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| Flannel Pajamas | |
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| Directed by | Jeff Lipsky |
| Written by | Jeff Lipsky |
| Produced by | Jonathan Gray |
| Starring | Justin Kirk Julianne Nicholson Rebecca Schull Jamie Harrold |
| Cinematography | Martina Radwan |
| Edited by | Sara Corrigan |
| Music by | Paul Hsu [1] |
| Distributed by | Gigantic Pictures |
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Running time | 124 minutes |
| Language | English |
| Budget | US $470,000 |
Flannel Pajamas is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Jeff Lipsky. It stars Justin Kirk and Julianne Nicholson. The plot charts the course of a short-lived marriage, from its passionate beginning through the daily erosion of feeling and romance to separation.
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Filmed in New York City, NY, Rockland County, NY, and Chester Springs, PA with a budget of just under $500,000, [2]
It was shown at Sundance Film Festival, where it was nominated for a Grand Jury prize.[ citation needed ] It later opened in several large cities across the country, including New York City, where it received a mixed, though admiring, review from The New York Times , [3] and San Francisco, where it received a similar review from the Chronicle . [4]
Lipsky, the director, got his start as a distributor of independent films such as John Cassavetes' A Woman Under the Influence , [5] and some reviewers noted Cassavetes' influence on this film. [6] Entertainment Today and the New York Observer both picked it as one of the best films of the year. [7] Roger Ebert called it "one of the wisest films I can remember about love and human intimacy. It is a film of integrity and truth, acted fearlessly, written and directed with quiet, implacable skill." [8]
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