Main Cast: Joan Allen, Valentina D'Angelis, Sam Elliott, J.K. Simmons, Jim True-Frost
Release Year: 2003
Country: US
Run Time: 105 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
Campbell Scott directed this offbeat comedy drama about a free-thinking family who find themselves confronted by the more regimented outside world. Bo Groden (Valentina d'Angelis) is an 11-year-old girl growing up as part of a decidedly eccentric family in a small town in New Mexico. Bo's father, Charley (Sam Elliott), has fallen into a deep depression for reasons no one can understand, while her mother, Arlene (Joan Allen), holds the household together, raising most of their food in her vegetable garden, which she prefers to tend in the nude. Bo, meanwhile, satisfies her sweet tooth by writing candy companies claiming to have had problems with their products, which usually results in a box of fresh goodies. While the Grodens get by through living within simple means, one day an Internal Revenue Agent appears at their door, wanting to know why the family hasn't paid income tax for several years -- and not believing there has been no appreciable income for so many years. Off the Map was screened in competition at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Amy Brenneman - Adult Bo; Kevin Skousen - Don; J.D. Hawkins - Jack
Credit
Laylee Olfat - Casting, Amy Westcott - Costume Designer, Cas Donovon - First Assistant Director, Campbell Scott - Director, Andy Keir - Editor, Jonathan Filley - Executive Producer, Martin Garvey - Executive Producer, David Newman - Executive Producer, Gary De Michele - Composer (Music Score), Marc Campbell - Musical Direction/Supervision, Chris Shriver - Production Designer, Juan Ruiz-Anchia - Cinematographer, Campbell Scott - Producer, George VanBuskirk - Producer, David Schlesinger - Set Designer, William Sarokin - Sound/Sound Designer, Joan Ackermann - Screenwriter, Ira Spiegel - Supervising Sound Editor, Marlena Grzaslewicz - Supervising Sound Editor, Joan Ackermann - Play Author
Off the Map is a 2003drama film directed by Campbell Scott. The play and screenplay were written by Joan Ackermann.
An eccentric family lives in separate existence from the outside world. The family continues to thrive and survive self sufficiently. Bo uses her imagination and creativity to explore her world, while her mother Arlene holds the family together. Her father, however, has fallen into a deep depression. One day an IRS auditor comes to determine why they haven't filed their income tax for so long and does not believe they can live with so little. After falling into a fever he awakens a changed man and begins to paint, living with the family for the next eight years.
