The Tortilla Curtain (2003)
Release Date: Unknown; that will depend upon when/if filming eventually gets started.
Distributor: Currently seeking distribution in the USA.
Production Company: Stone Village Productions (The Human Stain), Kingdom International
Cast: None announced yet.
Director: Richard Pearce (A Family Thing, Leap of Faith, The Long Walk Home, Country, No Mercy)
Screenwriter: Dayan Ballweg (feature film debut)
Based Upon: The 1996 novel, The Tortilla Curtain, by T. Coraghessan Boyle.
Premise: Delaney Mossbacher, a writer living in Topanga Canyon, California, accidentally hits an illegal alien, Cándido Rincón, with his car on his way home, bringing the two men's lives, and those of their wives, Kyra and América, together in unexpected ways...
Filming: Production had been tentatively scheduled to start in late 2002 in the Los Angeles area on a budget of $22 million, but that didn't happen, and there's no current (12/9/02) word about when it might be rescheduled.
Genre: Based on a Book, Drama, Latino
Script Review: Coming Attractions by Corona
Status: In Development
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