28 Days
28 Days Promotional Movie Poster
Directed by	Betty Thomas
Produced by	Celia D. Costas
Written by	Susannah Grant
Starring	Sandra Bullock Viggo Mortensen Dominic West Elizabeth Perkins Alan Tudyk Steve Buscemi
Music by	Richard Gibbs
Cinematography	Declan Quinn
Editing by	Peter Teschner
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures Corporation Tall Trees Productions
Release date(s)	April 14, 2000
Running time	104 minutes (approx.)
Budget	$43 Million

28 Days is a 2000 drama film starring Sandra Bullock.

Sandra Bullock plays Gwen Cummings, a newspaper columnist obliged to enter rehabilitation for alcoholism. Because of the subject matter, the movie is commonly screened in health classes in public schools.

[edit] Plot

After getting into a car accident while drunk on the day of her sister's wedding, Gwen Cummings is given a choice between jail or 28 days in a rehab center. She chooses rehab, but is extremely resistant to taking part in any of the treatment programs they have to offer, refusing to admit that she is an alcoholic. After getting to know some of the other patients, Gwen gradually begins to re-examine her life and see that she does, in fact, have a serious problem. She befriends Andrea, a 17-year-old recovering heroin addict, who occasionally harms herself. All of the other patients help her see herself in a different light, while she tries to get sober and come to terms with her alcoholism. The path to recovery will not be easy, and success will not be guaranteed or even likely, but she is now willing to give it a try.

[edit] Cast

• Sandra Bullock as Gwen Cummings: the film's protagonist. A newspaper columnist with drug and alcohol problems
• Azura Skye as Andrea Delaney: A 17-year-old heroin addict.
• Dominic West as Jasper: Gwen's boyfriend. An alcoholic as well, he considers Gwen's recovery a joke.
• Viggo Mortensen as Eddie Boone: One of the other patients in rehab, a famous baseball player. Addicted to alcohol, drugs, and sex.
• Elizabeth Perkins as Lily Cummings: Gwen's older sister who gets married at the beginning of the film.
• Alan Tudyk as Gerhardt: One of the other patients in rehab, highly emotional and of German origin.
• Reni Santoni as Daniel: One of the other patients in rehab, a former doctor.
• Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Roshanda: One of the other patients in rehab, mother of two young children.
• Diane Ladd as Bobbie Jean: One of the other patients in rehab, an elderly lady.
• Mike O'Malley as Oliver: One of the other patients in rehab, a sex addict.
• Steve Buscemi as Cornell Shaw: a former addict who now works as one of the counselors in the rehab clinic.
• Margo Martindale as Betty: the clinic's receptionist.
• Susan Krebs as Evelyn: The clinic's psychologist who leads all of the group meetings.
• Elijah Kelley as Darnell: One of Roshandas children

[edit] Development

Bullock spent a few days at Sierra Tucson preparing for her role.

[edit] Music

Singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III, who plays one of the center's patients, contributed four songs to the soundtrack.

[edit] References

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[edit] External links

• 28 Days at the Internet Movie Database
• Films Made in North Carolina - PDF