You Can Count on Me (2000) on Netflix
Sammy Prescott, a single mother and bank loan officer in a Catskill Mountains village, lives with her son Rudy in her childhood home. Her younger brother Terry arrives for a visit.
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Plot summary
Sammy Prescott and her brother Terry lost their parents in a car crash when they were children. Sammy stayed in the Catskill Mountains village where they grew up; she works as a loan officer at the local bank and is raising her eight-year-old son Rudy on her own. Terry has spent years drifting around the country, short of money and often in trouble. He arrives for a visit, and Sammy learns that he is broke and wants to borrow money. She lends it to him, and his stay stretches out. Rudy, who has never known his biological father, has no adult man in his life, and Sammy is glad for Terry's help looking after him. Sammy is also weighing what her old boyfriend Bob Steegerson means to her and how to deal with Brian Everett, the bank's new manager.
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about You Can Count on Me (2000)
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- John Hart, the original main producer, promised Lonergan a budget of $3 million if he could cast two notable stars in the lead roles, $2 million if he could cast one, and $1 million if the film featured unknown actors.
- Linney was an established actress but Mark Ruffalo was largely unknown, and Lonergan said the producers were "a little bit nervous about [casting] him"; they approved the choice only after executives observed Linney and Ruffalo performing scene readings together.
- Matthew Broderick was the first actor to be cast, in the supporting role of Laura's boss, and Lonergan said that "the whole film was actually contingent on him being in it, because he was the biggest star in it."
- The bank exteriors were filmed at Margaretville's NBT Bank, but the interiors were filmed in an unrelated bank closer to New York City, since NBT considered interior filming a security risk.
- The scenes where Rudy Jr. walks home in the rain were filmed with the assistance of the Margaretville Fire Department, which used their trucks and hoses to create the rain.
