A Month of Sundays (2001 film)

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A Month of Sundays
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Directed by Stewart Raffill
Written byKeith Murphy
Starring Rod Steiger
Release date
  • 2001 (2001)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

A Month of Sundays is a 2001 American film directed by Stewart Raffill. It stars Rod Steiger in one of his final film roles and Sally Kirkland. [1]

Contents

Filming took place in Los Angeles, California and began during April 2001, [2]

Cast

Release

A Month of Sundays premiered at the New York International Independent Film and Video Festival on September 17, 2001.[ citation needed ]

Reception

A reviewer for The Palm Beach Post remarked that the film seemed "better suited for TV". [3] Variety also reviewed the movie, calling it "a low-budget, cliche-ridden film featuring a roster of faded stars topped by Rod Steiger, as a sweet, stubborn but ailing grandfather searching for his long-lost son before he dies". [4]

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References

  1. "A Month of Sundays". AllMovie .
  2. "Rob Steiger in indie flick". Reno Gazette Journal (Newspapers.com). January 19, 2001.
  3. Erstein, Hap (April 11, 2002). "Film festival's opener seems better suited for TV". The Palm Beach Post (Newspapers.com).
  4. Koehler, Robert (2002-04-21). "A Month Of Sundays". Variety. Retrieved 2022-05-12.