The Wool Cap (2004)
November 20, 2004Release Date
The Wool Cap (2004)
November 20, 2004Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
William H. Macy
Gigot / Teleplay / Producer
Ned Beatty
Gigot's Father
Don Rickles
Ira
Keke Palmer
Lou
Cherise Boothe
Arleen
Catherine O'Hara
Gloria
Lucinda Davis
Jamal's Sister
Julito McCullum
Jamal
Isabelle Champeau
Flight attendant
Steven Schachter
Director / Producer / Teleplay
Jeff Beal
Music / Original Music Composer
Michelle Sweeney
Jamal's Grandmother
Alexandra Castillo
Falling Ceiling Woman
Paul Dixon
Editor
Ann Smart
Set Decoration
Guy Dufaux
Director of Photography
Media.
Details.
Release DateNovember 20, 2004
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 43m
Content RatingPG
Filming LocationsGeorgia, United States · Montreal, Canada
Genres
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The Wool Cap is a 2004 American television comedy-drama film directed by Steven Schachter, who wrote the teleplay with William H. Macy. It is an updated and Americanized version of the 1962 film Gigot starring Jackie Gleason, who wrote the original story. In the film, Charlie Gigot, a mute and alcoholic superintendent of a dilapidated New York City apartment building becomes the unwilling parent figure for Lou, a young girl temporarily left in his care by a woman who fails to return for her. The two and Gigot's pet monkey struggle to make it through the winter in his ramshackle basement apartment while he tries to find someone willing to take her in.
The film, a co-production of Viacom Productions and 20th Century Fox Television, was shot in Atlanta, Georgia and Montréal, Québec, Canada. It stars Macy as Charlie and Keke Palmer as Lou, with Don Rickles, Ned Beatty, Cherise Boothe, Julito McCullum, and Catherine O'Hara in supporting roles. It premiered on TNT on November 21, 2004.
Fox owns the international ancillary rights, while North American ancillary rights are now in the hands of CBS Television Studios. Paramount Pictures handles video distribution for the CBS library, though this particular program was released on DVD before the Viacom/CBS split.