BIG EDEN

Year: 2000
USA: Jour de Fete Films
Cast: Arye Gross, Eric Schweig, Tim DeKay, George Coe, Louise Fletcher, Nan Martin, Veanne Cox, O'Neal Compton, Corinne Bohrer, Christopher Kendra, Mark Twogood, Mary Cassidy, Dori Thompson, Josie Adams, Parker Livingston
Director: Thomas Bezucha
USA: 108 mins
USA Rated: PG-13 for some mature thematic material
USA Release Date: 1 June 2001 (Limited Release - Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco)

Synopsis

Big Eden is a tiny town tucked away in the timberland of north western Montana, where cowboys lounge on the porch of the general store to pass the time away, and keep their eyes on things.

Although it's been years since he was back, Henry Hart, a successful but lonely New York artist, returns to Big Eden, the town of his childhood, to care for the ailing grandfather who raised him. Once home, Henry finds he must come to terms with his relationship to Dean Stewart, his best friend from high school, and the object of his unrequited love. Henry's feelings for Dean, which caused him to flee Big Eden nearly twenty years ago, seem to have only grown stronger over the intervening years.

At the same time, Henry's reappearance sparks a transformation in Pike Dexter, the shy, unassuming, Native American owner of the town's general store. Pike is as surprised as anyone, and completely unprepared, when he finds himself falling in love with Henry. As this unspoken triangle unfolds under the scrutiny of Big Eden's community, nearly everyone in town develops a stake in its outcome.