Tag: peter hedges

The Odd Life Of Timothy Green Script

Script by:Peter Hedges (Screenplay)
Directed by:Peter Hedges
Year:2012
IMDb:tt1462769

Plot:A childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon, a child is born, though Timothy Green is not all that he appears.
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Ben Is Back Script

Script by:Peter Hedges (Writer)
Directed by:Peter Hedges
Year:2018
IMDb:tt7545524

Plot:19-year-old Ben Burns unexpectedly returns home to his family's suburban home on Christmas Eve morning. Ben's mother, Holly, is relieved and welcoming but wary of her son staying clean. Over a turbulent 24 hours, new truths are revealed, and a mother's undying love for her son is tested as she does everything in her power to keep him safe.
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A Map Of The World Script

Script by:Peter Hedges (Screenplay), Jane Hamilton (Novel), Polly Platt (Screenplay)
Directed by:Scott Elliott
Year:1999
IMDb:tt0160513

Plot:School nurse Alice Goodwin lives with her husband and two daughters on a dairy farm in a small Wisconsin community. After an accident on her property involving a friend's child, the town turns against her and Alice finds herself fighting charges of child abuse.
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Pieces of April Script

Script by:Peter Hedges (Screenplay)
Directed by:Peter Hedges
Year:2003
IMDb:tt0311648

Plot:Quirky and rebellious April Burns lives with her boyfriend in a low-rent New York City apartment miles away from her emotionally distant family. But when she discovers that her mother has a fatal form of breast cancer, she invites the clan to her place for Thanksgiving. While her father struggles to drive her family into the city, April -- an inexperienced cook -- runs into kitchen trouble and must ask a neighbor for help.
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Dan in Real Life Script

Script by:Peter Hedges (Screenplay), Pierce Gardner (Screenplay)
Directed by:Peter Hedges
Year:2007
IMDb:tt0480242

Plot:Advice columnist, Dan Burns is an expert on relationships, but somehow struggles to succeed as a brother, a son and a single parent to three precocious daughters. Things get even more complicated when Dan finds out that the woman he falls in love with is actually his brother's new girlfriend.
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What’s Eating Gilbert Grape? Script

Script by:Peter Hedges (Novel), Peter Hedges (Screenplay)
Directed by:Lasse Hallström
Year:1993
IMDb:tt0108550

Plot:Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't leave the house, and his mentally impaired younger brother, Arnie, who has a knack for finding trouble. Settled into a job at a grocery store and an ongoing affair with local woman Betty Carver, Gilbert finally has his life shaken up by the free-spirited Becky.
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About a Boy Script

Script by:Nick Hornby (Novel), Peter Hedges (Screenplay), Chris Weitz (Screenplay), Paul Weitz (Screenplay), Nick Hornby (Screenplay)
Directed by:Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz
Year:2002
IMDb:tt0276751

Plot:Will Freeman is a hip Londoner who one day realizes that his friends are all involved with the responsibilities of married life and that leaves him alone in the cold. Passing himself off as a single father, he starts to meet a string of single mums, confident in his ability to leave them behind when they start to ask for a commitment. But Will's hope of a continued bachelorhood is interrupted when he meets 12-year old Marcus, in many ways his complete opposite.
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