A Diwali Dilemma: A Direct Inner Conversation about Minority Struggles
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Stolen Summer (2002)
Pete, an eight-year-old Catholic boy growing up in the suburbs of Chicago in the mid-1970s, attends Catholic school, where as classes let out for the summer, he's admonished by a nun to follow the path of the Lord, and not that of the Devil. Perhaps taking this message a bit too seriously, Pete decides it's his goal for the summer to help someone get into heaven - by trying to convert a Jew to Catholicism.
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Pete, an eight-year-old Catholic boy growing up in the suburbs of Chicago in the mid-1970s, attends Catholic school, where as classes let out for the summer, he's admonished by a nun to follow the path of the Lord, and not that of the Devil. Perhaps taking this message a bit too seriously, Pete decides it's his goal for the summer to help someone get into heaven - by trying to convert a Jew to Catholicism.
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Genre:Drama, Family, Comedy
Written By:Pete Jones
In Theaters:3/22/2002
Box Office:$163,348
Runtime:91 minutes
Studio:All Nighter Inc., LivePlanet, Project Greenlight, Miramax
Cast
Pete Jones
Director
Adiel Stein
Pete O'Malley
Mike Weinberg
Danny Jacobsen
Aidan Quinn
Joe O'Malley
Bonnie Hunt
Margaret O'Malley
Kevin Pollak
Rabbi Jacobsen
Eddie Kaye Thomas
Patrick O'Malley
Lisa Dodson
Mrs. Jacobsen
Brian Dennehy
Father Kelly
Peggy Roeder
Sister Leonora Mary
Martin Hughes
Jimmy
Will Malnati
Eddie O'Malley
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