American Teen
Release Date:
July 25, 2008 (limited)
Studio:
Paramount Vantage
Director:
Nanette Burstein
Screenwriter:
Nanette Burstein
Starring:
Hannah Bailey, Colin Clemens, Megan Krizmanich, Mitch Reinholt, Jake Tusing
Genre:
Documentary
MPAA Rating:
PG-13 (for some strong language, sexual material, some drinking and brief smoking--all involving teens)
Official Website:
Facebook/AmericanTeen
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Plot Summary:
"American Teen" is the touching and hilarious Sundance hit that follows the lives of five teenagers - a jock, a popular girl, a heartthrob, an artsy girl and a geek – in one small town in Indiana through their senior year of high school. We see the insecurities, the cliques, the jealousies, the first loves and heartbreaks, and the struggle to make profound decisions about the future.
Filming daily for ten months, filmmaker Nanette Burstein ("On the Ropes," "The Kid Stays in the Picture") developed a deep understanding of her subjects. The result is a film that goes beyond the enduring stereotypes of high school to render complex young people trying to find their way into adulthood.
Hannah Bailey is smart and beautiful, but a misfit in her high school. She is a liberal, atheist living in a traditional, Christian, conservative town and dreams of moving to California after graduation. Colin Clemens is the star of the high school basketball team - and in Indiana, basketball is everything. Colin is under enormous pressure this year playing not only to make his town, his school, and his father proud, but for a college scholarship. Jake Tusing is considered to be a nerd in high school. Though quite funny and charming one-on-one, he is painfully shy in group situations and crushed with self-doubt. In his senior year he vows that nothing will stand in the way of him finding a girlfriend. Megan Krizmanich is the student council Vice President and the youngest daughter of a prominent local surgeon, anxiously awaiting word from Notre Dame University admissions. Wealthy, pretty, smart and popular, she rules her high school - just don't get on her bad side. When Megan’s peers challenge her authority, she can’t help but take action, even if it means risking her future. Mitch Reinholdt is an attractive and charming Varsity basketball jock with a soft side. When he puts his social status on the line, avoiding his popular friends for dates with artsy Hannah Bailey, he strains to maintain his reputation while discovering a new side of himself.
With extraordinary intimacy and a great deal of humor, "American Teen" captures the pressures of growing up – pressures that come from one's peers, one's parents, and not least, oneself.
Trailer 1 (4.11.08):
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Trailer 2 (5.6.08):
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Video Intro - 'Colin' (5.13.08):
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Video Intro - 'Megan' (5.13.08):
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Video Intro - 'Hannah' (5.13.08):
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Video Intro - 'Mitch' (5.13.08):
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Video Intro - 'Jake' (5.13.08):
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COMMENTS (23)
just sos ya know - unknown is me- i wrote both comments
you're totaly missing the point. This is a documentary about stuff that we ALL face, and it's something that I feel is kinda needed now. I don't know about you, but I'm sick of seeing all the violence and hate on TV. This is perfect. It has a sense of Nostalgia to it.
How in the hell can you say that these are issues "we ALL face"!? Thats one of the worst blanket statements I have ever heard. Not to mention the idiotic labels that it places upon people, "the jock, the nerd, the prom queen, etc.." go to an inner city school and see if you find people who fit those stereotypes. I doubt you will. This film is about a bubble in our society that is sheltered from many issues that plague areas that aren't so luck, being from Indiana you may have gone to a school similar to this and be able to relate to some of its situations but the fact that this is a documentary titled "American Teen" tries to imply that every teen goes through this. I can tell you right now that lots of teens have more serious problems on their minds than which college to play ball for or is the nerd going to get a girlfriend. Personally I am offended that its titled "American Teen", I feel it should be changed to "Teen Angst: the insignificant problems of a bunch of cry babies". But that is simply my view.
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