Pope Dreams
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{{Infobox film
| name = Pope Dreams
| image = Pope Dreams.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Movie Poster
| director = Patrick Hogan
| producer = Steve Loh
| writer = Patrick Hogan
| starring = Phillip Vaden
Julie Hagerty
Stephen Tobolowsky
| music = Joel J. Richard
| cinematography = John Ealer
| editing = Mae Edwards
| distributor = PorchLight Entertainment
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|2006|04|27|Newport Beach International Film Festival}}
| runtime =
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
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Pope Dreams, also known as Music for My Mother, is a 2006 film written and directed by Patrick Hogan. The film won five awards at various film festivals.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425359/awards {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}}
Premise
An aspiring drummer wants his dying mother to get an audience with the pope while he also tries to impress a girl out of his league.
Principal cast
- Phillip Vaden as Andy Venable
- Marnette Patterson as Brady Rossman
- Julie Hagerty as Kristina Venable
- Stephen Tobolowsky as Carl Venable
- Noel Fisher as Pete
- Samantha Anderson as Heather
- Casey Barclay as Eric
- Jordan Belfi as Lucas
Reception
DVDTalk recommended the film and said it "has a welcome honesty and heart to it that, when bolstered by such skillful performances, makes it well worth hunting down."{{Cite web | url=https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/34732/pope-dreams/ | title=DVD Talk }}
FilmThreat gave it a positive review.{{cite web |url=http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=headlines&Id=3314 |title=Archived copy |website=www.filmthreat.com |access-date=14 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060708004733/http://www.filmthreat.com/index.php?section=headlines&Id=3314 |archive-date=8 July 2006 |url-status=dead}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0425359}}
Category:American coming-of-age drama films
Category:2000s coming-of-age drama films
Category:2000s English-language films
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