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Hope Floats is a 1998 American drama film directed by Forest Whitaker and starring Sandra Bullock, Harry Connick Jr., Mae Whitman, and Gena Rowlands.. Written by Steven Rogers, the story follows Birdee (Bullock), a sheltered housewife whose life is disrupted when her husband (Michael Paré) reveals his infidelity to her on a Ricki Lake-style talk show.
Mae Margaret Whitman [1] (born June 9, 1988) is an American actor. She began her career as a child actor, starring in the films When a Man Loves a Woman (1994), One Fine Day (1996), Independence Day (1996), and Hope Floats (1998), and the television series Chicago Hope (1996–1999) and JAG (1998–2001).
Cameron Finley (born August 30, 1987) is an American former child actor [1] and molecular biologist. While receiving accolades for his work in Hope Floats, Baywatch, One True Love, and Perfect Game, he is most known for his role as Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver in the 1997 film Leave It to Beaver based upon the television series by the same name.
Kathy Ann Najimy (/ n ə ˈ dʒ ɪ m i / nə-JIM-ee; Arabic: كاثي أن نجيمي; born February 6, 1957) [1] is an American actress and activist. She was first nationally known for her feminist play The Kathy and Mo Show, which she wrote and performed with Mo Gaffney.
Rosanna Lisa Arquette (/ r oʊ ˈ z ɑː n ə ɑːr ˈ k ɛ t /; [1] born August 10, 1959) is an American actress. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance in the TV film The Executioner's Song (1982) and won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the film Desperately Seeking Susan (1985).
In 1995, Rowlands appeared as Julia Roberts's mother in the comedy-drama film Something to Talk About, [26] and in 1998, she played Sandra Bullock's mother in the dramatic film Hope Floats. [27] In 2002, Rowlands appeared in Mira Nair 's HBO movie Hysterical Blindness , for which she won her third Emmy.
Bullock owns the production company Fortis Films, through which she has served as a producer for several of her star vehicles, including Hope Floats (1998), Miss Congeniality (2000), Two Weeks Notice (2002) and Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous (2005), as well as for the sitcom George Lopez (2002–2007). [114]
The following year, she was cast as Alice in the television miniseries Thief. The same year, Dourif made her debut film appearance in the drama Little Chenier. In 2007, Dourif appeared in the off-Broadway play Some Americans Abroad at Second Stage Theater. [5] Later, she was cast in the short film The Lucky One.