Skipped Parts

Skipped Parts is a 2001 American comedy-drama film directed by Tamra Davis, and starring Jennifer Jason Leigh, Bug Hall, Mischa Barton, Drew Barrymore, and Brad Renfro. Its plot follows a young teenage boy and his wayward mother who relocate to Wyoming, chronicling her travails and his discovering of his sexuality. The screenplay was adapted by Tim Sandlin, from his own 1991 novel of the same name.

Not to be confused with Skipped Parts (2010 film).
Skipped Parts
Promotional poster
Directed byTamra Davis
Screenplay byTim Sandlin
Based onSkipped Parts
by Tim Sandlin
Starring
Music byStewart Copeland
CinematographyClaudio Rocha
Edited by
  • Luis Colina
  • Michael R. Miller
Distributed byTrimark Pictures
Release date
  • January 5, 2001 (2001-01-05)[1]
Running time
100 minutes
LanguageEnglish

After making the film-festival rounds in 2000, the film had a limited release by Trimark Pictures. It was filmed in Indian Head, Saskatchewan, Regina, Saskatchewan, Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan and Regina Beach, Saskatchewan.

Plot

In 1963, liberal-minded and reckless Lydia Callahan is raising her 14-year-old son, Sam. Lydia's father, a prominent local businessman, is running for governor of North Carolina, and does not want Lydia and Sam in his way, so the two are banished from North Carolina. They travel across the country and settle in Wyoming, where Lydia only wants to have a good time and refuses to allow Sam to call her "mom."

Sam soon finds out that he is one of only two students in Gro Vont High School who read. The other one is Maurey, a girl at the same age as Sam who wants to learn about sex. Consequent to their mutual discoveries, Maurey becomes pregnant. Maurey decides to have an abortion in a distant hospital, and by accident, runs into her mother and the baseball coach who is also there with the same intent.

Maurey moves to Lydia's and Sam's house, since her father banishes her from his house. Meanwhile, Hank Elkrunner, a Blackfoot, falls for the feckless Lydia, while her dictatorial dad keeps tabs on them all from afar.

In the end, Maurey decides not to have an abortion and keeps the baby, a little girl named Shannon. After being threatened to be financially cut off unless she breaks up with Hank, and lets Sam go to Military School, Lydia decides to stay with Hank, and takes a job at the local diner. In addition, Hank sells his trailer and moves in with Sam and Lydia, along with Maurey and Shannon who decide to permanently move in. The film ends with Sam finishing the flashback for the story, with Shannon nearby.

Throughout the movie, Sam has many dream fantasies which star Drew Barrymore as the subject of his fantasies.

Cast

Production

Though set in Wyoming, the film was shot in Saskatchewan, Canada[2] in the summer of 1999.[3]

Release

The film premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival on June 6, 2000.[2] It was subsequently released theatrically in the United States on February 5, 2001.[1]

Home media

Trimark Home Entertainment released the film on DVD in 2001.[4]

References
  1. Deming, Mark. "Skipped Parts". AllMovie. Archived from the original on June 27, 2020.
  2. "Skipped Parts". Variety. June 6, 2000. Archived from the original on June 27, 2020.
  3. "Skipped Parts: Miscellaneous Notes". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on June 27, 2020.
  4. Beierle, Aaron (July 4, 2001). "Skipped Parts: DVD Talk Review of the DVD". DVD Talk. Archived from the original on June 27, 2020.
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