![]() ![]() Watching anyone over 30 working for minimum wage would achieve the same goal in about 15 minutes. … I wanted to show that love is a miraculous thing that can exist anywhere. is one no-hope bummer after another, and it’s just not psychologically or sociologically acute enough to make the experience worthwhile. (Melissa and Richie) still have each other, and this love that's helping them heal. "I never intended to make a bleak, hopeless movie," Collyer said, "because I do feel love is really powerful, and the movie ends on that note. may be merely a footnote in the history of Tampa Bay filmmaking but Collyer is proud of it, and the faint rainbow behind all the darkness. The trailer apparently also features an original arrangement of the song 'Seal - Crazy' made just for Ubisoft, with vocals here by musician Alma (hearalma). I mean, you talk about Pinellas but Pasco is really rough. Malia J - Mutiny / Note: The track features the lyrics of the song 'Seal - Crazy'. "They were a little more rural, like the LaBelle area (in the southwest inland)." The production briefly returned in 2012 for pickup shots in Pasco County "which, by the way, is such a hard-hit place. "I actually found some parts of Florida that would've made in some ways a better backdrop," Collyer said. More than $176,000 was rebated to the production under Florida's tax credits program, an incentive for attracting productions to the state that's currently depleted.Ĭollyer said Tampa Bay, specifically Clearwater, was solely a logistics selection as a locale for all this gloom, close enough to a major airport for actors, crew members and equipment to slip in and out of town. 'Sun Dont Shine' was shot in St Petersburg and Fort DeSoto Park in 2011. Nearly a quarter million dollars was paid to Floridians working in the cast and crew. Sunlight Jr.' with Naomi Watts, Matt Dillon and Tess Harper was shot in St. "But it's one I really believe in, so there you have it." to be fully embraced by the public because it's telling a hard story, a painful story. "Movies are magical and all that, but really at the end of the day it's an industry. "It's polarizing people see it as bleak," she said in a telephone interview. ![]() SunSation Combo (Light Unit, Wire Table Stand, & Adjustable Height Floor Stand) FREE SHIPPING ON SUNSATION LIGHT ONLY (lower 48 states only) SB-820 359.00 299.98. Collyer is surprised it's "flying under the radar" but understands why. SunLight Jr ®110-227 Volt-50/60hz World Voltage. Yet it's the most honest depiction of Florida life - one portion, at least - in the Trampa Bay Trilogy. won't reach the awareness level or box office results of Magic Mike or Spring Breakers, by a long shot. The rights fell to savvy Gravitas Ventures, credited with more than 400 releases, none hits except on balance sheets. Despite favorable reviews at its Tribeca Film Festival debut, and a cast also featuring Norman Reedus (The Walking Dead), major distributors passed on Sunlight Jr. Neither is the picture bright for Collyer's movie. Petersburg, or now on iTunes, Amazon and other video- on-demand outlets. It isn't a pretty picture, which moviegoers can see for themselves when Sunlight Jr. Highly recommended if you don’t go to movies to be entertained.An unexpected pregnancy for lovers trapped in this poverty, played by Oscar nominees Naomi Watts and Matt Dillon, only complicates matters. But that’s a small quibble with a very good film. Surely by the age of forty-something, she would have worked her way into a better situation. If I had a bone to pick with this film, it would be that Watts seems too smart for her role. Full Review Original Score: 2.5/4 Nov 15, 2013. Neither actor plays for our sympathy and yet a situation that develops can’t help but break our hearts. does anything, it is to shine a light on the fact that the American dream is dormant notion for far too many. This is about as good a portrait as I have seen of the new poor: the people in NICKED AND DIMED. Yes, they have it hard, but they almost never make a good decision. What makes the film succeed is that the portrait of their life is so nuanced. Here lives the future Melissas and Richies. ![]() Her mother (Harper) raises a houseful of foster children without much care or skill. They live in a dark motel room and scenes with Mel’s ex (a terrifically terrifying Norman Reedus) show that things have never been very good for her. Melissa works in a convenience store (SUNLIGHT JR) and Richie, a paraplegic due to a motorcycle accident many years earlier, does almost nothing. is a 2013 American drama film directed by Laurie Collyer and starring Matt Dillon and Naomi Watts. Setting her film in sunny Florida only serves to emphasize the dark situation of Melissa and Richie in Collyer’s fine film, SUNLIGHT JR. Staring Naomi Watts, Matt Dillon, Norman Reedus, Tess Harper ![]()
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