The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants [WS]

Director: Ken Kwapis Ken Kwapis

Overview

Ann Brashares' best-selling novel for young adults comes to the big screen in this engaging comedy drama. Carmen (America Ferrera), Bridget (Blake Lively), Lena (Alexis Bledel), and Tibby (Amber Tamblyn) are four teenage girls who have been close friends since they were babies (and even before -- their mothers all knew each other from attending the same prenatal exercise class). However, fate has dictated that for the first time ever the young women will be spending their summer apart -- Carmen will be visiting her father, whom she hasn't seen in years, Lena will be visiting her grandparents in Greece, Bridget is attending a soccer camp in Mexico, while Tibby is stuck working at a discount store. A few days before Carmen, Lena, and Bridget leave, the four go shopping, and while at a thrift shop they discover an unusual pair of blue jeans that, despite the fact they're all of different height and weight, fits all four women perfectly. The girls buy the jeans and pledge to each look after them for a week at a time, hoping they'll bring one another good luck as the girls deal with a variety of new life experiences, both good and bad.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/11/2005
UPC:	0012569593343
Original Release:	2005
Rating:	PG
Source:	STUDIO DISTRIBUTION SERVS LLC
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:59:00

Special Features

Closed Caption;Additional scenes with commentary by Ken Kwapis; Fun on the set; Suckumentary; Sisters, Secrets and the Traveling Pants; A conversation with author Ann Brashares; Theatrical trailer; Languages: English & Français (Dubbed in Quebec); Subtitles: English, Français & Español (Feature Film Only)

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Amber Tamblyn	Tibby
Alexis Bledel	Lena
America Ferrera	Carmen
Blake Lively	Bridget,Bridget's Father
Jenna Boyd	Bailey
Bradley Whitford	Al
Nancy Travis	Lydia Rodman
Rachel Ticotin	Carmen's Mother
Mike Vogel	Eric
Michael Rady	Kostos
Leonardo Nam	Brian McBrian
Maria Konstandarou	Yia Yia
George Touliatos	Papou
Kyle Schmid	Paul Rodman
Erica Hubbard	Soccer Pal Diana
Maria Konstadarou	Yia Yia
Emily Tennant	Krista Rodman,Young Tibby
Jacqueline Ann Steuart	Lena's Mother
Sarah-Jane Redmond	Tibby's Mother
Kendall Cross	Bridget's Mother
Patricia Mayen-Salazar	Camp Director Donna
Kristie Marsden	Soccer Pal Olivia
Patricia Drake	Coach Karen
Katie Stuart	Bunkmate Jo
Beverley Elliott	Roberta
Diana Artuso	Mail Call Coach
Jonathan Young	Duncan
Alanna Dawn Ekkert	Young Lena
Jacqueline Stewart	Actor
Tiara Santana	Young Carmen
Patricia Salazar	Actor
Cliff Eidelman	Composer

Technical Credits

Delia Ephron

Elizabeth Chandler

Ann Brashares

Ken Kwapis	Director
Debra Martin Chase	Producer
Broderick Johnson	Producer
Andrew A. Kosove	Producer,Producer
Delia Ephron	Screenwriter
Elizabeth Chandler	Screenwriter
Alison Greenspan	Executive Producer
Leslie Morgenstein	Executive Producer
Denise Di Novi	Producer
Amanda Paller	Special Effects
Lauro David Chartrand-DelValle	Stunts
Eric Batut	Sound Effects
Ann Brashares	Screenwriter
Shani Ginsberg	Casting
Jakki Fink	Casting
Kira Davis	Executive Producer
Jason George	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Like the title’s magical denim trousers, this heartfelt adaptation of Ann Brashares’ cherished coming-of-age novel is a perfect fit for the screen. Empowering, uplifting, and, ultimately tear-jerking, the story falls into the "that summer" category, in which life-changing events cement a bond between four lifelong friends. The quartet here includes wild-child Bridget (Blake Lively), shy and beautiful Lena (Alexis Bledel of Gilmore Girls), Tibby the rebel (Amber Tamblyn of Joan of Arcadia), and Carmen (America Ferrara), the lone Latina and an aspiring writer. During their first summer apart, they will be linked “in hearts and spirits” by a pair of blue jeans that miraculously fit each of the girls. They agree to each wear the pants for a week, and then send them on with a note detailing the most exciting thing that has happened to them. Two of the stories inevitably involve boys. Lena, visiting her grandparents in Greece, unwittingly re-ignites a family feud when she falls for one of the locals; and Bridget, away at soccer camp, scores off the field when she flirts with one of her coaches. More dramatic are Tibby’s encounter with a precocious 12-year-old and Carmen’s initial exposure to her new Caucasian stepfamily (which she dubs “the land of the blondes”). The sisterhood serves as a support group “for the things we couldn’t face alone” and experiences “we could never make sense of” (such as Bridget’s mother’s suicide, sensitively handled). Some of this is on the mature side for tweens, but for teenage girls, Sisterhood will no doubt feel resonant and real. Magic pants aside, of course.