TOUCHED BY GOOD FORTUNE...
HOPE FLOATS was touched by good fortune from the moment Steven Rogers' original screenplay landed on the desk of producer Lynda Obst. "I read the script and immediately adored it," she says. "It made me laugh and cry, and by the time I had finished, I knew I had to make it." Coincidentally, Sandra Bullock had also read the script and shared Obst's enthusiasm. "The story reminded me of why I went to New York to study acting," Bullock remembers, "and what I aspired to do as a performer. It really moved me. I felt that HOPE FLOATS was a special story which tells us that although life may be really difficult at times, there can be a light at the end of the tunnel to which we can aim."
Bullock's strong support for the screenplay was the catalyst Obst needed to move the project into production. "Films like HOPE FLOATS are normally hard to get off the ground," Obst points out. "There aren't any car crashes, explosions or special effects. HOPE FLOATS is a piece about human emotion, love, family relations and the healing power of a family. It's also about starting over again and what happens when the perfect picture you thought defined your life crumbles before your eyes. In the end, we learn that even the most emotionally-troubling events can help us find our destiny."