C A R E E R - F I L M O G R A P H Y
 MISSING IN AMERICA (2005)
Director: Gabrielle Savage Dockterman
Selective Festival Screenings: May 28 & 30, 2005 (Seattle International Film Festival); July 30, 2005 (14th Woods Hole Film Festival); September 22, 2005 (International Diversity Film Market); September 25, 2005 (San Diego Film Festival); October 7, 2005 (HatcH Audiovisual Arts Festival); November 12, 2005 (St. Louis International Film Festival); November 13, 2005 (Northampton Film Festival); December 9, 2005 (Monaco International Film Festival); March 23, 2006 (Reel Women International Film Festival); April 18, 2006 (Spaghetti Junction Urban Film Festival)"It's never too late to come home."Synopsis: A haunted Vietnam veteran, Jake, living in exile in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, is faced with a life-changing decision after he's visited by a former ill platoon member, Henry, and his young Amerasian daughter, Lenny, who is left with Jake when Henry disappears. Cast:
Danny Glover .... Jake
Ron Perlman .... Red
Linda Hamilton .... Kate
David Strathairn .... Henry R. Hocknell, Jr.
Zoe Weizenbaum .... Lenny Favorite Quotes:
• "Yeah, I ended up marrying me a gook. Well, me and round-eyed women never got along too well." - Henry • "Hell, we all got to take a dirt nap sooner or later, don't we?" - Henry • "There's no better man alive than Jake." - Henry Notes:
• Missing In America (originally titled The Woodcutter) was initially set for theatrical release in the Fall, 2004 but was pushed back. It had its world premiere at the Seattle International Film Festival on May 28 and May 30, 2005. Its East Coast premiere was on July 30, 2005 at the 14th Woods Hole Film Festival in Woods Hole, MA on Cape Cod. Though it never received a theatrical release, it has screened at many festivals including International Diversity Film Market (Washington, D.C.), San Diego Film Festival (San Diego, CA), and HatcH Audiovisual Arts Festival (Bozeman, MT).
• Missing In America reunited David with co-star Danny Glover. The two had previously worked together in Iceman. Critical Praise & Commentary:
• "His life is disrupted by the mysterious arrival of a former platoon-mate (the excellent David Strathairn) and, more pressingly, the latter's nine-year-old Amerasian daughter (Seattle native Zoe Weizenbaum, soon to appear in the much-anticipated cinematic adaptation of the bestselling Memoirs of a Geisha)." -Seattle International Film Festival (David On His Role:)
• [on director Gabrielle Savage Dockterman] "As ambitious a project as this was, she was pretty on top of it. It didn't feel like she was a first-time director. It's a brave film to make." -David Strathairn, 2006 Related Links:
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