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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."
Bolger played the female lead role, Umi, in the English version of the 2011 Studio Ghibli film From Up on Poppy Hill, and starred as Lucy in As Cool as I Am in 2013. In 2014, she made an appearance on TV series, Mixology. [10] Bolger co-starred in David Gelb's thriller film The Lazarus Effect. [11]
When a (fantastic!) book called American Cool: Constructing a Twentieth-Century Emotional Style, by the historian Peter N. Stearns, arrived in the mail, my husband glanced at its title and went ...
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.
Updated September 30, 2023 at 5:49 AM. One of the decade’s most enduring underdog stories: Doug E Doug, Malik Yoba, Rawle D Lewis, John Candy and Leon in ‘Cool Runnings’ (Shutterstock ...
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 ...
Identity Films is a production company formed by Anthony Mastromauro in 2006. [1] The company has most recently produced the upcoming independent coming-of-age drama As Cool As I Am, directed by Max Mayer, starring James Marsden, Claire Danes and Sarah Bolger, as well as Moonlight Serenade directed by Giancarlo Tallarico and starring Amy Adams, Alec Newman, and Harriet Sansom Harris, as well ...