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Sunshine State
John Sayles’ Sunshine State was released in American theaters on this day in 2002. The indie film, starring Angela Bassett and Edie Falco, was critically acclaimed for the insightful examination of Florida’s historic past and uncertain future. Bassett plays a newly married woman who returns to her hometown in coastal northern Florida, only to deal with family, business and the impending real estate development that threatens to take over the once familiar land.
Quotable: “I won’t try to second-guess what a Hollywood studio would like to see in a low-budget film so that they will hire me the next time around. I know I will always do better work if I do projects in which I really believe. And if I never get to direct again, I will have made some movies I can feel proud of.”
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- Comment by Winston-Salem Sexual Harassment Lawyer on 12/17/08 at 1:49 pm
Angela Bassett does a superb job in this film. I would recommend this film to anyone who enjoys a quality indie film.
- Comment by Traditional Chinese Medicine on 5/31/09 at 8:57 pm
Good indie film and Edie Falco does an amazing job. Well done!
- Comment by Pasadena Employment Attorney on 6/02/09 at 1:16 pm
Pretty good indie film.
- Comment by Rachel Computer Rental's on 9/10/09 at 1:58 am
Angela Bassett, is a great actress, I just love her work, I have not seen this movie so will have to have a look out for it in my local DVD store
- Comment by ccsp on 2/04/10 at 5:24 am
In a short prologue, an entrepreneur named Murray Sliver (Alan King) delivers a monologue about the packaging and selling of Florida as the American retiree’s dream - warm temperatures, beautiful beaches, and golf courses. (Advertising brochures conveniently neglect to mention the humidity, swarms of mosquitoes, and alligators.) The reality of Florida is being gradually shaped to meet the illusion, with swamps being filled in to satisfy developers and poorer communities being bought up, torn down, and rebuilt as something more profitable. This gentrification is clearly on Sayles’ mind, as it forms the background of much of what takes place during the course of Sunshine State. Yet, while Sayles clearly does not side with the developers (he portrays them as covert, amoral, and bumbling), he does not pass judgment on those who elect to sell to them - or those who refuse to give up their homes in the name of “progress”
cissp - comptia a+- Comment by cheap vps on 3/12/10 at 8:19 am
Good indie film and Edie Falco does an amazing job. Well done!
- Comment by asa on 12/05/10 at 11:55 am
it was good?
- Comment by Yakita on 12/09/10 at 2:43 pm
Beautiful film.
- Comment by annonsera gratis on 12/19/10 at 11:59 am
Hm, you’ve sparked my interest.
- Comment by Miami Office Space on 3/28/11 at 12:08 pm
I will have made some movies I can feel proud of.” That is defenetely a big statement i like that because now days people dont really care about the content in a movie they should bemore aware of what the reaction certains movies have on people specially young kids.
- Comment by temporary internet miami on 5/15/11 at 12:37 pm
this movie is so good, it have some drama and some funny parts
- Comment by sniper22 on 9/05/11 at 12:09 pm
thank you a lots
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thank you a lots
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