Counting for Thunder
Southern California Production Company  (2015)
Comedy, Drama, Queer Themes/Interest, Romance
In Collection
#884
8*
Seen ItYes
(9/9/2017 Home)
754703764508
IMDB   6.7
103 mins USA / English
DVD  Region 1
John Heard Garrett Stalworth
Mariette Hartley Tina Stalworth
Alison Elliott Sis Stalworth
Erica Shaffer Caroline
Peter Stebbings Joe Tischman
David Schroeder Hank
Valeri Ross Abbe-Gail
Stephanie Ittleson Patience
Scott Anthony Leet Billy Wade
Phillip Irwin Cooper Phillip Stalworth
Scott Leet Billy Wade
René Ashton Frances
Myles Cranford Brother Peter
Callum Joyce Young Phillip
Sara Najm Young Sis
Justine Hartley Young Tina
Darin Southam Young Garrett
Ben Lemon Dr. Jim
Veronica Berry Voodoo Woman
Vincent De Paul Rod
Alexis Rhee Pot Dealer Woman
Roderick Lewis Pot Dealer Man
Edith Fields Mourner #1
Barbara Allyne Bennet Mourner #2
Tim Jim Lim Photographer
Dean Andre Mr. Tishman
Director/Choreographer
Phillip Irwin Cooper
Producer Phillip Irwin Cooper
Kurt Donaldson
Writer/Composer Phillip Irwin Cooper
Cinematography Gareth Taylor
Music Michael Futreal


Counting for Thunder is inspired by the three years when Phillip Irwin Cooper, unlucky in work, money and love, went home to the Gulf Coast of Alabama when his relationship with Caroline, a UCLA college professor, hit the skids -- and at the same time his mother received a dire medical diagnosis. Working through his past with his complicated family, and the desperate and hilarious southern characters who grace his hometown, Phillip learns more about his mother than he ever bargained for, and more about himself than he ever guessed possible. He ultimately finds his own voice as his mother is regaining hers. Counting for Thunder covers many of the same universal themes of love, life, sex and death as Fried Green Tomatoes and Steel Magnolias. Producer Marsha Oglesby, who grew up in the South, compares the heart of Counting for Thunder to Terms of Endearment, as played between a mother and son.
Edition Details
Release Date 2017
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Location Personal Library
Owner Deitz
Store Amazon.com
Condition New
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Notes

It is said that Counting for Thunder is a faithful adaptation from writer/director Phillip Irwin Cooper’s one man autobiographical play of the same name· The accuracy of his play is not stated· Of little matter though· It is clear that the film is a sympathetic, lovingly told story of his mother's end-of-life, and of redemption and personal liberation· While also, in a sense, a coming out story, it was especially satisfying that the Summer-time love affair between Phillip and Joe was between two mature older men· It is surprising that Counting for Thunder has not received more notoriety - a fine film.