Dear Eleanor
Dear Eleanor is a 2016 American film, directed by Kevin Connolly, and starring Isabelle Fuhrman, Josh Lucas, Liana Liberato, and Jessica Alba. Written by Cecilia Contreras and Amy Garcia, it is a coming of age story about two best friends traveling across the U.S. in 1962 to meet their childhood hero, Eleanor Roosevelt.
Plot
In 1962, in the shadow of the Cuban Missile Crisis, two teenage girls (Isabelle Fuhrman and Liana Liberato) break out of their normal life, jump in the car and embark on a trip across the country in search of the former First Lady of the United States, Eleanor Roosevelt. Their Thelma & Louise cross-country adventure is a mix of hilarious joy ride and an empowering personal odyssey that not only tests their friendship for the first time but also lands the girls in jail.
More details
| author | Amy Garcia Cecilia Contreras |
|---|---|
| director | Kevin Connolly |
| editor | Jim Flynn |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | break out cuban missile crisis eleanor roosevelt first lady first lady of the united states first time joy ride shadow teenage girl thelma & louise |
| musicBy | Aaron Zigman |
| producer | Caleb Applegate Chuck Pacheco Hillary Sherman |
| productionCompany | Nine Nights |
| publisher | Destination Films |
| recordedAt | Colorado |