Richard Lee Crow	...	Motel Clerk
Laura Prepon	...	Kim
Christine Renee Ward	...	Sue (as Christy Ward)
Candyce Hinkle	...	Doll
Scott Wilson	...	Lowell Fowler
Tim Blake Nelson	...	Uncle Tim
Pat Corley	...	Papa
Diane Ladd	...	Nana
Wally Welch	...	Eli
Ritchie Montgomery	...	Bob
Jeffrey Donovan	...	Cal, Cal Percell
Rick Dial	...	Mike
Nancy Wilder	...	Michelle (as Nancy Ellen Mills)

Storyline

The sins of the fathers. In a town near Little Rock, Lucy Fowler works hard for a construction firm; on weekends she drinks, goes home with someone, and come early morning, wakes and leaves as fast as she can. She cares a lot about her father, newly back in town, a painfully shy man who has nothing to say to her. She does go to a Holy Roller church with him about the same time that she starts, fitfully, a relationship with Cal Percell, new in town and a good guy. She kisses him sober, but still has demons to confront. What's the source of her careless ways; can she turn coal into a diamond?

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Plot Keywords:

banging one's fist on a table | watching tv | woman fights a woman | woman | church | 

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Taglines:

Before you fall in love, you need to love yourself.

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language and some sexual situations

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 August 2007 (Brazil)

Also Known As:

A Cada Manhã

Filming Locations:

Arkansas, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$6,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$50,160, 12 November 2006, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$119,452, 2 January 2007

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bold Films, Firm Films, Holly Wiersma Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Several scenes were filmed in Joey Lauren Adams's maternal grandmother's house in North Little Rock. Her grandmother temporarily relocated to allow for filming.

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Goofs

The jukebox Lucy picks up sits in the back of the pick-up truck for most of the movie because she doesn't know what she is going to do with it. After her breakdown, she goes back to apologize to her father for her drunken outrage the night before and when she pulls up, the jukebox is missing from the back of her truck - it's easy to tell as the jukebox is higher than the cab of her pick-up. In the next scene, when she goes to visit Cal, the jukebox is back on her pick-up truck.

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Quotes

Lucy Fowler: It's like grapefruit, right? It's real nice and stuff and people love it, but when they're done, what's left over is pretty ugly.

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Connections

References The Andy Griffith Show (1960)

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Soundtracks

YA GOTTA LET ME KNOW
Written & Performed by Alan Brewer
Published by KaDaLaNa Music (ASCAP)
Courtesy of BME/Brewman Music & Entertainment

User Reviews

"A Gut Wrenching and Powerful Ashley Judd Performance"

COME EARLY MORNING is not only a marvelous Joey Lauren Adams film, but is something which an audience can empathize with in watching the sun's rays fall upon Ashley Judd as she wakes up next to a man that she has long forgotten from the night before. With early morning, the film is about facing your demons and the truth about yourself and your past.

Ms. Judd nails her character to a "T" and the supporting cast is really wonderful in bringing out her past and more importantly, about what she has attempted to accomplish in her young life in a male world. The film is painful, and yet also joyous, in watching the journey which Judd has taken in gaining self worth, and happiness. The last scene is rich and memorable for a film heavy with pathos, pain and anger.

COME EARLY MORNING brings Ashley Judd front and center in her career as an important and talented actress in American cinema.