Sister Cities (film)

Sister Cities
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Genre	Drama
Based on	Sister Cities by Colette Freedman
Written by	Colette Freedman
Directed by	Sean Hanish
Starring	Jess Weixler Stana Katic Michelle Trachtenberg Troian Bellisario Jacki Weaver
Composer	James T. Sale
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Kelly Kahl Alfred Molina
Producers	Sean Hanish Paul Jaconi-Biery Eleonore Dailly^[1]
Cinematography	Keith Dunkerley
Editor	Cecily Rhett
Running time	86 minutes
Production company	Cannonball Productions
Original release
Network	Lifetime
Release	September 17, 2016 (2016-09-17)

Sister Cities is a 2016 American drama television film directed by Sean Hanish, based on the 2006 play of the same name by Colette Freedman. The film stars Stana Katic, Jess Weixler, Michelle Trachtenberg, and Troian Bellisario as the four sisters along with Jacki Weaver, Alfred Molina, Amy Smart, and Tom Everett Scott filling out the rest of the cast. It premiered on Lifetime on September 17, 2016.

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Plot

After Mary Baxter appears to drown herself in her bathtub, Austin, her second oldest daughter who has been taking care of her, calls home her three half-sisters, Carolina, Dallas and Baltimore. There, the four deal not only with their mother's death but unresolved issues they had with her and each other.

Cast

Jacki Weaver as Mary Baxter, 71, the mother of the four women.
- Amy Smart as 41- to 63-year-old Mary
Jess Weixler as Austin Baxter, 29, a writer who moved back home to take care of Mary. Her father is Mort, who is also Mary's best friend. She is a lesbian with a girlfriend named Sarah.
- Ava Kolker as 8-year-old Austin
Stana Katic as Carolina "Carol" Baxter Shaw, 37, a lawyer who is on track to being a judge, she is the daughter of Mary and Roger. She is also an alcoholic.
- Kaia Gerber as 13- to 16-year-old Carolina
- Roxie Hanish as 7-year-old Carolina
Michelle Trachtenberg as Dallas Baxter, 27, a perfectionist, married to Peter, in the process of a divorce. Her father was Sully, who died in a car accident.
- Kayla Levine as 6-year-old Dallas
Troian Bellisario as Baltimore Baxter, 21, the youngest sister. She is an eccentric college student. Her father was a piano player at a jazz club.
- Serendipity Lilliana as Young Baltimore
Alfred Molina as Mort Stone, 62, Austin's father and best friend of Mary Baxter.
- Fidel Gomez as Young Mort
Tom Everett Scott as Chief Barton Brady, 39, Carolina's ex-love interest. He is also chief of police.
Aimee Garcia as Sarah, 31, Austin's girlfriend
Kathy Baker as Janis, a publisher
Peter Jason as Dr. Timmins
Patrick Davis as Carlos
Colette Freedman as Brontë

Production

Casting

On July 16, 2015, Kaia Gerber was cast as a young Carolina.^[2] On July 20, 2015, it was confirmed that Troian Bellisario, Stana Katic, Jess Weixler, and Michelle Trachtenberg had signed on to play the four sisters, Baltimore, Carolina, Austin, and Dallas, respectively.^[3] The following day, it was confirmed Jacki Weaver and Amy Smart was cast as a Mary and young Mary, respectively along with Alfred Molina.^[4] Aimee Garcia joined the cast as Sarah, a girlfriend of one of the sisters.^[5]

Filming

Principal photography began on July 10, 2015, in Los Angeles when, after "only about 3 shots into filming" a grenade was found on set and production was stopped for two hours.^[6]