{{One source|date=May 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Sympathy for Delicious | image = Sympathy for delicious.jpg | caption = Film poster | director = Mark Ruffalo | producer = Mark Ruffalo<br />Matt Weaver<br />Andrea Sperling<br />Scott Prisand | writer = Christopher Thornton | starring = Christopher Thornton <br /> Mark Ruffalo <br /> Juliette Lewis <br /> Laura Linney <br /> Orlando Bloom | music = | cinematography = Chris Norr | editing = Pete Beaudreau | distributor = Corner Store Entertainment<br />Super Crispy Entertainment | released = {{Film date|2010|1|23|Sundance}} | runtime = 94 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = $13,826<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=sympathyfordelicious.htm|title = Sympathy for Delicious}}</ref> }} '''''Sympathy for Delicious''''' is a 2010 American drama film, and the directorial debut of Mark Ruffalo. Filming took place in Los Angeles.
==Premise== A newly paralyzed disc jockey (Thornton) gets more than he bargained for when he seeks out the world of faith healing.
==Cast== * Christopher Thornton as "Delicious' Dean O'Dwyer * Juliette Lewis as Ariel Lee * Mark Ruffalo as Joe * Laura Linney as Nina Hogue * Orlando Bloom as The Stain * Noah Emmerich as Rene Faubacher * John Carroll Lynch as Healer * Robert Wisdom as Prendell * Dov Tiefenbach as Oogie * Deantoni Parks as Chuck * Sandra Seacat as Mrs. Matilda
==Awards== Ruffalo won the Special Jury Prize at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, and was also nominated for the Grand Jury Prize.
==Production== Filming took place in Los Angeles, California, from 5 January to 28 February 2009.
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==External links== * {{Official website|http://sympathyfordelicious.com/}} * {{IMDb title|1270277|Sympathy for Delicious}} * {{rotten-tomatoes|sympathy_for_delicious}}
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