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Janie Jones is a american film of genre Drama directed by David M. Rosenthal released in USA on 28 october 2011 with Abigail Breslin
Janie Jones (2010)
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Add to a movie listJanie Jones is a 2010 American drama film by writer/director David M. Rosenthal. It stars Alessandro Nivola, Elisabeth Shue, Brittany Snow, and Abigail Breslin as the eponymous Janie Jones. The film makes extensive use of original music created by Gemma Hayes and Eef Barzelay and sung and played by Abigail Breslin and Alessandro Nivola. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 17, 2010.
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A 13-year-old girl is abandoned by her meth-addicted former-groupie mother, after she informs Ethan Brand, an alcoholic, on-the-road, fading rock star, that Janie is his daughter, and he is not happy about it.Actors
Abigail Breslin
(Janie Jones)
Brittany Snow
(Iris)
Alessandro Nivola
(Ethan Brand)
Elisabeth Shue
(Mary Ann Jones)
Peter Stormare
(Sloan)
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