Junebug (film)
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| Directed by | Phil Morrison |
| Produced by | Mindy Goldberg Daniel Rappaport |
| Written by | Angus MacLachlan |
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Embeth Davidtz Amy Adams Benjamin McKenzie Celia Weston Alessandro Nivola Scott Wilson |
| Music by | Yo La Tengo |
| Cinematography | Peter Donahue |
| Edited by | Joe Klotz |
| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
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106 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1 million |
| Box office | $3.4 million |
Junebug is a 2005 American comedy-drama film directed by Phil Morrison. It was released on August 3, 2005 and stars Embeth Davidtz, Amy Adams, Benjamin McKenzie, and Scott Wilson. It was filmed in the North Carolina towns of Pfafftown, McLeansville, and Winston-Salem. Amy Adams received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her role.
When newlywed Madeleine (Embeth Davidtz), an art dealer, travels from Chicago to North Carolina to pursue a local, self-taught painter (Frank Hoyt Taylor) for her outsider art gallery, she takes the opportunity to meet the family of her husband George (Alessandro Nivola) who live close by.
There is his mother Peg (Celia Weston); his reserved, contemplative father Eugene (Scott Wilson); and his sullen, resentful, twenty-ish brother Johnny (Benjamin McKenzie) who, although married, still lives at home, and is studying for his high school equivalence certificate while working at Replacements, Ltd. as an order processor. Johnny married his now pregnant young wife Ashley (Amy Adams) before either of them finished high school. Relations between Johnny and Ashley are strained, with Ashley believing that a baby will solve their marital problems.
Madeleine and George stay in the expected baby's nursery, and Madeleine becomes friends with Ashley, who's a very sweet and friendly, if somewhat naive and talkative girl. The family takes Madeline to a church service and she attends Ashley's baby shower. Madeleine discovers that she does not know much about George, as they have been married only six months, and knew each other only a week before they got married. George's strong Southern family values come through.
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