Radford rad miracle marcello conte is a shy adolescent on the precipice of a summer hell never forget. Set in ocean city, maryland, ping pong summer follows a ping pongobsessed teenage boy on a family vacation in the summer of 1985. She regularly collaborates with her older brother david, a humorist and. Maryland film festival 2014 lineup includes ping pong summer. The enterprise, dusty food cupcakes, has since been shut due to amy sedaris other livelihood chances.
You may best remember her as americas most lovable skank, jerri blank, from the hyperirreverent series strangers with candy. Feb 23, 2015 this pin was discovered by natalka kotalka. Ping pong summer featurette rad miracle starring susan sarandon, lea thompson, amy sedaris and directed by michael tully a family. Michael tullys ping pong summer centers on a teenager and his familys seaside vacation in ocean city, md. Maddie howard, lea thompson, john hannah, susan sarandon, amy sedaris. Susan saradon, lea thompason, amy sedaris, john hannah, michael tully. Going through adolescent doldrums and temptations is tough enough for any student, but as a middleaged drug abuser, jerri discovers her return to education is more challenging than she ever imagined. I had come across the brand new trailer for amy sedariss upcoming movie, ping pong summer, costarring susan sarandon and lea thompson. Amy sedaris has also co authored several plays such as stump the host, stitches, and one woman shoe with her brother david sedaris. In the summer of 1985, an awkward yearold white kid obsessed with hip hop. A socially awkward teen strives to improve his status by mastering the game of table tennis during a family vacation in ocean city, md, in 1985. Ping pong summer 2014 amy sedaris as aunt peggy imdb.
Check out the below article to know the complete information regarding amy sedaris networth, her salary, houses, cars, and her other investments details. Writerdirector michael tullys charming love letter to the eighties, coming of age films and summer vacation premiered at the 2014 sundance film festival. Ping pong summer is an american comingofage comedy film written and directed by michael tully. The film tells the story of a yearold boy in ocean city, maryland who finds his inner confidence in the summer of 1985 thanks to his newly discovered love of ping pong. Download ping pong summer 2014 720p bluray x264x0r or any other file from movies category. During his familys annual summer vacation to ocean city, maryland, rad makes a new best friend, experiences his first real crush, becomes the target of rich, racist local bullies, and finds an unexpected mentor in his outcast nextdoor neighbor. She voices the character princess carolyn in the netflix animated series bojack horseman. Amy sedaris, who has some experience voicing animals through bojack horseman, will play a new part in jon favreau live actionesque remake of they disney classic. Coauthored a number of plays with her brother, humorist david sedaris, winning obie and drama desk awards. In the 1980s, many films, from stand by me to one crazy summer, specialized in depictions of young people coming to grips with sexual identity, death, and impending adulthood throughout hot summer months. Runaway jerri blank returns home at the age of 47 ready to pick up where she left off. The two share their love for hiphop and pingpong, becoming best friends.
Ping pong summer dvd 2014 millennium entertainment. Ping pong summer is about that time in your life when youre treated like an alien by everyone around you, even though you know deep down youre as funky fresh as it gets. The film had its world premiere at 2014 sundance film festival on january 18, 2014 gravitas ventures acquired the distribution rights of the film. During his familys annual summer vacation to ocean city, maryland, rad makes a new best friend, experiences his first real crush, becomes the target of local bullies, and finds an unexpected mentor in his reclusive nextdoor neighbour a former ping pong champion randi jammer. Judah friedlander, amy sedaris, and susan sarandon as a table tennis mr. She discovers her mother has died, her father, guy dan hedaya, has remarried to the hateful sara blank deborah rush, and she has an. Sundance 2014 will feature movies starring kristen wiig. Ping pong summer is about that time in your life when youre treated like an alien by everyone around you, even though you know deep down youre as funky fresh as it gets product details actors. During his familys annual summer vacation to ocean city, maryland, rad makes a new best friend, experiences his first real crush, becomes the target of rich, racist. Ping pong summer by michael tully michael tully, susan. One morning at an uppermanhattan tv studio, the writer, performer, and lifestyle guru amy sedaris was in her dressing room on the set of her new joysofdomesticity show, at home with amy. Rad miracle is a shy yearold obsessed with two things.
I love listening to david sedaris audiobooks and thought i would give his sister amys book a try. The 2014 maryland film festival will feature the local debut of ping pong summer, writerdirector michael tullys comingofage tale set in ocean city in the 1980s and starring susan sarandon. Overview of pingpong summer, 2014, directed by michael tully, with susan sarandon, amy sedaris, judah friedlander, at turner classic movies. Ping pong summer, michael tullys nostalgic comedy the. Susan sarandon, john hannah, lea thompson, amy sedaris. Susan saradon, lea thompason, amy sedaris, john hannah.
Movies since have paid tribute to this seasonal nostalgia in more darkly comic ways, but ping pong summer opts for a more sincere approach. Ping pong summer the filming in ocean city for the upcoming movie ping pong summer starring spin ny owner susan sarandon, lea thompson, john hannah, robert longstreet, amy sedaris, and of course the great judah friedlander who ive coached several times. Its the summer of 1985 and all yearold radford miracle cares about is junk food. Vacationing teenager rad, a hiphop and pingpong aficionado meets teddy, an african american his age, whos also on summer vacation. Ping pong summer starring amy sedaris and susan sarandon. Ping pong summer is an american comingofage comedy film written and directed by michael. John hannah and amy sedaris greet each other as lea thompson looks on in ping pong summer, a dramatic comedy that revolves around a. Jerri blank amy sedaris, a 46yearold former high school dropout and selfdescribed junkie whore, is released from prison and returns to her childhood home. Expect great performances from susan sarandon, amy sedaris, lea thompson, and judah friedlander, while rad goes about making friends, crushing out, getting bullied, and finding a mentor. She is known for playing jerri blank in the comedy central television series strangers with candy. A family vacation during the summer of 1985 changes everything for a teenage boy obsessed with ping pong. This month, sedaris can be seen in the jon favreaudirected comedy chef and in june in ping pong summer, starring susan sarandon.
With marcello conte, judah friedlander, amy sedaris, lea thompson. Theres a sense of nostalgia that resonates in michael tullys coming of age film ping pong summer and not just because its set in the 1980s. Michael tullys ping pong summer centers on a teenager and his. Thompson, john hannah, amy sedaris, and helena may seabrook in ping pong summer 2014. She is the creator and star of her show at home with amy sedaris on trutv, in which she plays various characters and focuses on her love of crafts. During his familys annual summer vacation to ocean city, maryland, rad makes a new best friend, experiences his first real crush, becomes the target of rich local bullies, and finds an unexpected mentor in his outcast nextdoor neighbor susan sarandon. Ping pong summer is a comedy set in the 1980s in ocean city, maryland.
It all sounds like pretty familiar comingofage film fodder, but ping pong summer reinvigorates the genre and leaves audiences wanting more. Besides amy sedaris comedy and performing career, sedaris has given to numerous printbased publications. Amy sedaris celebrity profile check out the latest amy sedaris photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Amy louise sedaris, born on 29th march 1961 in endicott, new york usa, of part greek father and british mother descent, and is an actress, comedian and writer as well, perhaps best known to the world for appearing as jerri blank in the tv series strangers with.
Comedianne amy sedaris confronts vulgarity with a daring innocence to create her wickedly absurd characters. Amy sedaris was born on march 29, 1961 in endicott, new york, usa as amy louise sedaris. Millennium entertainment handled the home release of the film. Many of which shes collaborated with her brother, david, whos a writer and humorist. Crafts for poor people which was published in 2010 and has made the new york times best seller list. It stars susan sarandon, lea thompson, john hannah, amy sedaris and marcello conte. Rad miracle is a shy, yearold white kid obsessed with two things.
Set in the summer of 1985 in maryland, ping pong summer is essentially a karate kid rewrite done in the world of table tennis. Ping pong summer, michael tullys nostalgic comedy the new. The bestselling entertaining guide from americas most delightfully unconventional hostess is now available in paperback. Sedariss comic persona may be her most eccentric craft. Cast and crew credits for pingpong summer, 2014, directed by michael tully, with susan sarandon, amy sedaris, judah friedlander, at turner classic movies. Ping pong summer 2014 featurette rad miracle youtube. Its the summer of 1985 and all yearold radford miracle cares about is junk food and jams, slurpees and lps.
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