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Release Date:
January 1, 2006
Original Title:
Pope Dreams
Genres:
Drama | Romance
Production Companies:
Pescadito Productions
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 106
In the vein of Good Will Hunting and Garden State, POPE DREAMS is a coming of age tale about a young man at a crossroads in life. Filled with heart, music, life, and loss. And a set of drums. Oh, and the Pope. POPE DREAMS is about a directionless nineteen-year old boy, Andy Venable, who works for his hard-case dad in a store warehouse during the day and plays drums in a loud heavy-metal band at night. His only clear goal at the moment is to get his sick mother, a devout Catholic, to meet the Pope before she dies. While he's busy with that, he falls for a girl who's totally out of his league and gets discovered by two Broadway producers for a musical talent that just might be his true calling. Andy's a dreamer. But dreaming is easy. It's reality that's hard.
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Art Direction:
Chris Minkel
Casting:
Carey DiPietro
Cinematography:
John Ealer
Costume Design:
Carol H. Beule
Director:
Patrick Hogan
Editor:
Mae Edwards
Executive Producer:
Steve Loh
Line Producer:
Ryan Mintz
Original Music Composer:
Joel J. Richard
Producer:
Steve Loh
Production Design:
Nicolas Plotquin
Set Decoration:
Kristina Fuangkasae
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