Counting for Thunder - Cooper, Phillip Irwin

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Résumé :
When struggling actor Phillip Stalworth breaks up with his girlfriend, he returns home to the Deep South to care for his ailing mother and unexpectedly falls for a local carpenter. Working through his past with his complicated family, some old high school chums, and the desperate characters who grace his hometown, Phillip ultimately finds his own voice as his mother is finally regaining hers. Already adapted for film, Counting for Thunder was inspired by writer Phillip Irwin Cooper's personal experience and, like Augusten Burroughs, covers many of the universal themes of love, life, sex, and death with his own brand of gallows wit. Phillip's three-year quest is a hero's journey proving we truly can go home again to learn the lessons we should have mastered the first time around.

Biographie:
Phillip Irwin Cooper's one-man show, Counting for Thunder, ran for seven months in Los Angeles. Phillip starred in the film adaptation from Wolfe Releasing, a project he also directed, wrote, and produced. At its world premiere at the Rhode Island International Film Festival, Counting for Thunder took home the Jury Award for Best Alternative Feature. The film won Audience Awards at both the Columbia Gorge International Film Festival and the Fairhope Film Festival. Phillip lives in Santa Monica, California.

Sommaire:
When struggling actor Phillip Stalworth breaks up with his girlfriend, he returns home to the Deep South to care for his ailing mother and unexpectedly falls for a local carpenter. Working through his past with his complicated family, some old high school chums, and the desperate characters who grace his hometown, Phillip ultimately finds his own voice as his mother is finally regaining hers. Already adapted for film, Counting for Thunder was inspired by writer Phillip Irwin Cooper's personal experience and, like Augusten Burroughs, covers many of the universal themes of love, life, sex, and death with his own brand of gallows wit. Phillip's three-year quest is a hero's journey proving we truly can go home again to learn the lessons we should have mastered the first time around....