Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 08/08/08 Home Video Not Available MPAA Rating Rated PG-13 [See Full Rating] for some strong language, sexual material, some drinking and brief smoking-all involving teens Running Time 1hour 41 minutes Genre Documentary Director Nanette Burstein Writer Nanette Burstein Cast Hannah Bailey, Colin Clemens, Megan Krizmanich, Mitch Reinholt, Jake Tusing Studio Paramount Vantage |
AMERICAN TEEN (2008)
SYNOPSIS
American Teen is the touching and hilarious
Sundance hit that follows the lives of four
teenagers - a jock, the popular girl, the artsy girl
and the 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
American Teen is the touching and hilarious
Sundance hit that follows the lives of four
teenagers - a jock, the popular girl, the artsy girl
and the 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
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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. --©
Paramount Vantage
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. --©
Paramount Vantage
