Pieces of April

Release Date : October 17, 2003
DVD Release Date : Feb. 24, 2004
Runtime : 80 min
Director : Peter Hedges
Written by : Peter Hedges
Production company: Indigent
Filming locations: New York
Genre : Drama, Comedy, Holiday
MPAA Rating : PG-13 - language, sensuality, drug content, and images of nudity

Starring : Katie Holmes, Patricia Clarkson, Oliver Platt, Derek Luke, Sean Hayes, Alison Pill
Katie plays: April Burns
Synopsis : "Pieces of April" marks the directorial debut of writer Peter Hedges, novelist and screenwriter of "What's Eating Gilbert Grape." April Burns (Katie Holmes) is a 21-year-old wild child with a very big problem. Against her better judgment, she's invited her 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 (Oliver Platt) tries to convince the family that the day will be beautiful. Her mom, Joy (Patricia Clarkson) 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 certain disaster.

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