Set over one summer, the film follows precocious six-year-old Moonee as she courts mischief and adventure with her ragtag playmates and bonds with her rebellious but caring mother, all while... Read allSet over one summer, the film follows precocious six-year-old Moonee as she courts mischief and adventure with her ragtag playmates and bonds with her rebellious but caring mother, all while living in the shadows of Walt Disney World.Set over one summer, the film follows precocious six-year-old Moonee as she courts mischief and adventure with her ragtag playmates and bonds with her rebellious but caring mother, all while living in the shadows of Walt Disney World.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 68 wins & 134 nominations total
Brooklynn Prince
- Moonee
- (as Brooklynn Kimberly Prince)
Edward Pagan
- Dicky's Dad
- (as Edward 'Punky' Pagan)
Krystal Nicole Watts
- Case Worker
- (as Krystal Gordon)
Jim R. Coleman
- Cabbie
- (as Jim Coleman)
- Director
- Writers
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- TriviaChristopher Rivera was an 8-year-old living with his mother at the Paradise Inn in Kissimmee, Florida, when crew members spotted him. He earned enough money on the film for his family to move out of the motel and into an apartment. After the film came out, Rivera was offered a full scholarship to Rollins College, a private four-year college in Winter Park, Florida, and ongoing support for his education to prepare him for college.
- GoofsMagic Castle and Futureland Inn are not next door as movie portrayed. Futureland is 2.8 miles East from Magic Castle.
- Crazy credits"This film is not authorized, sponsored, endorsed, produced, or distributed by, or in any way officially associated with the Walt Disney Company, Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, Disney Enterprises, Inc., or any of its subsidiaries or its affiliates."
- ConnectionsFeatured in One Movie Later: The Florida Project (2017)
- SoundtracksCelebration
Performed by Kool & The Gang
Written by Ronald Bell, Claydes Smith, George 'Funky' Brown (as George Melvin Brown), James 'JT' Taylor (as James Warren 'J.T.' Taylor), Robert 'Spike' Mickens, Earl Toon (as Earl Eugene Toon Jr.), Dennis D.T. Thomas (as Ronald Dennis Thomas), Robert 'Kool' Bell (as Robert E. Bell), Eumir Deodato
Published by WB Music Corp. / Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
Courtesy of The Island Def Jam Music Group under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
My wife and I watched this movie at home on DVD from our public library. The writer/director mentions in the DVD extras that he is a long time fan of the old "Little Rascal" films and making this movie his focus similarly was on the kids and what they do during the summer without supervision.
Back in 1992 writer/director Robert Rodriguez as writer/director/editor gave us "El Mariachi" made for a mere $7000. This little movie has similarities, in fact some scenes were filmed using a phone, the writer/director rewrote some of the story during filming, and was the editor. Overall a fine effort, made to bring to light the plight of the near homeless, those families living in cheap motels in the Florida area near Disney World.
To me the real star is first time actress Bria Vinaite as Halley, a single mom with a daughter maybe 6 or 7. The writer says she would have had her daughter when she was perhaps only 15 and has had to figure out how to keep a roof over their heads. As probably most would do in a strictly survival mode her actions stray way off the line of good morality and her mouth is filthy as they come. She finds a variety of ways, some legal, to make money each week.
In a good role for him Willem Dafoe is Bobby, the manager of the motel. He clearly gets frustrated with the antics of the kids, and always having to remind Halley that the week's rent is due, but he also has a soft heart for all of them. He is perhaps the only father figure Halley ever had.
There is also a short scene with little kids playing and an older man approaches them. Bobby is on a tall ladder painting, quickly jumps into action and prevents what might have become an ugly situation and muscles the man away.
Much of the movie is hard to watch because we understand that, even though this is fiction, it mirrors reality very closely. This movie was made about Florida, you could probably make a similar one in every large community, including the one where I live in Texas.
Back in 1992 writer/director Robert Rodriguez as writer/director/editor gave us "El Mariachi" made for a mere $7000. This little movie has similarities, in fact some scenes were filmed using a phone, the writer/director rewrote some of the story during filming, and was the editor. Overall a fine effort, made to bring to light the plight of the near homeless, those families living in cheap motels in the Florida area near Disney World.
To me the real star is first time actress Bria Vinaite as Halley, a single mom with a daughter maybe 6 or 7. The writer says she would have had her daughter when she was perhaps only 15 and has had to figure out how to keep a roof over their heads. As probably most would do in a strictly survival mode her actions stray way off the line of good morality and her mouth is filthy as they come. She finds a variety of ways, some legal, to make money each week.
In a good role for him Willem Dafoe is Bobby, the manager of the motel. He clearly gets frustrated with the antics of the kids, and always having to remind Halley that the week's rent is due, but he also has a soft heart for all of them. He is perhaps the only father figure Halley ever had.
There is also a short scene with little kids playing and an older man approaches them. Bobby is on a tall ladder painting, quickly jumps into action and prevents what might have become an ugly situation and muscles the man away.
Much of the movie is hard to watch because we understand that, even though this is fiction, it mirrors reality very closely. This movie was made about Florida, you could probably make a similar one in every large community, including the one where I live in Texas.
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- Also known as
- Proyecto Florida
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Box office
- Budget
- $2,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $5,904,366
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $157,553
- Oct 8, 2017
- Gross worldwide
- $10,954,677
- Runtime1 hour 51 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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