The Private Lives of Pippa Lee
for sexual content, brief nudity, some drug material and language.
| Moral Rating: | not reviewed |
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| Primary Audience: | Adults |
| Genre: | Romance Comedy Drama Adaptation |
| Length: | 1 hr. 38 min. |
| Year of Release: | 2009 |
| USA Release: |
November 27, 2009 (limited—10 theaters) DVD: March 2, 2010 |
Adultery in the Bible
Should I save sex for marriage? Answer
How can I deal with temptations? Answer
What are the consequences of sexual immorality? Answer
SUICIDE—What does the Bible say? Answer
If a Christian commits suicide, will they go to Heaven? Answer
FORGIVENESS—How can I be and feel forgiven? Answer
GUILT—If God forgives me every time I ask, why do I still feel so guilty? Answer
Marriage in the Bible
Is formalized marriage becoming obsolete? Answer
Many people are convinced that traditional marriages don’t work and that this practice should be abandoned. What does the Bible say about marriage?
GAY—What’s wrong with being gay? Answer
Homosexual behavior versus the Bible: Are people born gay? Does homosexuality harm anyone? Is it anyone’s business? Are homosexual and heterosexual relationships equally valid?
What about gays needs to change? Answer
It may not be what you think.
| Featuring | Robin Wright Penn (Pippa Lee), Keanu Reeves (Chris Nadeau), Winona Ryder (Sandra Dulles), Julianne Moore (Kat), Mike Binder, Alan Arkin, Ryan McDonald, Cornelius West, Maria Bello, Arnie Burton, Tim Guinee, Drew Beasley, Madeline McNulty, Beckett Melville, Zoe Kazan, Billy Wheelan, Shirley Knight, Joan Copeland, J.R. Horne, Blake Lively, Adam Shonkwiler, Richard DeDomenico, Robin Weigert, Christin Sawyer Davis, Zero, Adam Grupper, Sean-Michael Bowles, Audrey Lynn Weston, Monica Bellucci, Angela Trento, Teresa Yenque, Lola Pashalinski, Myra Lucretia Taylor, Annie Purcell, Marc Alan Austen, Andrew Stephen Bradley, Edie Hofstatter, Marca Leigh, Harry L. Seddon |
| Director |
Rebecca Miller |
| Producer | Elevation Filmworks, Grand Army Entertainment, IM Global, Lumina Films, Plan B Entertainment, Jill Footlick, Warren T. Goz, Stewart McMichael, Brad Pitt, Lemore Syvan |
| Distributor | Screen Media Films |
“She lived many lives—except her own.”
Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “Adapted from Rebecca Miller’s novel. From all outward appearances, Pippa Lee (Robin Wright Penn) leads a charmed existence. She is the devoted wife of an accomplished publisher (Alan Arkin) thirty years her senior, the proud mother of two grown children, and a trusted friend and confidant to all who cross her path. But as Pippa dutifully follows her husband to a new life in a staid Connecticut retirement community, her idyllic world and the persona she has built over the course of her marriage will be put to the ultimate test.
In truth, looks are deceiving, and this picture-perfect woman has seen more than her fair share of turmoil in her youth. Embarking on a bittersweet journey of self-discovery, accompanied by a new, strange and soulful acquaintance (Keanu Reeves), Pippa must now confront both her volatile past and the hidden resentment of her seemingly perfect life in order to find her true sense of self. By turns wry, humorous, and moving, ‘The Private Lives of Pippa Lee’ presents the complex portrait of the many lives behind a single name.
Golden Globe nominee Robin Wright Penn and Academy Award winner, Alan Arkin head an all-star cast that includes Blake Lively as the young Pippa Lee, Maria Bello as her mother, Suky Sarkissian, Keanu Reeves as Pippa’s inscrutable neighbor, Chris Nadeau, Monica Bellucci as the socialite Gigi Lee, triple Academy Award nominee Julianne Moore as the freewheeling Kat, Academy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner Winona Ryder as Pippa’s trusted friend, Sandra Dulles, Mike Binder as novelist Sam Shapiro and rising stars Zoe Kazan and Ryan as Grace and Ben Lee, Pippa’s young adult children.”
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