WELCOME BACK MISS MARY – Produced by Patrick Coppola
Welcome Back Miss Mary / aka Jesus, Mary, and Joey
Produced by: Patrick Coppola Shot in the summer of 2002 – 35mm feature film
SYNOPSIS: Love brings a shiftless young man in touch with the Lord, which proves more than a bit confusing to his family in this independent comedy drama.
Joey Vitello (Vincent Pagano) is a guy in his mid-twenties who still lives with his extended Italian-American family and his trying to get his life in order. One day, Joey unexpectedly crosses paths with Mary O’Callahan (Marley Shelton), a girl who was one of his classmates in grade school.
While Mary was homely as a child, she grew into a beautiful woman, and as Joey gets caught up on what she’s been doing, he learns Mary survived a bout with cancer and credits her survival to a miracle from God. As Joey becomes deeply infatuated with Mary, he finds himself embracing her spiritual beliefs, but as he tries to share his enthusiasm with his family, they seem more than a bit suspicious, and in time decide that maybe they should be able to have a miracle of their own
Locations: Providence, RI and New York City
Official selection – Marco Island Film Festival *Winner – Comedy Feature Audience Favorite
Official selection – San Diego Film Festival
Official selection – Sedona Film Festival
Official selection – Newport Beach Film Festival
Official selection – Stony Brook Film Festival
Starring: Academy Award winner – Olympia Dukakis, Charles Durning, Stacey Keach, Marley Shelton, Jennifer Esposito, Jason Gedrick, and Vincent Pagano
US and Worldwide Distribution: Panorama Entertainment and Artists View Entertainment
Television debut on Showtime Network