When his drug-dealing friend Troy commits suicide, Dean's life in his suburban neighborhood is thrown into chaos.When his drug-dealing friend Troy commits suicide, Dean's life in his suburban neighborhood is thrown into chaos.When his drug-dealing friend Troy commits suicide, Dean's life in his suburban neighborhood is thrown into chaos.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Kathi Copeland
- Parent #1
- (as Kathy Copeland)
David Ellison
- Student #1
- (as David Ellsion)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe boy that gets kidnapped is playing on a Euphonium, not a Tuba.
- GoofsThe "tuba" that Charlie Bratley plays is not a tuba at all but a euphonium. A band student would know that.
- Quotes
Crystal Falls: You really don't care what people think, do you?
Dean Stiffle: No, I really don't.
Crystal Falls: That's a nice trick.
Dean Stiffle: Thanks, I studied in the far east.
Crystal Falls: Maybe you can show me how it's done?
Dean Stiffle: Step one? Years of ridicule.
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Featured review
Not just another teen movie
I just saw this at Sundance, and I sincerely hope this film ends up with distributor and a good marketing campaign, because it is worthy of a wider audience. What was particularly interesting was listening to the director's comments after the film. He pointed out that his biggest challenge in working with this extremely talented ensemble cast was making sure everyone was on the same page in terms of mood. "It's not exactly a drama and it's not exactly a comedy," he said. "We didn't want them playing for laughs, although there are some comedic moments, obviously." Now, usually when movies can't figure out their tone, it's a kiss of death. But this film succeeded because of, not despite, it's delving into the gray area between drama and comedy. The result was a movie about teens that didn't play like a "teen movie," at all. It doesn't exploit and it doesn't play down to any sort of perceived teen audience. Part of that was due to the excellent cast. Jamie Bell was sensational. The adults were equally solid, particularly Glenn Close. I'm interested in seeing how this film is marketed. Some comments I've seen have been critical of the title, but it makes perfect sense once you know the story. All in all, this is one of those movies that obviously started with a great story full of dramatic tension and social satire and built from there. All too rare these days.
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- kamon32
- Jan 28, 2005
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Untitled Arie Posin Project
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $6,800,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $52,597
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $28,548
- Aug 7, 2005
- Gross worldwide
- $351,401
- Runtime1 hour 48 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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