Pieces of April
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Peter Hedges
Katie Holmes
Patricia Clarkson
Oliver Platt
Derek Luke
Alison Pill
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
April Burns is a wild, 21-year-old young woman with a very big problem. Against her own better judgment, she's invited her estranged, straightlaced family for Thanksgiving dinner. Her boyfriend, Bobby, wants to help, but she banishes him from the apartment while she attempts to cook the meal. To make matters worse, she then discovers that her oven doesn't work. So, while April is forced to ask her eccentric neighbors for help in cooking her fifteen pound turkey, the Burns Family begins a reluctant journey from suburban Pennsylvania toward New York City's Lower East Side. April's Dad, Jim Burns tries to convince the family that the day will be beautiful. However, her mom, Joy, has her doubts and freely voices them. April's teenage sister and brother are squeezed between Grandma Dottie, and a bag of snacks in the back seat, as the Burns' family car hurtles toward Manhattan--and what will most likely be disaster.
Director
Peter Hedges
Cast
Katie Holmes
Patricia Clarkson
Oliver Platt
Derek Luke
Alison Pill
John Gallagher
Alice Drummond
Sean Hayes
Mark Andrews
Vitali Baganov
Lillias White
Isiah Whitlock
Adrian Martinez
Susan Bruce
Jamari Richardson
Leila Danette
Jacqueline Dai
Birdie M Hale
Armando Riesco
Sally Leung Bayer
Stephen Chen
Jack Chen
Chris Todino
Rusty Dewees
Anney Giobbe
Elizabeth Douglass
Crew
Jake Abraham
Alexis Alexanian
Lucy Barzun Donnelly
Laura Cunningham Bauer
Holly Becker
Vebe Borge
Amy R. Burt
Rick Butler
Will Cantler
Chika Chukudebelu
Linda Cohen
Julie Delaney
Dianne Dreyer
Dianne Dreyer
Peter Friedlander
Peter Hedges
Caroline Kaplan
Sam Levy
Mark Livolsi
John S. Lyons
Stephin Merritt
Mike Potter
Tami Reiker
Tami Reiker
Aaron Rudelson
Jonathan Sehring
John Sloss
Lucille Masone Smith
Alex Steyermark
Bernard Telsey
Bobby Frederick Tilley
David Vaccari
Gary Winick
Film Details
Technical Specs
Award Nominations
Best Supporting Actress
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Nominated for the 2004 Screen Actor's Guild (SAG) award for Best Supporting Actress (Patricia Clarkson).
Winner of the 2003 award for Best Supporting Actress (Patricia Clarkson) by the National Board of Review.
Winner of the 2003 award for Best Supporting Actress (Patricia Clarkson) from the Boston Society of Film Critics.
Winner of the 2003 award for Best Supporting Actress (Patricia Clarkson) from the National Society of Film Critics (NSFC).
Winner of the 2003 award for Best Supporting Actress (Patricia Clarkson) from the San Francisco Film Critics Circle.
Released in United States Fall October 17, 2003
Limited Release in United States October 17, 2003
Released in United States on Video February 24, 2004
Released in United States January 2003
Feature directorial debut for writer Peter Hedges.
United Artists acquired worldwide rights for a reported $3.5 million at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival.
Released in United States Fall October 17, 2003
Limited Release in United States October 17, 2003
Released in United States on Video February 24, 2004
Released in United States January 2003 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Dramatic Competition) January 16-26, 2003.)
