Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Bonus Material: Away We Go
From Pubishing Perspectives in the US.

In 2007 the indie movie Juno, about a quirky pregnant teenager, went on to earn an astonishing $250 million worldwide. Away We Go could easily be its sequel: The film stars John Krasinski (from the American version of The Office television show) and comedienne Maya Rudolph as a thirtysomething couple who, six months pregnant with their first child, set out from their Colorado home on a road trip to discover a new place to raise their family.

Written by novelists Dave Eggers and Vendela Vida, the husband-and-wife writing team who also brought you McSweeney's and The Believer, the movie was directed by Oscar-winner Sam Mendes.
With a pedigree like that, it might just have the formula to become the sleeper hit of the summer. Away We Go opens in US theaters this Friday, June 5.
Footnote:
Juno remains one of Bookman Beattie's favourite movies of all time, I have the CD and play it often.

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