Big Eden

"A small miracle."

2000 1h 59m EN

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6.4

MID

★6.4TMDB · 56

DramaRomance

Synopsis

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Henry Hart is a young gay artist living in New York City. When his grandfather has a stroke, Henry puts his career on hold and returns home to the small town of Big Eden, Montana, to care for him. While there, Henry hopes to strike up a romance with Dean Stewart, his high-school best friend for whom he still has feelings. But he's surprised when he finds that Pike, a quiet Native American who owns the local general store, may have a crush on him.

“A small miracle.”

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Cast

Arye Gross
Henry Hart
Eric Schweig
Pike Dexter
Tim DeKay
Dean Stewart
Louise Fletcher
Grace Cornwell
George Coe
Sam Hart
Nan Martin
Widow Thayer
O'Neal Compton
Jim Soams
Corinne Bohrer
Anna Rudolph

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Thomas Bezucha
Writers: Thomas Bezucha
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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26 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Thomas Bezucha, shot by Rob Sweeney. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Joseph Conlan. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Andrew London shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 8

CAST

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Arye Gross and Eric Schweig and Tim DeKay carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "A small miracle.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0212815 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 56 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Thomas Bezucha directs. Rob Sweeney behind the camera. Joseph Conlan scores. Andrew London cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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126 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Thomas Bezucha, shot by Rob Sweeney. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Joseph Conlan. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Andrew London shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Arye Gross and Eric Schweig and Tim DeKay carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "A small miracle.".
7IMDB entry: tt0212815 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 56 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
9Classified under 8 themes, including "new york city", "montana", "male friendship", "native american".

The technical file

Cinematography: Rob Sweeney
Original score: Joseph Conlan
Editing: Andrew London
Production design: Stephanie Carroll
Costume design: Sam Hamilton
Makeup / hair: Michael Hancock
Sound: Rick Norman
Runtime: 119 min · 1h 59m
Status: Released
Box office: $512,451
Original language: EN
Certification (US): PG-13
IMDB: Big Eden (2000)

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Community reviews

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CinemaSerf2023-08-28
★ 6/10
Well now, what is striking about this drama is that the community deep in rural Montana appear to have no nay-sayers amongst them when it comes to the local gay folks in their community. There is no sign of any of the usual religious reticence amongst the community as Arye Gross ("Henry") returns from his successful New York existence to care for his ailing grandfather. Once there he must re-address relationships with "Dean" (Tim DeKay), his high-school crush and with "Pike" (Erik Schweig) who owns the local general store and who has been looking after his grandad. Talk about the only gay in the village - this town of about a dozen folks appears to have about a 25% rate - which only adds to the rather daftness of it all. The acting is truly wooden - except, perhaps for Nan Martin as the busybody, but well meaning "Widow Thayer" - and although the film relies not a jot on any sense of "beauty" to relay the romance, nor does it relay any sense of innovation or novelty with the characters. Did they get together, did he just go home - not sure I was really bothered.

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