The 5:10 To Cooperstown
feature film screenplay / A screenplay by Williaam Farley, Christopher Upham and Adam Keker
Twelve year old Jimmy Houlihan is fearful and who could blame him. It's 1954 and the Cold War is heating up. Jimmy's ale-drinking father, Big Jim has a predilection for setting things on fire far beyond his welding shop. With his ever-present cloud of cigarette smoke, burning couches and flaming barrels of trash, Big Jim keeps his Massachusetts factory town neighbors both amused and . . . [ more ]
"Cooperstown" is a very original, beautifully
written coming-of-age story with memorable characters,
warmth, and humor. This is a movie I'd love to see."
- Pamela Gray : Screenwriter (A Walk on the Moon, Music of the Heart )
© 2006 William Farley