Feast of Love (2007)

Director:

Robert Benton

Writers (WGA):

Allison Burnett (screenplay)
Charles Baxter (novel)

Release Date:

28 September 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

A story for anyone with an appetite for love.

Plot:

A meditation on love and its various incarnations, set within a community of friends in Oregon. and is described as an exploration of the magical, mysterious and sometimes painful incarnations of love.

Plot Keywords:

Coffee Shop | Professor | Coffee | Oregon | Affair

Cast

Morgan Freeman	...	Harry Stevenson
Greg Kinnear	...	Bradley Smith
Radha Mitchell	...	Diana Croce
Billy Burke	...	David Watson
Selma Blair	...	Kathryn Smith
Alexa Davalos	...	Chloe Barlow
Toby Hemingway	...	Oscar
Stana Katic	...	Jenny
Erika Marozsán	...	Margaret Vekashi
Jane Alexander	...	Esther Stevenson
Fred Ward	...	Bat
Margo Martindale	...	Mrs. Maggarolian
Missi Pyle	...	Agatha Smith
Shannon Lucio	...	Janey
Alex Mentzel	...	Billy Smith

MPAA:

Rated R for strong sexual content, nudity and language.

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

USA:R | Ireland:16 | Australia:MA | Taiwan:R-12 | UK:15 | Singapore:R21 | Germany:12 | Finland:K-15 | Portugal:M/16 (Qualidade)

Filming Locations:

923 SE 37th Avenue, Portland, Oregon, USA

Company:

GreeneStreet Films

Trivia:

Toby Hemingway (Oscar) is left-handed, which made it somewhat of a challenge for him to make coffee for the film.

Goofs:

Factual errors: At 46:38, when Harry is typing a letter on his computer, the address seen on the monitor displays a ZIP code in Portland, Oregon as 98765. In actuality, the first three letters for Portland, Oregon ZIP codes are 972, and the first two numbers for Oregon ZIP codes are 97.

Quotes:

Bradley Thomas: What's making you smile like that?
Margaret Vekashi: Looking out the window, an unusual man, an innocent man, an open-hearted man. Someone who has given tremendous love, but never had it returned, not in the way he deserves.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2007-09-29)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Falling Slowly

A funny, tragic, sexy movie

I was down from Maine last week and was lucky enough to attend a screening of Feast of Love in New York City. I can't stop thinking about this film. It raises so many questions. What makes us fall in love with someone? If you love a person enough can you make them fall in love with you? With all the people who cross your path why do you fall in love with one but not the others? What is it that makes you fall in love with someone at first sight? How could you be married to someone and not have any idea that that person no longer loves you back? In the end the film gives hope to all of us who have loved and lost that we can find love again, and that that love can come in many different forms and configurations. The movie made me laugh and made me cry. The acting was wonderful and I felt the characters heartbreak as well as their blind optimism. The nude scenes, although explicit, were a natural as part of the relationships of the characters. If you're looking for a film to make you laugh, make you cry and make you think then this would be a good film for you. One of the best movies I've seen in a long time.