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THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS

By Leroy Douresseaux
June 1, 2005 - 16:00

THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS

WARNER BROS. PICTURES
ALCON ENTERTAINMENT Presents
A Di Novi Pictures/Debra Martin Chase Production
In association with Alloy Entertainment
DIRECTOR: Ken Kwapis
WRITERS: Delia Ephron and Elizabeth Chandler (based upon the novel by Ann Brashares)
PRODUCERS: Debra Martin Chase, Denise Di Novi, Broderick Johnson, and Andrew A. Kosove

Starring: Amber Tamblyn, America Ferrera, Black Lively, Alexis Bledel, Bradley Whitford, Nancy Travis, Rachel Ticotin, and Jenna Boyd

Opening date: Wednesday, June 1, 2005
MPAA rating: PG (thematic elements, some sensuality, and language)
Running time: 119 minutes

From the press kit: THE SISTERHOOD OF THE TRAVELING PANTS brings to the screen Ann Brashares’ best-selling novel about one very special summer in the lives of four livelong friends.

Introduced as babies who were born to mothers who met in a prenatal aerobics class, the four grew up together and developed an enduring bond despite their distinctly different emerging personalities. Now, after years of sharing every triumph and loss, every wild idea and secret fear with the laughter and love of true friends, these four young women couldn’t be closer… except that they’re about to be separated as their lives take them in different directions for the first time.

Introspective and occasionally volatile, CARMEN (America Ferrera) is looking forward to spending quality time with her out-of-state dad, whom she hasn’t seen much since he divorced her mother years ago; super-confident athlete BRIDGET (Blake Lively) is heading for a soccer camp in Mexico; soft-spoken LENA (Alexis Bledel), a gifted artist as beautiful as her drawings, is set to discover her heritage – and an unexpected romance – on a trip to her grandparents’ home in Greece; and sharp-witted rebel TIBBY (Amber Tamblyn) will reluctantly remain in town, stocking shelves at the local discount store while working on her pet project, a video “suckumentary” to expose what she sees as the banality of everyday life.

On a shopping trip together the day before their paths diverge, the friends find a pair of thrift-shop jeans that amazingly fits and flatters each one of them perfectly, even though they are four young women of very different shapes and sizes. It seems these pants are meant for sharing and that gives Carmen, Bridget, Lena, and Tibby a wonderful idea. They decide to use the pants as a way of keeping in touch during the months ahead, each one wearing them for a week to see what luck they bring before mailing them on to the next.

In this unique way, though miles apart, the four still experience the challenges and surprises of life as they always have - together - in a summer they’ll never forget.

Visit the film site at www.sisterhoodofthetravelingpants.com. ©2005 Dungaree Productions, LLC. All rights reserved.

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