Andy ostroy the cake man in waitress
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Adrienne Shelly’s widower confronts her killer in new doc
Andy Ostroy treasures the photographs he’s taken over the years of his daughter, Sophie. They capture the milestones in her life: first days at school, triumphs in soccer and even her attempts to ride a bicycle without training wheels.
In a heartbreaking en plats där en händelse inträffar ofta inom teater eller film from “Adrienne,” the documentary — premiering Wednesday on HBO — Ostroy directed about his late wife, actress Adrienne Shelly, he shows some of those pictures to the man who killed Sophie’s mother when the girl was just two.
“Adrienne missed a lot,” Ostroy tells Diego Pillco during an emotionally charged visit to the killer&#;s prison in upstate New York.
Dropping Sophie’s images onto a table in vända, he describes each one in detail. “This is her first birthday after her mom left her,” Ostroy notes.
The next photo he puts in front of the inmate shows Sophie as a teenager, laughing as she eats a slice of cake. “Her most recent birthday — still no mom.”
It’s imp
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15 years later, 'Waitress' star Cheryl Hines reflects on how the groundbreaking film 'captures the heartbreak of living'
- "Waitress" premiered in theaters 15 years ago in May.
- Its writer, director, and star Adrienne Shelly was murdered months before its release.
- Shelly's costar, Cheryl Hines, told Insider Shelly "set the bar for everybody" on set.
"When the film started, you could hear a pin drop because you saw Adrienne's face on the screen. And it was like a gut punch," "Waitress" star Cheryl Hines said during a recent interview with Insider, reflecting on the film's bittersweet Sundance Film Festival premiere 15 years ago.
"Waitress" was a standout title at Sundance when it screened there in January , months after its writer, director, and star Adrienne Shelly, then 40, was killed in November by Diego Pillco in the New York City apartment she used as an office. (Pillco later pled guilty to entering the apartment with the ambition to rob it a
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Waitress is a American comedy-drama film written and directed by Adrienne Shelly. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, and was released in the United States on May 2, by Fox Searchlight Pictures.
The film stars: Keri Russell, Nathan Fillion, Cheryl Hines, Adrienne Shelly, Eddie Jemison, Lew Temple with Jeremy Sisto and Andy Griffith.
Starring
Cast
- Francine Pomatter - Darby Stanchfield
- Exhausted Mother - Heidi Sulzman
- Nurse Norma - Lauri Johnson
- Dr. Lily Mueller - Sarah Hunley
- Hospital Nurse - Cindy Drummond
- Minister - Nathan Dean
- Doctor's Assistant - Caroline Fogarty
- Pregnant Women - Christy Taylor, Jennifer Walsh
- Obnoxious Toddler - Hunter King
- Flower Girl - Mackenzie King
- Char - Donna Leslie
- Ethel - Nora Paradiso
- Jim - Danny Allen
- Cake Man - Andy Ostroy
- Lulu Newborn - Hailey Parker, Riley Stefanelli, Bella Stromel
- Lulu at 3 Months - Kira Grace
- Woman in Pie Contest #1 - Elaine Levine
- Woman in Pie Contest #2 - Doreen Powell
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