I Am David (film)

I Am David (film)

Infobox Film
name = I Am David


caption = I Am David Promotional Movie Poster
director = Paul Feig
producer =
writer = Paul Feig
starring = Jim Caviezel
Ben Tibber
Joan Plowright
music = Stewart Copeland
cinematography = Roman Osin
editing = Steven Weisberg
distributor =
released = 2003
runtime = 90 minutes
country =
awards =
language = English
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0327919

"I Am David" is a 2003 film based on the novel "I Am David" by Anne Holm. The film was produced by Walden Media and Lions Gate Entertainment.

Plot

Ten years after World War II, a 12-year old boy named David (Ben Tibber) escapes a Stalinist concentration camp in Bulgaria where he has spent his entire life. He sets out on a risky journey to Denmark, initially believing he is on an important mission to deliver a letter, but eventually discovering that the "mission" was to reunite him with his mother, of whom he only has faint memories. Along his journey, he faces danger, fear, loneliness, and hunger, and encounters various people.

Johannes (Jim Caviezel), his friend and mentor in the camp, who prepares him for escape, is killed by a guard, leaving David to face escape on his own. David is helped by a guard to escape, who gives him a compass and tells him he must go southwest to Greece, take a boat to Italy and finally go north to Denmark, a peaceful and neutral country. Since David was locked in a camp all his life, he has repressed feelings and trusts no one, and so feels lost and disoriented in the world.

Along his journey, though he is mistreated by some people, he is well-treated by others. Gradually he learns that some people can be trusted, and to open up and experience his own feelings. Finally, with the help of decent people whom he has learned to trust, David and his mother are reunited.

Reaction

This movie received a generally bad review from critics and holds a "Rotten" 39 % on Rotten Tomatoes. [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/i_am_david/?critic=columns] Most of the reviewers criticized the sentimental mood, such as Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times, who wrote: "I couldn't believe a moment of it, and never identified with little David." [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/i_am_david/?critic=columns]

The film grossed some $288,552 in 226 theaters. [http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=iamdavid.htm]

Awards

The film won several awards in 2003, including the Crystal Heart Award in the Heartland Film Festival, the Queens Festival's Best Feature Film prize, and Best Film and Most Promising Actor for Ben Tibber. [http://imdb.com/title/tt0327919/awards]

Trivia

Some actors of this film met again in the film The Passion Of The Christ. Jim Caviezel (Jesus),Hristo Shopov who is "the man" in this film stars as Pilatus in The Passion Of The Christ , Francesco De Vito who helps David is Peter in The Passion Of The Christ

External links

* [http://www.iamdavidmovie.com/ Official site]
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