THE WOOL CAP

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• Release Year: 2004
• Genre: Drama
• Plot: William H. Macy co-writes and stars as a broken man bereft of love, family, and his very voice in a made-for-TV film based on an original story by the legendary Jackie Gleason (THE HONEYMOONERS). Gigot (Macy) is a mute war veteran who lost his vocal cords in a tragic car accident that killed his sister. Wracked by guilt and grief, Gigot cut all ties with his family to live a life of self-imposed exile as the superintendent for a rundown, inner-city tenement. After 28 years of emotional solitude, Gigot's lonely existence is shattered by the arrival of Lou (Keke Palmer), a spunky but troubled 12-year-old whose drug-addict mother has abandoned her. At first wary of each other, the two unlikely roommates forge a genuinely touching bond that blossoms into a father-daughter relationship and prompts Gigot to make amends with his own estranged family. Warm and uplifting without caving in to sentimentality, THE WOOL CAP is a poignant character study of two damaged souls offering each other a shot at healing and redemption. Ned Beatty, Catherine O'Hara, and Don Rickles offer fine supporting roles, and newcomer Palmer displays a knowing maturity that belies her young age, but the film belongs to the always brilliant Macy, who turns in a stellar performance that conveys layers of emotional depth without ever saying a word.
• Cast: William H. Macy, Ned Beatty, Keke Palmer, Don Rickles, Cherise Boothe, Julito McCullum, Catherine O'Hara, Lucinda Davis, Michelle Sweeney, Alexandra Castillo, Kwasi Songui, Crystal, Anastasia Tsar, Cecile Cristobal, Minor Mustain, Nwamiko Madden, Hugh Dillon, Darcy Laurie, Ricardo Rosa, Edward Yankie, Joan Heney, Alison Sealy-Smith, Luis Oliva, Phillip Cole Jr., Jason MacDonald, Tony Calabretta, Mark Camacho, Danny Blanco Hall, Andrew Johnston, Duain Richmond Martyn, Rosey Edeh, Tyrone Benskin, Stephen Mwinga, Lezlie Robinson, Jennifer Morehouse, Nita Hardy, Joey Elias, Conrad Pla, Christopher Dyson, Leyda Aleyli, Jacqueline Pillon, Marcia Bennett, Amanda Strawn, Robert Higden, Crystal Ward, Amanda Feder, Lisa Bronwyn Moore, Jonathan Biggs, Isabelle Champeau, Susanna Harter, Amaris D'Mayan-Psaqua, Laurie Gardner, Julie Guy, Jyn Hall, Robert Hatch, Don Jordan, Missy Key, Ludwig Manahan, David Michie, John Fitzgerald Page, Shawn Tanaka, Marian Wagner, Joe Walsh, Nathan Wright, Steven Schachter, Jackie Gleason
• Director: Steven Schachter
• Runtime: 1:31
• Company: TNT, Paramount
• Media Format: Movie