Grantham & Rose

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Grantham & Rose
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Film poster
Directed by Kristin Hanggi
Written by Ryan Spahn
Produced byEvangel Fung
Meghan-Michele German
Starring
CinematographyRyan Mitchel
Edited byYaniv Dabach
Music byJason Whitton
Production
companies
ClubNano Films
Ur-Mee Entertainment
Distributed by MarVista Entertainment
Release date
  • March 23, 2014 (2014-03-23)(Cleveland International Film Festival)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Grantham & Rose is a 2014 American independent coming of age drama film directed by Kristin Hanggi and written by Ryan Spahn and starring Jake T. Austin and Marla Gibbs. It is Hanggi's directorial debut. [1] Michael Urie and Mark Lee [2] served as an executive producers of the film. [3]

Contents

Plot

Grantham (Jake T. Austin) struggles to become a man when a spontaneous road trip places him in the care of an 81-year-old African-American woman named Rose (Marla Gibbs).

Cast

Production

On August 2, 2012, it was announced that Gibbs would be cast opposite Austin in the film. [3] [4] Filming began in Georgia in August 2012. [5]

Release and reception

MarVista Entertainment released Grantham & Rose on February 10, 2015. [6] [7] The film premiered on Netflix on August 21, 2015. [8]

References

  1. Obenson, Tambay A. (20 November 2013). "Watch Marla Gibbs, Tessa Thompson, Jake T. Austin In Trailer For 'Grantham And Rose'". IndieWire . Archived from the original on 17 August 2016. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  2. "Grantham & Rose (2014)". Welcome to ClubNano. Archived from the original on 2019-05-01. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
  3. 1 2 McNary, Dave (2 August 2012). "Marla Gibbs set for 'Grantham and Rose'". Variety . Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  4. McNary, Dave (3 August 2012). "Marla Gibbs set for 'Grantham and Rose': Thesp cast opposite Jake T. Austin in indie pic". Orlando Sentinel . Retrieved 21 July 2016.[ dead link ]
  5. Obenson, Tambay A. (2 August 2012). "Marla Gibbs Will Be Feisty Rose Price In Indie Feature 'Grantham And Rose' (Tessa Thompson, A Maybe)". IndieWire . Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  6. Obenson, Tambay A. (2 February 2015). "MarVista to Release Coming of Age Road Tripper 'Grantham & Rose' (Marla Gibbs, Tessa Thompson, Jake T. Austin)". IndieWire . Archived from the original on 3 December 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  7. "MarVista Digital Entertainment's February Movie Premieres, Grantham & Rose, Starring Jake T. Austin, and Meet My Valentine, Starring Scott Wolf, Explore The Challenging Dynamics of Relationships". PR Newswire. 26 January 2015. Archived from the original on 2 March 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  8. O'Neil, Lorena (18 March 2015). "Netflix New Releases Coming in August 2015: 'Hurt Locker,' 'Leap Year,' 'Seeking a Friend for the End of the World'". The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on 9 January 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2016.