Pictures of Hollis Woods (film)

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Pictures of Hollis Woods
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GenreDrama
Based on Pictures of Hollis Woods
by Patricia Reilly Giff
Written by Ann Peacock
Daniel Petrie, Jr.
Camille Thomasson
Directed by Tony Bill
Starring Jodelle Ferland
Sissy Spacek
Alfre Woodard
Judith Ivey
James Tupper
Theme music composerErnest Troost
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Running time97 minutes
Production company Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions
Original release
Network CBS
ReleaseDecember 2, 2007 (2007-12-02)

Pictures of Hollis Woods is a film that debuted on CBS as a Hallmark Hall of Fame film on December 2, 2007. The film is directed by Tony Bill. [1] It is based on the Newbery Honor-winning novel of the same name written by Patricia Reilly Giff. [2] It stars child actress Jodelle Ferland as the title character along with Sissy Spacek. [1]

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Plot

After Hollis Woods (Ferland), a young girl with a talent for art, ran away from her last foster parents, she is placed in a new foster home with a retired art teacher, Josie Cahill (Spacek). Josie is very caring and a talented retired artist, and her life could be told in her wood work, but as she's an elderly woman, she's beginning to lose her memory (Alzheimer's disease). Over time, Hollis helps Josie significantly, and she begins to feel what it is like to be needed. Life with Josie reminds Hollis of life with the Regans, the family she stayed with during the summer whom she loved, and she relives her memories through the drawings she has made throughout her life.

Cast

See also

List of American films of 2007

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References

  1. 1 2 "Pictures of Hollis Woods". Variety . November 29, 2007. Retrieved November 1, 2024.
  2. "'Hollis Woods' has Hallmark on top again". East Bay Times . August 17, 2016. Retrieved November 1, 2024.