Things Behind the Sun

2001
R
2h

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A young music journalist's dark memories are awakened when he goes to interview a female rock singer, and both are forced to confront troubling secrets from their pasts.A young music journalist's dark memories are awakened when he goes to interview a female rock singer, and both are forced to confront troubling secrets from their pasts.A young music journalist's dark memories are awakened when he goes to interview a female rock singer, and both are forced to confront troubling secrets from their pasts.

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Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 win & 6 nominations total

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Kim Dickens

Sherry

Gabriel Mann

Owen

Aria Alpert Adjani

Violet
(as Aria Alpert)

Ruben Anders

Carlos

Rosanna Arquette

Pete

Mitchell Boshnack

Cape Canaveral Police Officer #1

Owen Butler

Young Owen

Caitlin Caldwell

Girl at House

Don Cheadle

Chuck

Bill Cordell

AA Secretary

Justin DePrume

Young Dan
(as Justin De Prume)

Hal Dion

Public Defender

Brittany Renee Finamore

Young Sherry
(as Brittany Finamore)

Alison Folland

Lulu

Jesse Gelaznik

Magazine Intern
(as Jessie Gelaznick)
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Jade Gordon

Francis T. Hickman Jr.

Cape Canaveral Police Officer #2
(as Frank Hickman)

Jessica Howell

Jamie

Director
- Allison Anders
Writers
- Allison Anders
- Kurt Voss
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Trivia
The film is based on Allison Anders' personal experience when she was raped at the age of 12 and then brutally manhandled by a stepfather until she ran away from home at the age of 17. The rape scene in the film was actually filmed in exactly the same house where Anders was raped as a child.

Quotes
Sherry: [to Colin and Jeremy at the bar] Okay okay, yeah yeah... you don't have to fight. Cause guess what - it's fun to share. Ha! You know about sharing?
[Kisses Colin. Kisses Jeremy]
Sherry: Let's get outta here.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: The Million Dollar Hotel/The Invisible Circus/Head Over Heels (2001)

Soundtracks
Theme from Things Behind the Sun
Performed by Sonic Youth
Written by Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore, Steve Shelley,
Jim O'Rourke
Published by Sonik Tooth
Administered by Zomba Songs, Inc/Field Code Music (BMI)
Courtesy of DGC Records

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Featured review

7/10

In All a Good Film, with Technical Deficiencies

I tend to prefer character-driven movies with strong plots. In that sense, this movie score highly. Kim Dickens turns in a passionate performance as a self-destructive women trying to reclaim her soul after it was taken from her in an adolescent rape. Don Cheadle turns in yet another great performance. Wow, what a great actor. Eric Stoltz has little screen time, but he does a lot with it. Again, what a great actor.

This movie suffers a little on the technical front. There are scenes that could have been edited out because they failed to enhance the story line. At times the direction seemed to be a lackluster. Neither of these hurt the movie that much, but it does not quite reach its full potential. It is still worth seeing. I enjoyed it.