We saw this film last night @ a MIRAMAX-sponsored showing for members of IFC/MW & I have to say that, being Jewish, I went into this film with great skepticism (knowing only the outlines of the plot). What a surprise to find myself both crying & clapping as the credits rolled!!!
There were a million ways in which this film could have gone wrong, but the miracle is that it stays on track. I credit the 4 adult actors for this: each one of them (Dennehy, Hunt, Pollack & Quinn) is simply superb, earnestly staying in character, level-headed, grounded & thoroughly professional. I didn't see PROJECT GREENLIGHT (yet?), but I have to commend each one of them for committing to & cooperating with this novel process. They are all winners!!!
Pete Jones is to be commended for finding the way to tell a "small story" with such huge implications. He's right: the '70s were a period of enormous change (as the revolutionary fevers of the '60s permeated the national consciousness). If anyone ever tells you that the '60s didn't change anything, that's phooey. We are a better country since the '60s, & this important little movie makes the case most eloquently.
Kudos to everyone connected with PROJECT GREENLIGHT. In a land where dreams really can come true, it becomes possible to believe in miracles.
Jan @ Films for Two
There were a million ways in which this film could have gone wrong, but the miracle is that it stays on track. I credit the 4 adult actors for this: each one of them (Dennehy, Hunt, Pollack & Quinn) is simply superb, earnestly staying in character, level-headed, grounded & thoroughly professional. I didn't see PROJECT GREENLIGHT (yet?), but I have to commend each one of them for committing to & cooperating with this novel process. They are all winners!!!
Pete Jones is to be commended for finding the way to tell a "small story" with such huge implications. He's right: the '70s were a period of enormous change (as the revolutionary fevers of the '60s permeated the national consciousness). If anyone ever tells you that the '60s didn't change anything, that's phooey. We are a better country since the '60s, & this important little movie makes the case most eloquently.
Kudos to everyone connected with PROJECT GREENLIGHT. In a land where dreams really can come true, it becomes possible to believe in miracles.
Jan @ Films for Two