| Flannel Pajamas | |
| Director: | Jeff Lipsky |
| Producer: | Jonathan Gray |
| Starring: | Justin Kirk Julianne Nicholson Rebecca Schull Jamie Harrold |
| Music: | Paul Hsu[1] |
| Cinematography: | Martina Radwan |
| Editing: | Sara Corrigan |
| Distributor: | Gigantic Pictures |
| Runtime: | 124 minutes |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | US $470,000 |
Flannel Pajamas is a 2006 American drama film written and directed by Jeff Lipsky. It stars Justin Kirk and Julianne Nicholson. The plot charts the course of a short-lived marriage, from its passionate beginning through the daily erosion of feeling and romance to separation.
Filmed in New York City, NY, Rockland County, NY, and Chester Springs, PA with a budget of just under $500,000,[2]
It was shown at Sundance Film Festival, where it was nominated for a Grand Jury prize. It later opened in several large cities across the country, including New York City, where it received a mixed, though admiring, review from The New York Times,[3] and San Francisco, where it received a similar review from the Chronicle.[4]
Lipsky, the director, got his start as a distributor of independent films such as John Cassavetes' A Woman Under the Influence,[5] and some reviewers noted Cassavetes' influence on this film.[6] Entertainment Today and the New York Observer both picked it as one of the best films of the year.[7] Roger Ebert called it "one of the wisest films I can remember about love and human intimacy. It is a film of integrity and truth, acted fearlessly, written and directed with quiet, implacable skill."[8]