Sweet Home Alabama
Sweet Home Alabama is a 2002 American romantic comedy film directed by Andy Tennant. Written by C. Jay Cox, it stars Reese Witherspoon, Josh Lucas and Patrick Dempsey. The supporting cast includes Fred Ward, Mary Kay Place, Jean Smart, Candice Bergen, Ethan Embry, and Melanie Lynskey. It was released in the United States on September 27, 2002, by Buena Vista Pictures. The film takes its title from the 1974 Lynyrd Skynyrd song of the same name. It received a mixed critical reception but was a success at the box office.
Plot
On a beach in the fictional town of Pigeon Creek, Alabama, 10-year-olds Jake Perry and Melanie Smooter inspect the result of lightning striking sand. Jake asserts that they will be married one day.
Cast
- Andrew Prine
- Candice Bergen
- Colin Ford
- Courtney Gains
- Dakota Fanning
- Ethan Embry
- Fred Ward
- Jean Smart
- Josh Lucas
- Kevin Sussman
- Mark Matkevich
- Mary Kay Place
- Mary Lynn Rajskub
- Melanie Lynskey
- Michelle Krusiec
- Nathan Lee Graham
- Patrick Dempsey
- Reese Witherspoon
- Rhona Mitra
- Sarah Baker
- Sean Bridgers
- Thomas Curtis
More details
| author | C. Jay Cox |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Alabama |
| director | Andy Tennant |
| editor | Tracey Wadmore-Smith Troy Takaki |
| genre | comedy-drama fantasy |
| keywords | adopt childhood home driving drunk engage family man fashion designer follow fulgurite glassblowing groom learn lightning rod lightning striking sand married new york new york city out pregnant teen present day school friend strike surname wed |
| musicBy | George Fenton |
| producer | Neal H. Moritz Stokely Chaffin |
| publisher | Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures |
| recordedAt | Georgia |
| theme | fashion lgbt-related romantic comedy |