Hope Floats [WS/P&S]

Director: Forest Whitaker Forest Whitaker

Overview

"Actor-director Forest Whitaker (Waiting to Exhale) helmed this romantic drama about a one-time high-school beauty queen who returns to her hometown of Smithville, Texas. The Steven Rogers screenplay begins in Chicago where blonde Connie (Rosanna Arquette, uncredited) appears on a trashy daytime talk show and tells a nationwide TV audience about her affair with the husband of her best friend, Birdie Pruitt (Sandra Bullock). Walking into the ambush, Birdie is paraded forth for a public humiliation as Connie's claim is confirmed by husband Bill (Michael Pare). Birdie and her young daughter Bernice (Mae Whitman) then move back to Texas to live with Birdie's eccentric mother, Ramona (Gena Rowlands), a taxidermist who has stuffed the house with stuffed animals. Since most of Smithville saw the TV show, embarrassment keeps Birdie sitting around the house in her pajamas. However, her moment of glory as the homecoming ""Queen of Corn"" has not been forgotten by handyman Justin Matisse (Harry Connick Jr.), the first guy who kissed her back in high school, so a romance soon begins. ""Just give hope a chance to float up, and it will,"" says Birdie."

Product Details

Release Date:	01/14/2003
UPC:	0024543058199
Original Release:	1998
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	20Th Century Fox
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Full Frame, Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, Dolby Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:54:00
Sales rank:	2,757

Special Features

Closed Caption;Theatrical trailer; Interactive menus; Scene selection; Anamorphic widescreen and full screen formats; English, French, & Spanish audio; English and Spanish subtitles

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Sandra Bullock	Birdee Pruitt
Harry Connick Jr.	Justin Matisse
Gena Rowlands	Ramona Calvert
Mae Whitman	Bernice Pruitt
Cameron Finley	Travis
Kathy Najimy	Toni Post
Bill Cobbs	Nurse
Connie Ray	Bobbi-Claire
Rosanna Arquette	Connie
Mona Lee Fultz	Teacher
Sydney Berry	Orange Julia
Rachel Lena Snow	Big Dolores,Big Dolores
Christina Stojanovich	Kristen
Allisa Alban	Debbie Reissen,Debbie Reissen
Dee Hennigan	Dot
Martha Long	Waitress
Norman Bennett	Mr. Davis
James N. Harrell	Harry Calvert
Chris Drewy	P.E. Teacher
Meason Wiley	Young Man at Dance
Tisa Hibbs	Suzy
Art Michael Tamez	Bartender,Bartender
Jeanette Sieh	Volleyball Captain
Tara Price	Young Birdee
Richard Nance	Priest
Becca Leigh Gellman	Student #1
Pilar Walsh	Talk Show Producer
Michael Paré	Bill Pruitt
Angela Rambourg	Toni Post Intro Montage Interviewee
Mark Rickard	Audience Member
Harry Connick	Actor
Dave Grusin	Composer

Technical Credits

Steven Rogers

Forest Whitaker	Director
Steven Rogers	Screenwriter
Lynda Obst	Producer
Sandra Bullock	Executive Producer
Danny Castle	Stunts
Kiante Elam	Stunts
Sharon Holly	Special Effects
Margaret Johnson	Special Effects
Mary McLaglen	Executive Producer
Randy E. Moore	Special Effects
Rich Thorne	Special Effects
Ronnie Yeskel	Casting
Bob Beemer	Sound Effects
Bill W. Benton	Sound Effects
Felipe Borrero	Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer