directed by - david duchovny
screenplay by - david duchovny
music by - geoff zanelli
genre - drama, comedy
rating - PG-13
runtime - 95 min
budget - $7,000,000
world premiere - may 07, 2004 (Tribeca Film Fest)
theatrical release - april 05, 2005 (wider release on april 29, 2005)
dvd release date - october 05, 2005 (region 1)
filming - september 15, 2003 > november 03, 2003
filming locations - java street & lexington, ny
                                 brooklyn, ny
                                 paris, france (3 days)
production company - tribeca productions
                                        southpaw entertainment
financed by - bob yari productions
                        ovation entertainment llc
distribution by - lions gate films
official site - link

It's 1973, and Tommy is a 13-year-old boy living in New York's Greenwich Village with his mother, who is still coming to terms with the death of her husband. Tommy's best friend is Pappass , a mentally challenged man who is in his thirties, but is at the same emotional age as Tommy; Pappass delivers meat for a local butcher, and Tommy helps him out. Tommy has discovered women, and has a crush on Melissa, a cute girl in his class, but Pappass isn't much interested in the opposite sex, and can offer little advice on the subject. Tommy's lone confidante on this issue is Lady Bernadette, a woman locked up in the nearby Women's House of Detention who offers advice shouted from her window. When Pappass begins to realize that Tommy is falling for Melissa, he's convinced he's losing his best friend, and in a moment of anger he steals a bicycle. Tommy tries to protect Pappas by claiming he was the thief, leading to a series of serious repercussions. Years later, Tommy is a grown man who leaves his home in Paris, France, to pay a visit to the old neighborhood and come to terms with the life he left behind.

"A lot of people haven’t seen too many characters like that, with a high-functioning handicap.” To play Pappass, Robin immersed himself in research, and says there was plenty of material at his disposal. In addition, he worked with Duchovny and makeup artist Cheri Minns to achieve Pappass’ look. “I had fake teeth and my ears pushed forward to transform the face,” he says. “There’s a certain disorder where people look very elf-like, and we went with that one.”

To look like a 65 year old guy Robin had to sit through 2 hours of make-up. He also had to wear a body suit that fills out his waist and chest to get that fat body.
Robin said that playing older roles is no problem for him.

pappass
Tommy don't like girls.

pappass
I'm not retarded anymore.
tom
Oh really?
pappass
Really. I went from retard to challenged. Who knows what I'll be next?

pappass
I was supposed to be normal, but I didn't get enough oxygen when I was born.

pappass' dad
Ah yeah, people are getting cheap with the tips or you boys went to the movies.
Do you know why your mother died, son? She killed herself because she had a retarded son. Isn't that right?
tommy
She was hit by a car.
pappass' dad
She walked in front of a car because she had a retarded son.
tommy
She was drunk.
pappass' dad
She was drunk because her son was retarded.
tommy
She was drunk because she was married to you, you loser.
pappass' dad
Up yours.
tommy
Up yours too.
pappass' dad
Up yours too, sir.
tommy
Up yours too, sir, and good night.
pappass' dad
Uhuhuh, not untill you can pass a drivers test. When you can drive, then you can drink.

You never know who your angel's gonna be

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- Trailers
- Deleted Scenes
- Building the House of D featurette
- All Access Festival Pass bonus
- The Old Neighborhood featurette

budget - $7,000,000
gross - $388,532 (us)
opening weekend - $36,371 (2 theaters)
widest release - 305 theaters
closing date - may 12, 2005
in release - 28 days / 4 weeks

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