I'll Remember April (1999 film)

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I'll Remember April
I'll Remember April FilmPoster.jpeg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Bob Clark
Written by Mark Sanderson
Produced by Paul Colichman
David Forrest
Mark R. Harris
Mark Headley
Sam Irvin
Starring Pat Morita
Trevor Morgan
Pam Dawber
Haley Joel Osment
Mark Harmon
Cinematography Stephen M. Katz
Music by Paul Zaza
Distributed by Regent Entertainment
Pioneer Entertainment
Release date
  • April 5, 1999 (1999-04-05)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

I'll Remember April is a 1999 American family drama film directed by Bob Clark and starring Pat Morita, Pam Dawber, Haley Joel Osment, Mark Harmon, and Yuki Tokuhiro. The film is about four children who find Japanese sailor Matsuo Yomma (Yuji Okumoto) when he washes ashore during the Second World War. Though filmed in 1998, it did not get a video release until 2001. [1] [2]

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Plot

On the American home front during World War II, adolescent Duke Cooper and his three best friends live in a Pacific Coast community where they play soldier, experiment with swearing, and earnestly patrol the beach for Japanese submarines. The realities of the war come crashing down on the youths when a Japanese sailor, stranded and wounded after his sub quickly dived, washes ashore. Duke's older brother is awaiting combat in the Pacific theater. Meanwhile, the Japanese-American community has been deemed a threat to national security. Willy Tanaka, Duke's Japanese-American pal, must be sent away to an internment camp along with his mother Kimiko and grandfather Abe. After befriending Matsuo, the boys become torn between turning him in to the FBI or saving him.

Cast

Production

The train scenes were filmed at the since been closed Fillmore & Western Railroad in Fillmore, California. [3]

According to an interview on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien , Michael Cera tried out for the part of Peewee, making it the second role he lost to Osment after The Sixth Sense . [4]

Critical reception

Variety wrote I'll Remember April "revels in simple boyhood pleasures, but feels phony as it tries to mine more serious themes of torn loyalties during difficult early days of WWII". [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "I'll Remember April [DVD]". Amazon. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Koehler, Robert (January 31, 2000). "I'll Remember April". Variety. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Fillmore & Western Railway - Production Credits" (PDF). Fillmore & Western Railway. p. 10. Retrieved January 23, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Michael Cera/Aziz Ansari/OK Go". The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. Season 1. Episode 135. January 8, 2010. NBC.
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