Spinning Into Butter (2007)

A hate crime on the campus of a New England college puts the school's dean in a position where she has to examine her own feelings about race and prejudice, while maintaining her administration's politically correct policies.

Director:

Mark Brokaw

Writers:

Doug Atchison, Rebecca Gilman (play)

Stars:

Sarah Jessica Parker, Miranda Richardson, Victor Rasuk

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Sarah Jessica Parker	...	Sarah Daniels
Miranda Richardson	...	Dean Catherine Kenney
Victor Rasuk	...	Patrick Chibas
Jake M. Smith	...	Jason
Becky Ann Baker	...	Ruby
Daniel Eric Gold	...	Nathan
Richard Riehle	...	Paul Meyers
Paul James	...	Simon Brick
Beau Bridges	...	Dean Burton Strauss
Peter Friedman	...	Jay Salter
Jessi Campbell	...	Lindsey
Emma Myles	...	Anika
Enver Gjokaj	...	Greg Sullivan
DeWanda Wise	...	Claudia Thompson
Jimonn Cole	...	Tyler Hogan

Storyline

Sarah Daniels taught in a Lancaster school and developed deep prejudice against minorities, especially blacks. She decided to re-locate to Belmont, Vermont with the hopes that it will be 'all white', and gets hired in Belmont College. She does not disclose her past to anyone, but when an African-American student, Simon Brick, becomes the victim of hate crime, she soon realizes that not only will her past return to haunt her, she will be expected to be the liaison person for the minorities, as well as be asked to prepare a 10-point bullet-ed list to resolve racism.

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Plot Keywords:

minority | college | vermont | african american | campus | 

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Taglines:

I sacrificed for you people!

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Genres:

Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 March 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

Um Crime Racial

Filming Locations:

Brooklyn College, City University of New York, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$5,534, 29 March 2009

Gross USA:

$8,064

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$8,064

Company Credits

Production Co:

Whitsett Hill Films, Norman Twain Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Features Little Black Sambo (1935)

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Soundtracks

American Pie
Written by Ryan Howe and Mark Davis
Performed by Madd Flo and Richard Stites
Produced by Ryan Howe and Mark Davis
Played as theme song during end credit role

User Reviews

Plastic facade...

You know, there could have been a decent story here, but so many "isms" and trite dialog (like a very bad David Mamet play "Oleanna" about sex discrimination....very trite and pointless. Forced dialog that NEVER occurs in real life does not a film make.

Beau Bridges as Dean of a Vermont college, reciting the story of "Little Black Sambo"?.....it doesn't ring true and SJP while sometimes good, overdoes the fake agenda here...:"I used to be a decent person, then avoided black men on the subway".... Have we regressed yet again to 1970?.

The final hour of this film is simply awful for anyone with an I.Q. who has lived or worked in a city, any city in a real world. Frankly, I am tired of SJP and that "Carrie Bradshaw" is representative of NY women who are caring, open, emotional, but get hurt when they wear their heart on their sleeve. Trite and awful. The audience deserves better.