Finding Amanda
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| Finding Amanda | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Peter Tolan |
| Written by | Peter Tolan |
| Produced by | Wayne Rice Richard Heller |
| Starring | Brittany Snow Peter Facinelli Matthew Broderick Daniel Roebuck |
| Cinematography | Tom Houghton |
| Edited by | Paul Anderson |
| Music by | Christopher Tying |
Production companies | Capacity Pictures MJ Films |
| Distributed by | Magnolia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $77,410[1] |
Finding Amanda is a 2008 comedy drama film directed by Peter Tolan and starring Matthew Broderick and Brittany Snow.
The plot revolves around a television producer with a penchant for drinking and gambling, who is sent to Las Vegas to convince his troubled niece to enter rehabilitation.[2]
It was filmed in California over a three-month period.
Working as a television writer for a low-rated sitcom, Those McAllisters, Taylor Peters has developed a few vices, such as drinking, drug abuse and compulsive gambling, which have previously damaged his career to the extent that he takes sessions with an analyst only to prove to his wife Lorraine that he is seeking treatment.
Adding to Taylor's stressful home life is the discovery that their 20-year-old niece Amanda has run away from home to Las Vegas to work as a prostitute. Although he writes a good comic scene for his lead actor Ed Begley Jr., Taylor still has the need to run off to the track to play the horses. When his wife discovers it and threatens him with divorce, Taylor agrees to go find Amanda and try to get her into a rehab community in Malibu.
Taylor goes to Las Vegas and locates Amanda and realizes that, even though she is involved in a dangerous profession, she has accumulated wealth and retained a relatively refined attitude about life. During the rescue, Taylor's drinking and drug addiction returns and his relationship with his wife crumbles, but he learns a large lesson about life and bonds with Amanda, entreating her to make some positive choice about her own life.
Cast
- Matthew Broderick as Taylor Peters Mendon
- Brittany Snow as Amanda Tangerman
- Peter Facinelli as Greg
- Maura Tierney as Lorraine Mendon
- Steve Coogan as the Casino Pit Boss
- Daniel Roebuck as Link
- Bill Fagerbakke as Larry
- J. P. Manoux as Tony
- Jennifer Hall as Wendy
- Allie McCulloch as Eve
- Ed Begley Jr. as himself
- Kate Micucci as thin girl (uncredited)