Reign Over Me 2007

written/directed: Mike Binder,

cast: Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle, Jada Pinkett Smith, Liv Tyler, Saffron Burrows, Donald Sutherland, Mike Binder.

story: The movie about friendship and love portraits two men, former college roomates Charlie Fineman (Adam Sandler) and Alan Johnson (Don Cheadle) in Manhattan. Five years after losing his family on 9/11, Charlie, the former successful dentist, cannot relief from his trauma... “Every one of us needs a friend to help us through the tough times.  This whole movie is about communication – two men who, together, learn to start talking.” Mike Binder, writer-director.

View the trailer at www.sonypictures.com

Mike Binder describes Charlie Fineman in his script as “a nice looking man with wild hair and headsets on. Dressed loose in baggy clothes and a well worn pea-coat. Gym shoes.”  Costume designer Deborah L. Scott realizes this "absence of style" after intense collaboration between the director and Adam Sandler. Always dishevelled, Charlie’s fragile emotional state makes such things as fashion and personal grooming inconsequential. Ease, comfort, and tuning the world out with music blaring on rarely-removed headphones are his top priority. In contrast, Scott costumed the other cast members in poised and elegant clothing, perfectly befitting their professional, contemporary, and urban environment.

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photo: Adam Sandler plays Charlie Fineman who has lost his family on 11th September 2001 in New York, Don Cheadle his friend Alan Johnson. (c) 2007 Sony Pictures Releasing GmbH