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As Cool as I Am is a 2013 American comedy-drama film directed by Max Mayer. It is based on the novel of the same name by Pete Fromm. Claire Danes, Sarah Bolger and James Marsden star as the Diamond family. Filming on the adaptation began in New Mexico in May 2011. [2] The film was released in the United States on June 21, 2013, by IFC Films.
Publishers Weekly described the novel as "Spirited and sharply intelligent". [2] The San Francisco Chronicle heaped praise in the work "One of the more startling beautiful and evocative tales of young womanhood...Fromm's voice-on loan to Lucy-is provocative, gritty, erotic, hilarious and genuine, and this book is a fresh breath of teen spirit."
Fromm was born in Shorewood, Wisconsin, and holds a B.S. in wildlife biology from the University of Montana where he graduated with honors in 1981. A five-time winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Literary Award, he is the author of five short story collections, seven novels, and two memoirs.
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When Cool Runnings was a darker movie, Coach Blitzer was conceived as a grizzled character role, with Kurt Russell among the names considered. Once Disney reimagined the film as a whole, though ...
I am David is a 1963 novel by Anne Holm. It tells the story of a young boy who, with the help of a prison guard, escapes from a concentration camp in an unnamed Eastern European country and journeys to Denmark. Along the way, he meets many people who teach him about life outside the concentration camp.
Suzie Orolvsky (whom Jamie refers to as "Cool Girl") is a popular girl who Jamie has a crush on for a time. Stevie Kosgrov is Jamie's cousin & adoptive brother, and the middle school bully. He is often cruel to Jamie, picking on him for his disability. Uncle Frankie is Jamie's other uncle. He owns a diner and is shown to be very talented with ...
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