THE SISTERHOOD OF THE
TRAVELLING PANTS (UK) aka THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS (USA)
Year: 2005
USA: Warner Bros Pictures
UK: Warner Bros Pictures International UK
Cast: Amber Tamblyn, Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera, Blake Lively, Jenna Boyd, Bradley Whitford, Nancy Travis, Rachel Ticotin, Mike Vogel, Michael Rady, Leonardo Nam, Maria Konstandarou, George Touliatos, Kyle Schmid, Erica Hubbard, Emily Tennant, Jacqueline Stewart, Sarah-Jane Redmond, Ernie Lively, Kendall Cross, Kristie Marsden, Patricia Mayan Salazar, Patricia Drake, Katie Stuart, Diana Artuso, Jonathon Young, Beverley Elliot, Victoria Tennant, Alanna Dawn Ekkert, Tiara Santana, Ashley Hale, Jb McEown, Charles Payne, Marek Wiedman, Georgia Craig, Mary Black, Chic Gibson, Nicole Potvin, Lauren Jarrar, Kathryn Kirkpatrick, Valerie Tian, Alisha Penev, Brenda James, Keith Dallas, Terence Kelly, Kirsten Williamson, Cannon Smith, Efi Papatheodorou, Olga Archontoy, Mariana Arvanitou, Despina Alefragi, Giorgos Zarokostas, Alana Belto, Anoop Virk, Rebecca Williams, Angela Hodgson, Clayton Al Leung, Genevieve Mac Kay, Sarah Tippett, Michaelis Feroussis, Jorgos Makrakis, Chronis Mandas
Director: Ken Kwapis
Country: USA
UK: 118 mins
USA Rated: PG for thematic elements, some sensuality and language
UK Certificate: PG contains mild language and sex references
USA Release Date: 3 June 2005
UK Release Date: 26 August 2005
Synopsis
THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELLING PANTS brings to the screen Ann Brashares' best-selling novel about one very special summer in the lives of four lifelong friends.
Introduced as babies who were born to mothers who met in a prenatal aerobics class, the four grew up together and developed an enduring bond despite their distinctly different emerging personalities. Now, after years of sharing every triumph and loss, every wild idea and secret fear with the laughter and love of true friends, these four young women couldn't be closer... except that they're about to be separated as their lives take them in different directions for the first time.
Introspective and occasionally volatile Carmen (America Ferrera) is looking forward to spending quality time with her out-of-state dad, whom she hasn't seen much since he divorced her mother years ago; super-confident star athlete Bridget (Blake Lively) is heading for a soccer camp in Mexico; soft-spoken Lena (Alexis Bledel), a gifted artist as beautiful as her drawings, is set to discover her heritage - and an unexpected romance - on a trip to her grandparents' home in Greece; and sharp-witted rebel Tibby (Amber Tamblyn) will reluctantly remain in town, stocking shelves at the local discount store while working on her pet project, a video "suckumentary" to expose what she sees as the banality of everyday life.
On a shopping trip together the day before their paths diverge, the friends find a pair of thrift-shop jeans that amazingly fits and flatters each one of them perfectly, even though they are four young women of very different shapes and sizes. It seems these pants are meant for sharing and that gives Carmen, Bridget, Lena and Tibby a wonderful idea. They decide to use the pants as a way of keeping in touch during the months ahead, each one wearing them for a week to see what luck they bring before mailing them on to the next.
In this unique way, though miles apart, the four still experience the challenges and surprises of life as they always have - together - in a summer they'll never forget.