Skipped Parts , is a movie based on Tim Sandlin's book of the same name. Skipped Parts is the first in a series of novels based on the lives of Maury and Sam, the second and final being Sorrow Floats and Social Blunders. The film is about a group of characters living in a small Wyoming town. After making the film-festival rounds in 2000, it had a limited release by Trimark Pictures. The title comes from how certain books mention sex and romance, but skips their factual aspects. It was filmed in Regina and Regina Beach, Saskatchewan The film starts in 1963, with liberal-minded Lydia, and her... 14-year-old son Sam. Lydia's father is running for governor of North Carolina, and he does not want Lydia and Sam in his way, so the two are banished from North Carolina. Arriving in Wyoming, Lydia only wants to have a good time and Sam is never allowed to call her "Mom" . Sam soon finds out that he is one of only two students in Grovant High School who can read. The other one is Maurey, a girl at the same age as Sam who wants to learn about sex. Consequent to their mutual discoveries, Maurey becomes pregnant.
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| Release date: | January 2001 |
| Directed by: | Tamra Davis |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 100 Minutes |
| Music by: | Stewart Copeland |
| Cinematography: | Claudio Rocha |
| Screenplay by: | Tim Sandlin |
| Genre: | Comedy |