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The Lightkeepers
The Lightkeepers
Directed by	Daniel Adams
Written by	Daniel Adams
Starring	Richard Dreyfuss; Bruce Dern; Blythe Danner; Mamie Gummer; Tom Wisdom; Julie Harris;
Cinematography	Tom Jewett
Edited by	Dean Goodhill
Music by	Pinar Toprak
Release date	December 18, 2009;
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$32,307

The Lightkeepers is a 2009 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Daniel Adams, and stars Richard Dreyfuss, Blythe Danner, Bruce Dern, Mamie Gummer, Tom Wisdom and Julie Harris in her final film role. Zana Messia wrote the film's theme song.^[1]

In a two-week period beginning on Christmas 2009, the film earned $32,307 on a single screen.^[1]

Plot edit

The film is set on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in 1912 and follows the story of two lighthouse attendants, one young and one old, who swear to abstain from women, until two women arrive for their summer vacation.^[1]

It is based upon The Woman Haters: A Yarn of Eastboro Twin-Lights (1911) by Joseph C. Lincoln.^[2]

Cast edit

Richard Dreyfuss as Seth Atkins / Bascom
Bruce Dern as Bernie
Blythe Danner as Mrs. Bascom
Mamie Gummer as Ruth
Tom Wisdom as John Brown / Russell Brooks
Julie Harris as Mrs. Deacon
Stephen Russell as Jedidiah Snow
Jason Alan Smith as Ezra
Ben Dreyfuss as Grocery Boy

References edit

^ ^a ^b ^c "Cape sees the 'Light'". Boston Herald. Retrieved 29 January 2010.
^ "The Woman-haters, by Joseph C. Lincoln". Gutenberg.org. Retrieved 2013-11-26.

External links edit

The Lightkeepers at IMDb

[bh-1] "Cape sees the 'Light'". Boston Herald. Retrieved 29 January 2010.

[2] "The Woman-haters, by Joseph C. Lincoln". Gutenberg.org. Retrieved 2013-11-26.

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