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Peter Hedges is an American novelist, playwright, screenwriter, and film director. Hedges' novel What's Eating Gilbert Grape was adapted into a critically acclaimed movie of the same title, which launched his film career. In 2002, he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for About a Boy. In the same year, he wrote and directed Pieces of April, starring Katie Holmes, which he dedicated to his mother. In 2007, he co-wrote and directed Dan in Real Life. He wrote and ...
Mar 4, 2019 · Peter Hedges Interview: Ben is Back. Ben is Back tells the story of a young man (Lucas Hedges) and his mother (Julia Roberts) as he leaves rehab to spend the Christmas holiday with his family. A longtime sufferer of drug addiction, Ben is struggling to keep it together while his mother gives him all the love she can muster in an attempt to keep ...
79% Tomatometer 14 Reviews From writer/director Peter Hedges, The Same Storm is an intimate, emotional glimpse into the lives of twenty-four characters persevering over the spring and summer of 2020.
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Dec 7, 2018 · I’m Peter Hedges, writer and director of “Ben Is Back.” Ben Burns, played by Lucas Hedges, comes home unexpectedly on Christmas Eve Day. And he’s with his mother Holly, played by Julia ...
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Dec 4, 2018 · After struggling with a loss of confidence and enduring personal grief, Peter Hedges enlisted his actor son Lucas Hedges for his directing comeback 'Ben is Back' starring Julia Roberts. When ...
Aug 16, 2022 · I’m Peter Hedges, writer and director of “Ben Is Back.” Ben Burns, played by Lucas Hedges, comes home unexpectedly on Christmas Eve Day. And he’s with his mother Holly, played by Julia ...
Dec 13, 2018 · Peter Hedges' career as a screenwriter began by writing his first novel, What's Eating Gilbert Grape, which he then adapted into a screenplay for the 1993 film.In the years that followed, Hedges ...
