Janie Jones (film)
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Janie Jones is a 2010 American film by writer/director David M. Rosenthal
. It stars Alessandro Nivola
, Elizabeth Shue, Brittany Snow, and Abigail Breslin
as the eponymous Janie Jones. The film makes extensive use of original music created by Gemma Hayes
and Eef Barzelay
and sung and played by Abigail Breslin
and Alessandro Nivola
. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival
on September 17, 2010.
David M. Rosenthal (director)
David Mitchell Rosenthal American writer, director and producer. He is best known for the films Falling Up and See This Movie, as well as writing and directing the forthcoming Janie Jones.-Personal life:...
. It stars Alessandro Nivola
Alessandro Nivola
Alessandro Antine Nivola is an American actor, perhaps best known for his roles in the films Best Laid Plans, Jurassic Park III, Face/Off, and the first two films of the Goal! trilogy.-Personal life:...
, Elizabeth Shue, Brittany Snow, and Abigail Breslin
Abigail Breslin
Abigail Kathleen Breslin is an American teen actress. She is one of the youngest actresses ever to be nominated for an Academy Award....
as the eponymous Janie Jones. The film makes extensive use of original music created by Gemma Hayes
Gemma Hayes
Gemma Claire Hayes is an Irish singer-songwriter and member of The Cake Sale.-Early life:...
and Eef Barzelay
Eef Barzelay
Ifar "Eef" Barzelay is an American musician, born in Tel Aviv, Israel on May 12, 1970. Most notably known as the principal songwriter and singer of alt country band Clem Snide, he has performed in a number of Boston-based bands, as well as toured as a solo act, both as headliner and as...
and sung and played by Abigail Breslin
Abigail Breslin
Abigail Kathleen Breslin is an American teen actress. She is one of the youngest actresses ever to be nominated for an Academy Award....
and Alessandro Nivola
Alessandro Nivola
Alessandro Antine Nivola is an American actor, perhaps best known for his roles in the films Best Laid Plans, Jurassic Park III, Face/Off, and the first two films of the Goal! trilogy.-Personal life:...
. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival
The Toronto International Film Festival is a publicly-attended film festival held each September in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2010, 339 films from 59 countries were screened at 32 screens in downtown Toronto venues...
on September 17, 2010.
Plot
A 13-year old girl is abandoned by her former-groupie mother, and informs Ethan Brand, a fading rock star, that she is his daughter.Cast
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as Janie Jones - Brittany Snow as Iris
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as Ethan Brand - Elisabeth ShueElisabeth ShueElisabeth Judson Shue is an American actress and producer, most famous for her roles in the films The Karate Kid, Adventures in Babysitting, Cocktail, Back to the Future Parts II and III and Leaving Las Vegas, for which she won five acting awards and was nominated for an Academy Award, a Golden...
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