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Synopsis
Novelist and screenwriter Peter Hedges makes his directorial debut with the comedy drama Pieces of April. Family outcast April Burns (Katie Holmes) lives in a beat-up apartment in New York's Lower East Side with her boyfriend, Bobby (Derek Luke). In order to spend some time with her dying mother, Joy (Patricia Clarkson), April invites her conservative suburban family to her place for a Thanksgiving feast. She discovers that her oven is broken the morning of the big day, so she goes around her tenement building trying to find a sympathetic neighbor with a working oven. Though she doesn't know them, neighbors Eugene (Isiah Whitlock) and Evette (Lillias White) offer the use of their oven, but only for an hour. While she frantically tries to complete the meal, the family drives in from Pennsylvania sharing less-than-pleasant opinions about April's lifestyle. Dad Jim (Oliver Platt) tries to think positively, while daughter Beth (Alison Pill) flaunts her good-girl status and son Timmy (John Gallagher Jr.) captures it all on film. Shot with digital video, Pieces of April is a project of the Independent Film Channel's InDigEnt production company. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide

Cast

Patricia Clarkson Joy Burns
Alice Drummond Grandma Dottie
Oliver Platt Jim Burns
Lillias White Evette
Isiah Whitlock, Jr. Eugene
Katie Holmes April Burns
Sean Hayes Wayne
Alison Pill Beth Burns
Sisqo Latrell
Derek Luke Bobby
John Gallagher, Jr. Timmy Burns

Production Crew

Dianne Dreyer Associate Producer
Bernie Telsey Casting
David Vaccari Casting
Will Cantler Casting
Tami Reiker Cinematographer
Lucille Masone Smith Co-producer
Lucy Barzun Co-producer
Stephin Merritt Composer (Music Score)
Laura Bauer Costume Designer
Laura Cunningham-Bauer Costume Designer
Peter Hedges Director
Mark Livolsi Editor
Caroline Kaplan Executive Producer
John Sloss Executive Producer
Jonathan Sehring Executive Producer
Vebe Borge First Assistant Director
Alexis Alexanian Producer
Gary Winick Producer
Holly Becker Producer
John Lyons Producer
Rick Butler Production Designer
Peter Hedges Screenwriter
Aaron Rudelson Sound/Sound Designer
Year: 2003
Runtime: 80
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: PG13
for language, sensuality, drug content and images of nudity
Category: Feature

Genre
Comedy Drama

Produced by
InDigEnt
Kalkaska Productions

Release
October 17, 2003 (USA - Limited)
by IFC Films
United Artists

Awards
2003 - Audience Award for New Director - Chicago International Film Festival
2003 - Best Supporting Actress - National Board of Review
2003 - John Cassavetes Award - Independent Spirit Award
2003 - Special Recognition for Excellence in Filmmaking - National Board of Review
2003 - Audience Award - Chicago International Film Festival
2003 - John Cassavetes Award - Independent Spirit Awards