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Sunshine State

Year:

2002

Duration:

141 min

Genres:

Drama | Romance

IMDB rate:

6.9

Director:

John Sayles

Awards:

8 wins & 2 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2002-07-26

Filming Locations: Amelia Island, Florida, USA

Earnings

Budget: $5,600,000

Opening Weekend: $93,072 (USA) (23 June 2002)

Gross: $3,064,356 (USA) (17 November 2002)

Cast

Actor

Character

Jane Alexander

Sunshine State

Alex Lewis

Terrell

Alan King

Murray Silver

Cullen Douglas

Jefferson Cash

Clifton James

Buster Bidwell

Eliot Asinof

Silent Sam

James McDaniel

Reggie Perry

Angela Bassett

Desiree Perry

Edie Falco

Marly Temple

Amanda Wing

Krissy

Timothy Hutton

Jack Meadows

Perry Lang

Greg

Miguel Ferrer

Lester

Gordon Clapp

Earl Pinkney

Kyle Meenan

Dick Yordan

Mary Steenburgen

Francine Pinkney

Jon Coen

Officer Bryce

James Brower

Park Employee

Bill Cobbs

Dr. Lloyd

Barbara Young

Mrs. Pierce

Mary Alice

Eunice Stokes

Rand D. Burns

Dub

Dan Bright

Lyle Shiflett

Michael Greyeyes

Billy Trucks

Rhynell Brumfield

Quarles

Sam McMurray

Todd Northrup

Tim Powell

Buyer

Brett Rice

Buyer #2

Vi Bennett

Chairwoman

Marc Blucas

Scotty Duval

Patricia Clay

Judge

Karen Garrett

Social Worker

Laird Stuart

Prosecutor

Charlayne Woodard

Loretta

Tom Wright

Flash Phillips

Ralph Waite

Furman Temple

Debra Bracey

Nurse Gwen

Brooks Anne Hayes

Rosellen

Richard Edson

Steve Tregaskis

Joey Griffin

Smoot

John Morrissey

Boy

Ashley Brumby

April

Jay Smith

Underhill

Dennis Neal

Olney

Sharon Culpepper

Church Soloist

Charles Albert Jr.

Reverend Sutcliff

David Preuss

Tourist Man

Maureen Preuss

Tourist Woman

Fletcher Liegerot

Barfly (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

John Sayles: almost gets hit by the golf ball in the closing scene.

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The restaurant that Reggie Perry and Desiree Stokes Perry stop at to get directions at is at an actual motel in Yulee, Florida. The beach store that is supposedly across the street is actually several miles away on Ameila Island.

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On shooting location, a road was being blocked and a couple of patrons could not get to a bar across the street until the crew was done shooting that particular scene. While in the middle of filming a scene, one man furious with waiting runs across the scene and moons the camera, eventually making it to the bar safely.

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Goofs

When the bulldozer is about to tear down the trees, there are tracks in the dirt from previous takes.

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Early in the film when Francine is talking with one of the developers, they pass a sign in the foreground that says "Amelia Island", the filming location, instead of the film's fictional location, Plantation Island.

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During the conversation between Desiree and her mother on the beach, the door to the house is suddenly closed, though there is no evidence of anyone having closed it and it makes no sound.

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Quotes

Delia Temple: I must say, my youthful aspirations had nothing to do with becoming the Sarah Bernhardt of Delrona Beach. We adjust.

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Steve Tregaskis: [Dressed as a Civil War re-enactor] You can't live in the past.

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Marly Temple: The important thing is to keep that smile on your face, even when you're drowning.

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