With Some Kind of Heaven, first-time feature director Lance Oppenheim cracks the manicured facade of The Villages, America’s largest retirement community – a massive, self-contained utopia located in Central Florida. Behind the gates of this palm tree-lined fantasyland, Some Kind of Heaven invests in the dreams and desires of a small group of Villages residents – and one interloper – who are unable to find happiness within the community’s pre-packaged paradise. With strikingly composed cinematography, this candy-colored documentary offers a tender and surreal look at the never-ending quest for finding meaning and love in life’s final act.
 
directed by
LANCE OPPENHEIM
produced by
DARREN ARONOFSKY
produced by
JEFFREY SOROS
SIMON HORSMAN
produced by
KATHLEEN LINGO
produced by
MELISSA OPPENHEIM LANO
PACHO VELEZ
LANCE OPPENHEIM
executive producers
ARI HANDEL
BRENDAN NAYLOR
executive producers
MORGAN EARNEST
ANDREW BLAU
executive producers
JAKE CARTER
TREVOR GROTH
TRISTEN TUCKFIELD
executive producer
LINDSAY CROUSE
executive producer
JEFF ORLOWSKI
director of photography
DAVID BOLEN
edited by
DANIEL GARBER
co-edited by
LANCE OPPENHEIM
original score by
ARI BALOUZIAN
co-produced by
CHRISTIAN VAZQUEZ
Featuring, in order of appearance:
The Villages Golf Cart Precision Drill Team
This Boat Rocks
Aqua Rhythms Synchronized Swim Team
Joe Herold
Jerry Hone
Jeanie McGuian
Richard Schwartz
Carol Marks
The Villages Cheerleaders
Ben Brown
Anne Kincer
Corky Parnass
Frederick Solano
Karate for Life Club
The Villages Singles Club
Pinky O’Neill
Alberto Cherubini Jr.
CJ and Linda Baczek
Larry and Denise Phythian
Reggie Kincer
Barbara Lochiatto
Dennis Dean
The Original Villages Belly Dancers
The Villages Twirlers
Harold Schwartz
Elaine is Our Name
Linda T. Van
Chrystell Remley
Rev. Norman Lee Schaffer
Robbie Audette
Larry and Tena Stevens
Archie Carden
Villages Acting Workshop
Lynn Henry
Cathy Johnson
Rev. Weldon DeMeurers
Susan Edwards |