Pope Dreams

Pope Dreams

106 mins | Drama, Romance | Jan. 1, 2006

In the vein of Good Will Hunting and Garden State, POPE DREAMS is a coming of age tale about a young man at a crossroads in life. Filled with heart, music, life, and loss. And a set of drums. Oh, and the Pope. POPE DREAMS is about a directionless nineteen-year old boy, Andy Venable, who works for his hard-case dad in a store warehouse during the day and plays drums in a loud heavy-metal band at night. His only clear goal at the moment is to get his sick mother, a devout Catholic, to meet the Pope before she dies. While he's busy with that, he falls for a girl who's totally out of his league and gets discovered by two Broadway producers for a musical talent that just might be his true calling. Andy's a dreamer. But dreaming is easy. It's reality that's hard.

Pope Dreams

106 mins | Drama, Romance | Jan. 1, 2006

Pope Dreams
In the vein of Good Will Hunting and Garden State, POPE DREAMS is a coming of age tale about a young man at a crossroads in life. Filled with heart, music, life, and loss. And a set of drums. Oh, and the Pope. POPE DREAMS is about a directionless nineteen-year old boy, Andy Venable, who works for his hard-case dad in a store warehouse during the day and plays drums in a loud heavy-metal band at night. His only clear goal at the moment is to get his sick mother, a devout Catholic, to meet the Pope before she dies. While he's busy with that, he falls for a girl who's totally out of his league and gets discovered by two Broadway producers for a musical talent that just might be his true calling. Andy's a dreamer. But dreaming is easy. It's reality that's hard.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Pescadito Productions
Original title Pope Dreams
Directors Patrick Hogan
Writers

Cast

Phillip Vaden

as Andy Venable

Marnette Patterson

as Brady Rossman

Julie Hagerty

as Kristina Venable

Stephen Tobolowsky

as Carl Venable

Noel Fisher

as Pete

Samantha Anderson

as Heather

Casey Barclay

as Eric

Jordan Belfi

as Lucas Bowman

Naleah Dey

as Juanita Steinberg

Michael Edwin

as Case Officer

Chris Foreman

as Zane

Sarah Foret

as Hannah

Rif Hutton

as Riff Malloy (as Riff Hutton)

Barbara Lettieri

as Italian Phone Operator (voice)

Steve Loh

as Paramedic