Lymelife (2009) is an independently-produced comedy/drama written by brothers Derick Martini and Steven Martini, and directed by Derick Martini, depicting aspects of their life in 1970s Long Island from the perspective of a teenager. The film stars Alec Baldwin, Rory Culkin, and Emma Roberts. Martin Scorsese was executive producer.
The score of the film was written by Steven Martini and performed by his band The Spaceship Martini.
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Lymelife (2009) is an independently-produced comedy/drama written by brothers Derick Martini and Steven Martini, and directed by Derick Martini, depicting aspects of their life in 1970s Long Island from the perspective of a teenager. The film stars Alec Baldwin, Rory Culkin, and Emma Roberts. Martin Scorsese was executive producer.
The score of the film was written by Steven Martini and performed by his band The Spaceship Martini.
The film debuted at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, in September 2008 and won the International Critic's Award (FIPRESCI).
Set in late-1970s Syosset, Long Island, Lymelife follows two families who crumble when tangled relationships, real estate problems and Lyme disease converge in the heart of suburbia. Fifteen-year-old Scott Bartlett is a gentle boy, radically different from his blustery father Mickey and tightly wired mother Brenda. An outbreak of Lyme disease, as well as the accompanying paranoia, hits their suburban community hard. When...
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