Sleepwalking (2008)


Charlize Theron         Joleen Reedy
Nick Stahl              James Reedy
Anna-Sophia Robb        Tara
Woody Harrelson         Randall
Dennis Hopper           Mr. Reedy
Deborra-Lee Furness     Danni
Callum Keith Rennie     Will
Amy Matysio             Sharon
Simon Chin              Randall’s Friend
Michael Ennis           Cop #2
Emily Wees              Tara’s Friend
Troy Skog               Warren
Mathew St Patrick       Detective #1
Kenneth Mitchell (III)  Mr. Bergen
Jean Freeman            Mrs. Bergen
George Grassick         Cop #1

Directed by:            William Maher
Produced by:            Charlie Mason (II), Justin Moore-Lewy, Anthony Rhulen



A moving drama about the deep familial bond that develops between a 30-year-old man and his young 
niece after the girl's mother suddenly leaves town. Forced out of her home after her boyfriend is 
arrested, Joleen Reedy needs a place to stay with her 11-year-old daughter, Tara. She turns for 
help to her younger brother, James--a simple and overly trusting man who doesn't hesitate to welcome 
them into his modest rental apartment. Almost as soon as she moves in, however, Joleen hits the road 
with another man. Utterly ill-equipped to be the sole guardian of an adolescent girl, James does his 
best to make his distraught niece happy. But before long, things spin out of control: he loses his 
road crew job and Tara is put into foster care. Additionally, old wounds from his emotionally abusive 
and sometimes violent father begin to reopen as James is forced to re-examine his life. That's when 
James makes a fateful decision that will bring his life full circle and force him to face his demons. 
He takes off with Tara and the pair assumes new identities as father and daughter. What starts out as 
a ploy to evade authorities takes on a deeper significance as James strives to become the dad Tara 
never had, and for the first time finds a true purpose in life.

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James "Speedy" Reedy is anything but. He's a twenty-something slacker sleepwalking through life in a 
Midwestern town. His older sister, Joleen calls him in the middle of the night after the police have 
arrested her boyfriend and tossed her and her 12-year-old daughter Tara on the street. James takes 
them in, then Joleen, who claims to have a plan, leaves with a trucker and a stash of drug money. 
James tries to cope, but soon he's lost his job, and child protective services places Tara in foster 
care. She's miserable. Can James wake up and find a way to be more than just a nice guy? A road trip 
to his childhood may hold a key, or it may be another bad dream.