Jerri Blank, a 46-year-old runaway, ex-con, former drug addict and alcoholic prostitute returns to her parents’ house and attends high school as a freshman. Now faced with a new dilemmas, Jerri brings each crisis to a tidy resolution by drawing all the wrong conclusions from high school’s life lessons.
Notes: Film adaptation of the television series “Strangers With Candy” that ran on Comedy Central from 1999-2001.
Begin shoot date: summer 06/30/2004
Genres: Adaptation, Comedy
US Distributors: Worldwide Pants
Cast:
Amy Sedaris – Jerri Blank
Stephen Colbert – Mr. Noblet
Paul Dinello – Mr. Jellineck
Matthew Broderick
Sarah Jessica Parker
Chris Pratt
Greg Hollimon
Justin Theroux
Ian Holm
Sarah Thyre
Dan Hedaya
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Allison Janney
Kristen Johnston
Deborah Rush
Credits:
Director: Paul Dinello
Writer:
Amy Sedaris – Screenplay
Paul Dinello – Screenplay
Stephen Colbert – Screenplay
