Country: USA
Year: 2007
Duration: 96'
Charlie Bartlett is a rich and intelligent student, but neurotic and often unhappy, who is forced to go to a public school after having been kicked out for the umpteenth time from a private high school. He is initially hated by his classmates, but he later becomes popular when, thanks to his neurosis, he becomes the confidant of most of the kids in the school, from the outcasts to the popular ones. As he becomes a sort of spiritual guru, he starts taking advantage of this gift of him. “I’d read a hundred scripts in the last year, just waiting to find one I really liked, and this was it. I laughed out loud as well as felt challenged, entertained, surprised and moved. Here was a high school movie about real people and real issues with lots of humor as well as pathos. Charlie Bartlett was such a great character, someone who could overcome nearly anything with his guileless optimism, and that was really appealing.”
Biography
film director
Jon Poll
debuted as director with Charlie Bartlett, after working for years as film editor for several Hollywood productions. He graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinema-Television in 1981, and worked on editing several successful movies like Meet the Parents (2000), Meet the Fockers (2004) by Jay Roach and two episodes of the Austin Powers trilogy. He also worked as second editor for Master & Commander (2003) by Peter Weir, and was the executive producer for the successful comedy The 40 Year Old Virgin (2005) by Judd Apatow.
FILMOGRAFIA
Charlie Bartlett (id., 2007).
Cast
& Credits
regia/director Jon Poll
sceneggiatura/screenplay Gustin Nash
fotografia/director of photography Paul Sarossy
scenografia/set design Tamara Deverell, Oshu Decartier
costumi/costume design Luis Sequeira
montaggio/film editor Alan Baumgarten
musica/music Christophe Beck
suono/sound Henry Hembry
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters Anton Yelchin (Charlie Bartlett), Robert Downey Jr. (il preside/principal Gardner), Hope Davis (Marilyn Bartlett), Kat Dennings (Susan Gardner), Tyler Hilton (Murphy Bivens), Mark Rendall (Kip Crombwell), Dylan Taylor (Len Arbuckle), Megan Park (Whitney Drummond), Jake Epstein (Dustin Lauderbach), Jonathan Malen (Jordan Sunder), Derek McGrath (il sovrintendente/superintendent Sedgwick), Stephen Young (Dr Stan Weathers), Ishan Dave (Henry Freemont), Dave Brown (l’ufficiale/officer Hansen), Eric Fink (Thomas), Noam Jenkins (Dean West), Lauren Collins (Kelly)
produttore/producer David Permut, Barron Kidd, Jay Roach, Sidney Kimmel
produzione/production Everyman Pictures, Texon Entertainment, Permut Presentations
coproduttore/coproducer Steve Longi, Gustin Nash
distribuzione/distribution DNC Entertainment
sceneggiatura/screenplay Gustin Nash
fotografia/director of photography Paul Sarossy
scenografia/set design Tamara Deverell, Oshu Decartier
costumi/costume design Luis Sequeira
montaggio/film editor Alan Baumgarten
musica/music Christophe Beck
suono/sound Henry Hembry
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters Anton Yelchin (Charlie Bartlett), Robert Downey Jr. (il preside/principal Gardner), Hope Davis (Marilyn Bartlett), Kat Dennings (Susan Gardner), Tyler Hilton (Murphy Bivens), Mark Rendall (Kip Crombwell), Dylan Taylor (Len Arbuckle), Megan Park (Whitney Drummond), Jake Epstein (Dustin Lauderbach), Jonathan Malen (Jordan Sunder), Derek McGrath (il sovrintendente/superintendent Sedgwick), Stephen Young (Dr Stan Weathers), Ishan Dave (Henry Freemont), Dave Brown (l’ufficiale/officer Hansen), Eric Fink (Thomas), Noam Jenkins (Dean West), Lauren Collins (Kelly)
produttore/producer David Permut, Barron Kidd, Jay Roach, Sidney Kimmel
produzione/production Everyman Pictures, Texon Entertainment, Permut Presentations
coproduttore/coproducer Steve Longi, Gustin Nash
distribuzione/distribution DNC Entertainment
