Stolen summer premiered at the sundance film festival in. The successful reality series about the creation of a feature film, project greenlight, comes to dvd with this impressive four disc set from disneybuena vista. Hbo in season 1, director pete jones navigates the tricky waters of the filmmaking process as he films his winning script, stolen summer. Directed by first time writerdirector pete jones, stolen summer is the first film produced for project greenlight, an independent film competition. From producers ben affleck, matt damon, and chris moore, stolen summer is the touching story of a young catholic boy, peter omalley, whos on a quest to help a dying jewish friend, danny jacobsen, get into heaven. In its premiere season, project greenlight producers received 7,000 screenplays, with the top prize going to filmmaker pete jones for stolen summer, the story of a catholic boy who tries to convert his terminally ill jewish friend wow.
Project greenlight academic dictionaries and encyclopedias. Stolen summer was written and directed by pete jones. The show moved from hbo to bravo and ditched the kidsnostalgiatroubled parents thing for a horror film from john gulager. The first season of project greenlight, chronicling the selection of joness script and the filming of the movie, aired on hbo from late 2001 through early 2002.
This is the first set of supplements on the fourth disc of the set. With chris moore, jeff balis, ben affleck, pete jones. Project greenlight a primer in filmmaking courtesy of a contest run by ben affleck, matt damon, chris moore and miramax, project greenlight follows tyro pete jones as he naively winds his way. I must begin by saying that i am addicted to project greenlight. The film that came out of project greenlight and was filmed on location in chicago debuted there last night, with. I even saw stolen summer, the movie from season 1 it was terribly dull. Nov 14, 2002 stolen summer, the film that came out of this project, only played in selected cities. Directed by first time writerdirector pete jones, stolen summer is the first film produced for project greenlight, an independent film competition created by ben affleck and matt damon, and sponsored by hbo. Did we need another season of project greenlight, the reality show where matt damon and ben affleck give.
Jul 16, 2012 heres the big screen motion picture that fans of hbos hit series project greenlight eagerly waited to see. Jones quickly learns one of the hardest lessons of firsttime. Late in the series, long after dreams of oscars and blockbuster. Dive deeper into the episode episode 2 from project greenlight on hbo. Pete jones tells a story that is so human and so touching with moments of humor as well as sadness. Project greenlight, the filmmaking reality competition sponsored by miramax and. Learn more about season 4 of project greenlight on hbo. Watch the trailer for the new project greenlight and see. After being selected as the winner of the project greenlight screenwriting contest, pete jones got the chance to make his script, stolen summer, into a film while an hbo crew taped the process for a reality tv series. Press photos are shot and stolen summer producer jeff balis is surprisingly reintroduced. So naturally, after completing the first season, i sort of had to watch stolen summer, the first project greenlight movie. While stolen summer looks like a disaster i havent yet seen it, project greenlight. While theres a whole lot of great information packed within, the most entertaining section is.
The second season of matt damon and ben afflecks movie making reality series goes a different route when its two professionals realizing their vision on screen instead of just one. It may not win the academy award but it won my heart. The first season of project greenlight, helmed by show runner and coexecutive producer liz bronstein, chronicled the selection of. The closedcaptioned english soundtrack is rendered in dolby digital. Project greenlight streaming video charlotte mecklenburg. I was really surprised to see pete jones, the winner from season 1, is still working in hollywood, i had checked his imdb out of curiosity a few years. The new season looks great, they hired the least likeable finalist and he starts beeing insufferable almost immediately. Stolen summer is a 2002 drama film about a catholic boy who befriends a terminally ill jewish boy and tries to convert him, believing that it is the only way the jewish boy will get to heaven. The whole process from the original shortlist was filmed and produced as a television series, called project greenlight.
Season 1 200102 the script contest ran from september 2000 to march 2001. I, too, am an aspiring writer and find pgl inspiring. Watch the trailer for the new project greenlight and see what previous winners are up to project greenlight is back on hbo. Project greenlight by pete jones aidan quinn, bonnie hunt. After a brief overview of the project greenlight contest by its creators, the season begins with the narrowing down of the top 50 scripts from an initial 7,000. This includes stolen summer movie, deleted scenes, director and producers commentary. Sep 14, 2015 project greenlight season 4 premiere recap. In season 1, director pete jones navigates the tricky waters of the filmmaking process as he films his winning script, stolen summer. Project greenlight season 2 episodes watch on kodi. On an unforgettable adventure marked by conflict and discovery, pete. Now miramax is releasing both in a single, 4disc set called project greenlight.
Its chicago, 1976, and 8year old pete omalley, fearful of going to hell, is on a quest to assure his place in heaven by converting neighborhood jews to the christian faith. In the third installment of hbos reality series project greenlight, pete jones and the executive producer of stolen summer, chris moore, continue their preproduction battle to get a bigger. Project greenlight season 1 4dvd 2002 television on. Watch project greenlight season 4 episode 2 online. Project greenlight aired on hbo as a documentary series chronicling the selection of joness script from approximately seven thousand entries, and the production. Show information, episode list, cast, and airdates. I somehow ended up watching old episodes of project greenlight this week. To add a little more pressure, producer chris moore is at the location.
The first season of project greenlight, helmed by show runner and coexecutive producer liz bronstein, chronicled the selection of joness script and the. The first season of project greenlight, helmed by show. The season finale finds pete gettting ready for his film to open in theaters, and the marketing for stolen summer begins. Despite the notsofantastic reception to both his film stolen summer and his project greenlight appearance, pete jones says, theyre trying to sell a tv show, i. By season 3 of project greenlight, it must have been clear that the formula was not working. Disc one contains the finished feature film, stolen summer, presented in a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1. Watch project greenlight season 4 online hbo official site. Staring adi stein, mike weinberg, eddie kaye thomas and brian dennehy. Ben affleck, matt damon, and chris moore along with miramax home entertainment present this special fourdisc collectors set that includes every episode of the smashhit hbo series project greenlight, more than 6 hours of bonus material, and unveils the finished project stolen summer starring aidan quinn, kevin pollak, bonnie hunt, and brian dennehy. The first season of project greenlight, helmed by show runner and coexecutive producer liz bronstein, chronicled the. From producers ben affleck, matt damon, and chris moore, stolen summer is the touching. Staring brian dennehy, aidan quinn, bonnie hunt and kevin pollak.
Aidan quinn and kevin pollak in pete jones stolen summer aidan quinn at an event. Watch project greenlight episodes online season 1 2002. Also on disc 1, theres trailers for stolen summer which seems more concerned with project greenlight than the movie itself and miramaxs pinocchio remake. It looks fine and it features some competent actors giving competent performances. And since not everyone has hbo, it was easy to miss both the movie and the tv program. Miramax home entertainments project greenlight is a 4disc collectors series that includes the 12part hbo hit documentary series, the unveiling of the movie stolen summer and more than 6hours of bonus materials. If this page is being served from any other site than it is not a legitimate pazsaz entertainment network page. At last, with stolen summer, we get a chance to decide for ourselves. Project greenlight on dvd 786936198942 from disney buena vista. Heres the big screen motion picture that fans of hbos hit series project greenlight eagerly waited to see.
Saul goodman in a fantastically devastating season 5. The making of the film has been documented in the hbo series project greenlight, where we saw the actors and filmmakers having lunch, contract disputes, story conferences, personal vendettas, location emergencies and even glimpses of hope. Day two of the shoot of stolen summer doesnt go any smoother than day one did. The first season of project greenlight, chronicling the selection of joness script and the filming of the movie, aired on hbo from late 2001 through early. Stolen summer, the film that came out of this project, only played in selected cities. Sep 11, 2015 stolen summer was written and directed by pete jones, who has since gone on to become something of a pal to the farrelly brothers, as he cowrote their film hall pass and appeared in dumb and dumber to. Over 7,000 screenplays were submitted, and pete jones was selected as the winner for stolen summer, which he then filmed on location in his hometown of chicago during the summer of 2001. Ive been a vistor of the project greenlight website since this competition and it is great to see the competitor videos included on the dvd.
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