Hispanopedia WikiBoynton Beach Club is a 2005 American romantic comedy film directed by Susan Seidelman, produced by her and her mother Florence. Based on experiences of Florence and her widowed friend David Cramer at an adult enclave in Boynton Beach (a city in Palm Beach County, Florida), the film was scripted by Susan Seidelman and Coral Gables, Florida writer Shelly Gitlow.
Plot
Several stories of older people in a bereavement group finding new love. Some are funny and some are poignant.
Cast
- Joseph Bologna as Harry
- Dyan Cannon as Lois
- Len Cariou as Jack
- Sally Kellerman as Sandy
- Michael Nouri as Donald
- Renée Taylor as Anita Stern
- Brenda Vaccaro as Marilyn
- Mal Z. Lawrence as Marty
Release
Shot in 2005, Boynton Beach Club premiered in the Hamptons International Film Festival in East Hampton, New York. It was then released to theaters in South Florida on March 17, 2006 and wider on August 4, playing in six states: New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Missouri, Arizona and California.
The film's working title was The Boynton Beach Bereavement Club.
References
- Holden, Stephen. The New York Times (August 4, 2006), p. B10: "Crazy Mixed-Up Teenagers Who Are All Well Past 60"
- Lovece, Frank. Film Journal International (review)
External links
- Boynton Beach Club at IMDb
- Boynton Beach Club at Rotten Tomatoes
- 2005 films
- 2005 romantic comedy films
- American romantic comedy films
- Boynton Beach, Florida
- Films scored by Marcelo Zarvos
- Films directed by Susan Seidelman
- Films set in Florida
- Roadside Attractions films
- 2005 English-language films
- 2005 American films
- English-language romantic comedy films
- Samuel Goldwyn Films films