Tracktown is a 2016 American drama and coming of age sports film directed and written by Alexi Pappas and Jeremy Teicher and starring Pappas, Chase Offerle, Rachel Dratch and Andy Buckley.[1] Filming took place in Eugene, Oregon. Tracktown premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival in June 2016 and its worldwide release was on the 12 May 2017.
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| Directed by | Alexi Pappas Jeremy Teicher |
| Written by | Alexi Pappas Jeremy Teicher |
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| Cinematography | Chris Collins |
| Edited by | Sofi Marshall |
| Music by | Jay Wadley |
Production companies | Bay Bridge Productions Inc. Bunkhouse Films Good Wizard Jay Smith Productions Joint Salem Street Entertainment Wieden+Kennedy Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Orion Pictures Samuel Goldwyn Films |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
editTwenty-one-year-old Plumb Marigold (Pappas) is a famous but lonely distance runner and has lived her entire life surrounded by coaches, teammates and fans while training to be an Olympic distance runner. Though she excels in her sport, she's always felt like an outsider, as her schedule has kept a normal life at bay. Everything changes when Plumb is ordered to take a day off from running to recover for the finals of the Olympic trials. Her forced downtime, including a surprise connection with a boy who works at the bakery, sets her on a new path.
Cast
edit- Alexi Pappas as Plumb Marigold
- Chase Offerle as Sawyer
- Rachel Dratch as Gail, Plumb's mother
- Andy Buckley as Burt, Plumb's father
- Rebecca Friday as Whitney
- Sasha Spencer as Coach
- Remy Teicher as Jenny
- Nick Symmonds as Nick
- Kristina Haddad as Sports Doctor
- Chris Berman as Sports Announcer
- Berenice Odriozola as Manicurist
Production
editThe producers of Tracktown are Laura Wagner, Jay Smith, Alexi Pappas and Jeremy Teicher.
Production was facilitated by the Sundance Institute's Creative Producing Lab Program and the San Francisco Film Society.[2]
Production was assisted by interns from the University of Oregon.[3]
Filming
editFilming took place in Eugene, Oregon (known as TrackTown USA). including at Hayward Field.[4][3]
Release
editTracktown premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival in June 2016, was screened at the RiverRun International Film Festival in April 2017, and had its worldwide release on the 12 May 2017.[5][6]
It was also part of the Official Section for the 2016 Thessaloniki International Film Festival, the 2017 Annapolis Film Festival, the 2017 Sunscreen Film Festival, and the Green Mountain Film Festival.[7][8][9][10]
Critical response
editTracktown was met with mixed to positive reviews. Variety's Peter Debruge wrote that "What the film lacks in originality, it makes up for via its star's naturally glamor-resistant sensibility, giving us an unpolished glimpse into the personal life of a professional runner."[11] Andy Webster of The New York Times wrote that "Fact and fiction blend nicely in Tracktown, the modest, appealing feature debut of Alexi Pappas."[12] It holds a 71% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "tracktown". Rotten Tomatoes. May 22, 2017. Retrieved May 22, 2017.
- ^ Hetzel, Megan (9 September 2014). "Elite Alexi Pappas Filming Running Movie in Eugene". Runner's World. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
- ^ a b Brown, Nathaniel (24 May 2016). "Filmmaker and ex-UO runner Alexi Pappas profiled in NYT". University of Oregon. Eugene, Oregon. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ Hetzel, Megan (9 September 2014). "Elite Alexi Pappas Filming Running Movie in Eugene". Runners World. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ ""TrackTown" World Premiered at Los Angeles Film Festival". Oregon Governor's Office of Film & Television. April 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ "Tracktown". RiverRun International Film Festival. April 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ "57 TIFF: Focus on Greek Cinema". Thessaloniki International Film Festival. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ "Film List - Annapolis Film Festival". 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ "Tracktown". Sunscreen Film Festival. 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ "Tracktown". gmffestival.showare.com/. Green Mountain Film Festival. 2017. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
- ^ Debruge, Peter (6 June 2016). "Film Review: 'Tracktown'".
- ^ Webster, Andy (11 May 2017). "Review: Olympic Hopeful in 'Tracktown' Finds Life Beyond the Race". The New York Times – via NYTimes.com.
