Things Behind The Sun
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Allison Anders
Kim Dickens
Gabriel Mann
Don Cheadle
Rosanna Arquette
Eric Stoltz
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Owen Richardson, a hip music journalist, is dispatched to write a piece on young rock musician Sherry McGrale. With her fame on the rise and a hard-living Janis Joplin-like reputation, Sherry is no easy assignment for the young reporter. When their paths cross, their pasts collide. Soon it becomes clear that Sherry and Owen have much more in common than a passion for music; they also share a terrible secret both have been running from most of their lives. Now it's time to unravel the terrifying silence and tell the truth.In her small Florida hometown, Sherry is as famous for her haunting voice as she is infamous for her trouble-making promiscuity. Sherry is finally hitting it big with a new song that is climbing the college radio charts about her hazy memories of being raped as a young girl. But even as her career is taking off, she's still scraping the bottom -- getting arrested for drunk and disorderly behavior and remaining off-limits to anyone who tries to love her, especially her manager and guardian angel-like ex-boyfriend, Chuck.In Los Angeles, Sherry's success is witnessed with fear and uncertainty by Owen, a journalist with "Vinyl Fetish Magazine." Like everyone in the music world, Owen knows that Sherry's hit song was inspired by events from a dreadful past -- but Owen also knows something else; he knows his own part in that past has never been reckoned with. So, he convinces his editor to do a story about Sherry after confessing in an editorial meeting that he knows who raped her. He sets out for Florida to write about Sherry, but also to come clean, and finally admit what happened. During his journey, Owen visits his heartless brother Dan in prison, hoping to come to terms with their secret by confronting him about what really happened that day many years ago. Owen is disappointed when he realizes that Dan has no remorse about the atrocity that occurred.At first, when interviewing Sherry for the article, Owen cannot bring himself to tell her how they know each other. Gaining access to Sherry despite the fierce vigilance of Chuck, Owen discovers that he has also blocked out painful details concerning his own role in the events surrounding the rape. Sherry and Owen are both on the verge of success in the music business; yet both may also self-destruct from suppressed memories about an event that happened to both of them in childhood. It was an event that might very well have made them enemies, but now has brought them together on a path of reconciliation with the past.
Director
Allison Anders
Cast
Kim Dickens
Gabriel Mann
Don Cheadle
Rosanna Arquette
Eric Stoltz
Elizabeth Peña
Alison Folland
Jade Gordon
Cch Pounder
Joshua Leonard
Patsy Kensit-healy
Shawn Reeves
Brittany Finamore
Justin Deprume
Tom Caffey
Alexander Sommer
Jonathan Osteen
Kai Lennox
Kadu Lennox
Marty Stonerock
Bill Cordell
Aria Alpert
Hal Dion
Talia Osteen
Jessica Howell
Ruben Anders
Owen Butler
Jessie Gelaznick
J Mascis
Jeffrey Mcdonald
Steve Mcdonald
Shawn Reaves
Stephanie Stern
Frank Hickman
Rob Sullivan
Ed Pellasce
Jessie Gelzwick
Josh Maynard
Chad King
Kristen Vigard
Crew
Melissa Abernethy
Robin Alper
Allison Anders
Devon Anders
Tiffany Anders
Tiffany Anders
Doug Andorka
Doug Andorka
Ed Arenas
Dave Arms
Blake Ashman
Dinoe Aviolo
Kevin Baillie
Gregg Barbanell
Kerry Barden
Gary Barkin
Michael Barragan
Jorge Ben
Mark Bennett
Erik Berkes
Jude Biancone
Shirley Bien
Beau Biggart
Kristin Borella
Cathy Brown
Michael Brown
Scott Browning
Michael Bruggink
Charlotte Caffrey
Clark Cardwell
Steve Martin Caro
Oliver Cary
Jennifer Castles
Brandon Click
Brian Conley
Roger Cook
Michael Criss
Rick Dallago
Lia Decicco
Karina Del Bel
Karina Del Bel
Steve Dellavecchia
Mark Dempsey
Jason Derr
Jennifer Diquollo
Michael Donner
Nick Drake
Nick Drake
Amy Eldridge
Amy Eldridge
Jody Felz
Jon Fendrich
Chris Figler
Chris Figler
Kim Gordon
Jason Graham
Jason Grant
Roger Greenaway
Bruce Grooms
Marla Grossman
Christopher Gunst
Lani Hall
David Hamilton
David Hamilton
Jessica Harrison
Dan Hassid
Dan Hassid
Noah Hatton
James Hayward
Mike Healey
Dolorez Hernandez
Anthony Hinton
Billy Hopkins
Billy Hopkins
Markus Innocenti
Melody Jackson
Brooks Jewell
Christopher Michael Johnson
Mike Johnson
Shawn Kennelly
Shawn Kerkhoff
Alan Kerr
Chad King
Chad King
Soleil Konkel
Tara Konkel
Delphine Lafont
Stephen Lang
Stephen Lang
Bobby Lavelle
Michael Lewis
Tony Macarday
Al Maletesta
Douglas Mankoff
Johnny Marr
J Mascis
Brian Mccloskey
Vera Mills
Beth Moore
Thurston Moore
John Muliler
Jennifer Nelmuth
Michael Nesmith
Jamin O'brien
Rob O'brien
Sean O'brien
Shannon O'higgins
Jim O'rourke
Howard Paar
Jesse Pomeroy
Brent Rademaker
Richard Rammee
Steven Ramsey
Benjamin R. Reder
Lee Renaldo
Sergio Reyes
Aaron Rhodes
Joseph Rice
Charlie Rich
Kelly Rouse
Joan Rowe
Greg Sage
Douglas Salkin
John Sawyer
David Schen
Andy Seely
Ziad Seirafi
Steve Shelley
Kevin Shields
Reuben Simon
Dana Smith
Scott Smith
Suzanne Smith
Suzanne Smith
Aaron Sperske
Terry Stacey
Terry Stacey
Paul Stanley
Joe Stone
Katrina Sutton-gilpatric
Jeffrey Scott Taylor
Ryan Tudhope
Kurt Voss
Dan Walker
Peter Wetherell
Bob Wlech
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States October 12, 2001
Aired in United States August 18, 2001
Aired in United States October 12, 2001
Aired in United States April 8, 2003
Aired in United States 2001
Aired in United States January 2001
Aired in United States April 2001
Aired in United States June 2001
Aired in United States November 2001
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (New American Cinema) May 24 - June 17, 2001.
Shown at Los Angeles Film Festival (Closing Night) April 20-28, 2001.
Shown at Nantucket Film Festival June 20-24, 2001.
Shown at Florida Film Festival June 8-17, 2001.
Shown at London Film Festival (World Cinema) November 7-22, 2001.
Winona Ryder was previously attached to star.
