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A true story of love and injustice.
Country
Production
Budget
$7 000 000
Box office
$1 447 337
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Director
Actors
Julianne Moore, Elliot Page, Steve Carell, Michael Shannon, Luke Grimes, Josh Charles, Mary Birdsong, Dennis Boutsikaris, Skipp Sudduth, Jeannine Kaspar
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Michael Shamberg, Stacey Sher, Julie Goldstein, Elliot Page, James D. Stern, Jack Selby, Phil Hunt, Compton Ross, Duncan Montgomery, Cynthia Wade
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Jane Musky
Audition
Editing
Andrew Mondshein
Whole Team (46)
Whole Team (46)
Short description
New Jersey car mechanic Stacie Andree and her police detective girlfriend Laurel Hester both battle to secure Hester's pension benefits after she was diagnosed with a terminal illness.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival less than three months after the U.S. Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. 'The premiere happened at the right time, even if it wasn't intentional,' says Julianne Moore, who plays Laurel. 'The film is a wonderful example of how far we've come in these 10 years, but also how terrible things were just a few years ago.'
- A Catholic boys' school in New Rochelle, New York, refused to provide a location for filming a scene from the movie due to the dialogue in that scene and their religious views on homosexuality.
- Julianne Moore spent a lot of time researching the role of Laurel Hester. She began with the identically titled documentary film by director Cynthia Wade, which won an Oscar for Best Short Documentary in 2008. "There's a lot of footage of Laurel in the film, and Cynthia shared all the transcripts with me," says the actress. "Stacy Andrese was also incredibly generous. She still lives in the same house she lived in with Laurel. She dug up boxes of photos and showed me newspaper clippings."
- The film premiered at the Toronto Film Festival less than three months after the U.S. Supreme Court passed a law recognizing same-sex marriage nationwide. "The premiere was timely, though not intentionally so," says Julianne Moore, who plays Laurel. "The film is a wonderful example of how far we've come in these 10 years, but how awful things were just a few years ago."
- Julianne Moore spent a great deal of time researching the role of Laurel Hester. She began with the eponymous documentary by director Cynthia Wade, which won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject in 2008. 'There is a lot of footage of Laurel in the film, and Cynthia shared all the transcripts with me,' the actress says. 'Stacie Andree was also incredibly generous. She still lives in the same house where she and Laurel lived together. She pulled out boxes of photographs and showed me newspaper clippings.'
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