The Lightkeepers
{{short description|2009 film by Daniel Adams}}
{{Infobox film
| name = The Lightkeepers
| image = The Lightkeepers eng.jpg
| caption =
| director = Daniel Adams
| producer = Penelope L. Foster
Larry Frenzel
| writer = Daniel Adams
| starring = {{unbulleted list|Richard Dreyfuss|Bruce Dern|Blythe Danner|Mamie Gummer|Tom Wisdom|Julie Harris}}
| music = Pinar Toprak
| cinematography = Tom Jewett
| editing = Dean Goodhill
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2009|12|18}}
| runtime = 97 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| gross = $32,307
}}
The Lightkeepers is a 2009 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Daniel Adams, and stars Richard Dreyfuss, Blythe Danner, Bruce Dern, Mamie Gummer, Tom Wisdom and Julie Harris in her final film role. Zana Messia wrote the film's theme song.{{cite news|url=http://www.bostonherald.com/inside_track/inside_track/2010/01/cape_sees_‘light’|title=Cape sees the 'Light'|publisher=Boston Herald|accessdate=29 January 2010}}
In a two-week period beginning on Christmas 2009, the film earned $32,307 on a single screen.
Plot
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The film is set on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in 1912 and follows the story of two lighthouse attendants, one young and one old, who swear to abstain from women, until two women arrive for their summer vacation.
It is based upon The Woman Haters: A Yarn of Eastboro Twin-Lights (1911) by Joseph C. Lincoln.{{cite web|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/2372/2372-h/2372-h.htm |title=The Woman-haters, by Joseph C. Lincoln |publisher=Gutenberg.org |date= |accessdate=2013-11-26}}
Cast
- Richard Dreyfuss as Seth Atkins / Bascom
- Bruce Dern as Bernie
- Blythe Danner as Mrs. Bascom
- Mamie Gummer as Ruth
- Tom Wisdom as John Brown / Russell Brooks
- Julie Harris as Mrs. Deacon
- Stephen Russell as Jedidiah Snow
- Jason Alan Smith as Ezra
- Ben Dreyfuss as Grocery Boy
- Theodora Greece as Impressed Lady
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|1156067}}
{{Daniel Adams}}
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Category:2009 romantic comedy films
Category:Films directed by Daniel Adams (director)
Category:American romantic comedy films
Category:Films based on American novels
Category:Films scored by Pinar Toprak
Category:Films set in Cape Cod and the Islands
Category:Films set in lighthouses
Category:2000s English-language films
Category:English-language romantic comedy films
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