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Hope Floats is a 1998 American drama film directed by Forest Whitaker and starring Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick Jr., Mae Whitman, and Gena Rowlands.. Written by Steven Rogers, the story follows Birdee (Bullock), an unassuming housewife whose life is disrupted when her husband (Michael Paré) reveals his infidelity to her on a Ricki Lake-style talk show.
- $30 million
- Dave Grusin
- May 29, 1998
- Lynda Obst
Humiliated, she returns to her childhood home with her young daughter in search of hope, herself and maybe even love. This draft is the writer's preferred version of the script. Bibliographic information
- Steven Rogers
- Harvest Moon Publishing, 2000
- 0967134528, 9780967134529
May 29, 1998 · Hope Floats: Directed by Forest Whitaker. With Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick Jr., Gena Rowlands, Mae Whitman. Birdee Calvert must choose between her morals and her heart after her husband divorces her and a charming young man, who her daughter disapproves of, comes back into her life.
- (29K)
- Drama, Romance
- Forest Whitaker
- 1998-05-29
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Hope Floats (1998) - full transcript Birdee Calvert-Pruitt is back in her hometown of Smithville, Texas, after discovering that her husband is having an affair with her best friend, Connie. The entire town knows what happened to flawless beauty Birdee since Connie let her know about the affair on a national talk show.
Hope Floats Script. Year: 1998. Director: Forest Whitaker. Written by: Steven Rogers (Screenplay) Script Synopsis: Birdee Pruitt has been humiliated on live television by her best friend, Connie, who's been sleeping with Birdee's husband, Bill. Birdee tries starting over with her daughter, Bernice, by returning to her small Texas hometown, but ...
Jun 6, 1998 · Steven Rogers. "Hope Floats" begins with a talk show where a woman learns that her husband and her best friend are having an affair. Devastated, she flees from Chicago with her young daughter and moves back in with her mother in Smithville, Texas. Everybody in Smithville (and the world) witnessed her public humiliation.
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