DEAR FRANKIE

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• Release Year: 2004
• Genre: Drama, Romance
• Plot: Frankie (Jack McElhone) is packing boxes; his mother (Emily Mortimer) is on the move again. He writes to his father about his new life in Glasgow -- the bullies in his class, his mother's loneliness, his dreams of the sea. But rather than reaching his far-away father, Frankie's letters are being read and responded to by his mother, who has been corresponding as Frankie's father for years. When the ship that Frankie's dad is supposedly sailing on comes to harbor, she has to think fast to keep up the charade. Enter a tall, dark stranger ( Gerard Butler) who stands in as Frankie's dad for a day. Whether Frankie finds out who his dad really is hangs in the balance. Will the kindness of strangers prevail? Or will Frankie be crushed when he discovers the truth?
• Cast: Emily Mortimer, Jack McElhone, Mary Riggans, Sharon Small, Sophie Main, Katy Murphy, Sean Brown, Jayd Johnson, Anna Hepburn, Rony Bridges, Douglas Stewart Wallace, Elaine M. Ellis, Carolyn Calder, John Kazek, Gerard Butler, Garry Collins, Anne Marie Timoney, Maureen Johnson, Andrea Gibb, Cal Macaninch, Sharon MacKenzie, Jonathan Pender, Robert Harrison, Alan Marsh, Shona Auerbach
• Director: Shona Auerbach
• Runtime: 1:45
• Company: Miramax
• Media Format: Movie