Rocket Science (2007)

Réalisateur:

Jeffrey Blitz

Scénariste (WGA):

Jeffrey Blitz (written by)

Date de sortie:

28 septembre 2007 (UK)

Genre:

Comedie | Drame

Accroche:

Life is faster done than said.

Intrigue:

Looking for answers to life's big questions, a stuttering boy joins his high school debate team.

Plot Keywords:

Debate | Stutter | High School | Team | Tournament

Récompenses:

1 win & 6 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

A Movie Set During That Oft-Overlooked Period In Life

Ensemble

Nicholas D'Agosto	...	Ben Wekselbaum
Anna Kendrick	...	Ginny Ryerson
Utkarsh Ambudkar	...	Ram
Candace Scholz	...	Townsend Prep Debater (as Candace Burr Scholz)
Margo Martindale	...	Coach Lumbly
Reece Thompson	...	Hal Hefner (as Reece Daniel Thompson)
Vincent Piazza	...	Earl Hefner
Denis O'Hare	...	Doyle Hefner
Lisbeth Bartlett	...	Juliet Hefner
Aaron Yoo	...	Heston
Virginia Frank	...	English Teacher
Marilyn Yoblick	...	Plainsboro Lunch Lady
Maury Ginsberg	...	Mr. Lewinsky
Emily Ginnona	...	Honoria
Dionne Audain	...	Abraham Lincoln
Dan DeLuca	...	Stephen Douglas
Michael Kusnir	...	Flemming
Steve Park	...	Judge Pete (as Stephen Park)
John Patrick Barry	...	Gym Teacher
Josh Kay	...	Lewis Garrles
Jane Beard	...	Fern Garrles
Herb Merrick	...	Lewis’s Dad
Carol Florence	...	Connie Ryerson (as Carol A. Florence)
Jonah Hill	...	Junior Philosopher
Betsy Hogg	...	Crystal Hamish-Steinberg
Brandon Thane Wilson	...	Phillip
Zack Arrington	...	Plainsboro Debate Team
Jaime Chicas	...	Plainsboro Debate Team
Katrina Hargrave	...	Plainsboro Debate Team
Erin Loube	...	Plainsboro Debate Team
Natasha Sattler	...	Plainsboro Debate Team
Will Shaw	...	Plainsboro Debate Team
Jeffrey Wei	...	Plainsboro Debate Team
David DeBoy	...	Frank Ryerson
Andrew Collie	...	Hazlet Timer
Huong D. Nguyen	...	Lewinsky's Girlfriend (as Huong Huyuh)
Katherine Ross Wolfe	...	Glen Rock Debater
Susan Duvall	...	Hazlet Lunch Lady (as Susan 'Tootsie' Duball)
Elisabeth Noone	...	Hazlet Coach
Noah Mazaika	...	Trophy Presenter #1
Will Parquette	...	Trophy Presenter #2
Tara Richter-Smith	...	Babysitter
Judy Jean Berns	...	Townsend Prep Receptionist
Jeanette Brox	...	Townsend Prep Bad Girl
Roland Gomez	...	Luis (as Roland Branford Gomez)
Lee R. Sellars	...	New Jersey Debate Official (as Lee Sellars)
Joel Garland	...	Pizza Server (as Joel Marsh Garland)
Dan Cashman	...	Narrator (voice)
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Dave Cooperman	...	Contest Judge (uncredited)
Justin Mather	...	Morristown Debater (uncredited)
Chelsea O'Toole	...	Student (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Jeffrey Blitz

Scénaristes (WGA)
Jeffrey Blitz		(written by)

Produit par
Effie Brown	....	producer (as Effie T. Brown)
Nicole Colombie	....	line producer
Sean Welch	....	producer

Image
Jo Willems		(director of photography)

Montage
Yana Gorskaya

Distribution des rôles
Matthew Lessall

Création des décors
Rick Butler

Direction artistique
Halina Gebarowicz

Décorateur de plateau
Jay Klein

Création des costumes
Ernesto Martinez

Maquillage
Ardis Cohen	....	assistant hair stylist
Janice Kinigopoulos	....	key hair stylist
Ngozi Olandu	....	assistant makeup artist
Debi Young	....	key makeup artist
Sherri Bramlett	....	additional hair stylist (uncredited)
Sandra Linn Koepper	....	additional makeup artist (uncredited)
Rosemary Lawrence	....	key makeup artist: Los Angeles (uncredited)
Janice Tunnell	....	additional makeup artist (uncredited)
Sherri Zebeck	....	additional makeup artist (uncredited)

Directeur de production
Effie Brown	....	unit production manager (as Effie T. Brown)
Jean Chien	....	production supervisor: second unit
Janet Fries Eckholm	....	post-production supervisor
Scott Michael Nabat	....	post-production supervisor (as Scott Nabat)
George Norfleet	....	production supervisor
Dave Willis	....	production supervisor

Assistant réalisateur
Timothy Blockburger	....	second second assistant director
Stuart B. Hagen	....	second assistant director (as Stuart Hagen)
Van Hayden	....	first assistant director
Alexander James	....	additional second assistant director
Traci M. Lewis	....	second assistant director (as Traci Lewis)
John O'Rourke	....	first assistant director: second unit
Xanthus Valan	....	second second assistant director
Dennis Burrell	....	second assistant director: second unit (uncredited)

Département Art
David Beach	....	construction coordinator
Jennie Bell	....	charge scenic (as Jennie M. Bell)
Erik Boring	....	lead man
Ryan Braun	....	storyboard artist
Niamh Butler	....	additional artwork
Scott Canfield	....	leadman: second unit
Carl Catanese	....	set decoration buyer
Richard Crandall	....	charge scenic
F. Dale Davis	....	swing
Phaedra Eason	....	swing gang: U.S.
John Fulcher	....	swing
Susanna Glattly	....	charge scenic
Peter Gottlieb	....	swing
Candi Guterres	....	production designer: second unit
Autumn Jones	....	charge scenic: second unit
Wayne 'Spider' Kehs	....	greens person (as Spider Wayne Kehs)
Kristina Kilpe	....	assistant property master
Donna Kurtinecz	....	additional props
Jim McPherson	....	on-set dresser (as James McPherson)
Sayaka Nagata	....	art department production assistant: second unit
Gregory D. Neumunz	....	set dresser: second unit (as Gregory Neumunz)
Dawson Nolley	....	art department coordinator
Bobby Raber	....	scenic
Jennie Hill Robinson	....	greens person
Heather Rounds	....	additional artwork
Craig Lee Schuman	....	scenic
Claire Sharp	....	scenic
Bob Spore	....	set dresser
Lisa Tong	....	set decorator: second unit
Azhriaz Vanashta	....	scenic
Jason Wicksell	....	swing
Michael Sabo	....	property master (uncredited)

Technicien du son
Christian B. Allen	....	sound: electronic press kit
Julie Altus	....	adr recordist
Rick Ash	....	sound re-recording mixer
Donna Barrett	....	utility sound (as Donna M. Barrett)
Ron Bedrosian	....	adr mixer
Peter Brown	....	supervising sound editor
Mark Brunner	....	boom operator
John Cannon	....	sound assistant
Julio Carmona	....	adr recordist
Kevin E. Carpenter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Patrick Cyccone Jr.	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Patrick Cyccone)
Robert Deschaine	....	adr mixer (as Bob Deschaine)
Lori Dovi	....	sound: second unit
Tim Farrell	....	sound effects editor
Paul Flinchbaugh	....	sound assistant
Nerses Gezalyan	....	foley mixer
Chris Hogan	....	dialogue editor (as Christopher Hogan)
Ken Ishii	....	sound mixer
Nancy MacLeod	....	sound effects editor
Dave McMoyler	....	supervising sound editor
James Moriana	....	foley artist
Nancy Nugent	....	dialogue editor (as Nancy Kyong Nugent)
Jeff Pullman	....	boom operator
Gabriel J. Serrano	....	sound mix technician
Christopher Sidor	....	sound mix technician (as Chris Sidor)
Greg Steele	....	adr mixer
Dean St. John	....	adr mixer
Peter Michael Sullivan	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Peter Sullivan)
Tami Treadwell	....	adr recordist
Karen Vassar	....	sound effects editor
Jeffrey Wilhoit	....	foley artist
Greg Zimmerman	....	adr recordist

Effets spéciaux
Hank Atterbury	....	special effects coordinator (as Henry S. Atterbury)
Thomas F. Lombardi	....	effects crew (uncredited)

Visual Effects
Vanessa Cheung	....	matte painter: Momentum VFX
Kenneth Nakada	....	visual effects supervisor: Momentum VFX

Cascadeur
Gene Harrison	....	stunt coordinator (as Roy Eugene Harrison)
Joanna Shelmidine	....	stunt double: Reese Thompson
Manny Siverio	....	stunt coordinator
Joanna Shelmidine	....	stunt double (uncredited)

Caméra et Département Electrique
Leonard Applefield	....	electrician (as Len Applefeld)
Ian Axilrod	....	camera loader
John C. Barber	....	dolly grip: second unit (as John Barber)
Jim Bridges	....	still photographer (as James Bridges)
Susannah Bridges	....	camera loader: second unit
Kevin 'Vinnie' Campbell	....	electrician
Frank Caslin	....	best boy electric
Matthew Caulk	....	camera loader
Dean Citroni	....	best boy grip
Timothy H. Coté	....	grip (as Timothy Cote)
Michael Gearhart	....	best boy grip
Julio Gomez	....	electrician: second unit
John R. Hamilton	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera
John Hamilton	....	second assistant camera
Preston Hart	....	electrician
Tim Hennessy	....	camera loader
Chris Henry	....	electrician
Rolf Johansson	....	grip: second unit
Mike Keelty	....	gaffer
Geoffrey D. Knoller	....	key grip
Mako Koiwai	....	first assistant camera: second unit (as F. Mako Koiwai)
Baqi Kopelman	....	gaffer: second unit
Tim Kossa	....	electrician
Michael Krebs	....	first assistant camera
Cindy Kurland	....	second assistant camera: second unit
Thomas Miligan	....	camera loader: second unit (as Tom Milligan)
Michael Miller	....	electrician
Jonathan Moore	....	grip
Steve Morris	....	photographer: Trenton Bridge
Michael O'Leary	....	best boy electric
Kurt Parlow	....	first assistant camera
Danny Powell	....	camera operator: electronic press kit
Jess Robinson	....	grip
John Scanlan	....	electrician (as John P. Scanlan)
Byron Shah	....	director of photography: second unit
Russ St. John	....	key grip: second unit
Rick Strodel	....	dolly grip
Benjamin Suarez	....	generator operator: second unit
David J. Thompson	....	camera operator (as Dave Thompson)
Basil Tydings	....	electrician (as Basil 'Chip' Tydings)
Paul Vandewater	....	camera operator: electronic press kit
Chad Wilson	....	Steadicam operator: second unit
Mike Wilson	....	electrician
Franz Wise	....	electrician (as Franz Rheinhardt Wise)
Michael Yoder	....	electrician: second unit
Jason Younger	....	grip (as Jason M. Younger)
Scott Inge	....	additional first assistant camera (uncredited)
Mike Panczenko Jr.	....	additional second assistant camera (uncredited)
Wade Tyree	....	lighting technician (uncredited)

Département Casting
Valerie Battenfeld	....	extras casting
Kim Burns	....	extras casting
Jeffrey Gafner	....	casting assistant
Nina Henninger	....	additional casting: San Francisco
Nadia Lubbe	....	casting associate: New York
Ellyn Long Marshall	....	additional casting: New York, Orpheus Casting Group (as Ellyn Marshall)
Maria E. Nelson	....	additional casting: New York, Orpheus Casting Group (as Maria Nrlson)
Carolyn Pickman	....	additional casting: Boston
Lynn Reinstein	....	casting associate: Los Angeles
Betsy Royall	....	additional casting: Baltimore
Terri Douglas	....	adr group voice casting (uncredited)
Megann Ratzow	....	additional casting: Oregon (uncredited)

Département Costume et garde-Robe
Lori Ayala-Read	....	costume supervisor
Linda M. Boyland	....	additional costumer
Donna D. Casey	....	set costumer: second unit (as Donna Casey)
Stephanie Fox	....	additional costumer: Hawaii
Amanda Johnson	....	wardrobe assistant
Joan M. Lynch	....	additional costumer
Amanda Sroka	....	set costumer
Samuel Stewart	....	key costumer

Dpartement Editorial
Dan Aguilar	....	digital intermediate editor
Steve Aguilar	....	digital intermediate senior conform artist: Encore Hollywood
Jon Howard	....	digital intermediate assistant: Encore Hollywood
Jennifer Martinez	....	assistant editor
Maureen O'Connor	....	digital intermediate producer: Encore Hollywood
Steve Porter	....	colorist: Encore Hollywood
Chris Regan	....	color timer: lab
Justin Sanchez	....	digital intermediate data i/o: Encore Hollywood
Martha Shane	....	editing intern

Département Musique
Roy Agee	....	musician: trombone
Eef Barzelay	....	music producer
Ray Espinola Jr.	....	associate music supervisor
Tony Harrell	....	musician: accordion
Evyen Klean	....	music producer (as Evyn J. Klean)
Evyen Klean	....	music supervisor (as Evyen J. Klean)
Bill Knopf	....	banjo coach
Janet Lopez	....	music coordinator
Benjamin Martin	....	musician: drums
Sam Matthews	....	cello coach
Mike Mehesan	....	music editor
Jennifer Reeve	....	music coordinator
Brad Segal	....	music arranger
Brad Segal	....	music editor
Brad Segal	....	orchestrator
Mike Mehesan	....	score mixer (uncredited)

Département Transport
Charles E. Bauer	....	driver
Vincent J. Gargiulo	....	driver (as Vincent J. Guariglia Jr.)
Daniel A. Hirsch	....	driver
James Daniel Hubbard	....	driver (as James Hubbard)
Greg Jacobs	....	driver
Frank R. Matkins	....	driver
David Myers	....	driver
Sandra Ninham	....	transportation coordinator
Robert Phillips	....	driver
Francis Raimondo	....	transportation co-captain (as Francis Anthony Raimond)
Salvatore A. Raimond	....	driver (as Sal Raimond)
Larry Sinclair	....	driver
Ronald Smith	....	transportation captain
David G. Todd	....	production van operator
John C. Watkins Sr.	....	driver
Bruce Zamzow	....	driver
Eli Lozano	....	driver (uncredited)
Michael Luckeroth	....	driver (uncredited)

Divers
Justin Ambrosino	....	production assistant: second unit
Richard Baker	....	set intern (as Richard W. Baker)
Cori Barrett	....	set intern
Denise A. Beale	....	production office coordinator (as Denise Ann Beale)
Brian Bitner	....	debate coach
Shawn Blake	....	set production assistant
Caren Bortz	....	set intern
Ryan Braun	....	production office intern
Jane Burka	....	script supervisor (as Jane Leslie Burka)
Cortney Burk	....	first assistant accountant
Jennifer M. Byrne	....	post-production accountant
Joan Devilla	....	payroll accountant (as Joan DeVilla)
Melissa Dunn	....	production office intern
Rebecca Durivage-Jacobs	....	set intern
Stephanie Jean Elmer	....	second assistant accountant (as Stephanie Elmer)
Caprice Ericson	....	location scout
Amanda Faison	....	set production assistant
Michael Faulkner	....	location manager (as Michael R. Faulkner)
Ben Feldman	....	production legal services
Chris Flynn	....	office production assistant
Christopher Geair	....	location scout
Vikki Jackson	....	assistant: Effie Brown
Jeff Johnson	....	set medic
Douglas M. Jones	....	set production assistant (as Doug Jones)
Krysten Klipa	....	craft service assistant
Donna Kurtinecz	....	animal wrangler
Candace Leake	....	office production assistant
Andre Lee	....	clearance coordinator (as André Robert Lee)
Wellington Love	....	publicist: Baltimore
Mary Ann Mack	....	craft service assistant
Wendy McAllister	....	assistant production coordinator
Asa McCall	....	set production assistant
Pleze Moore	....	production assistant: Los Angeles (as Pleze E. Moore)
Elena Moscatt	....	craft service
George Nicholis	....	film publicist
Joy Phillips	....	electronic press kit director/producer
Jennifer Quesenbery	....	assistant location manager: second unit
Emily Rice	....	post-production accountant
Dr. Tommy Robinson	....	stuttering coach
Matt Ryb	....	assistant: Jeffrey Blitz (as Matt Rybczynski)
Joan Scheckel	....	workshop development: The Joan Scheckel Lab
Catherine Schuler	....	assistant: Effie Brown
Josh Slates	....	assistant location manager
Brendan Stephan	....	locations production assistant: second unit
Shane Tunney	....	location assistant
Fiona Walsh	....	production assistant: Los Angeles
Joe Waschak	....	production office intern
Angel Williams	....	production office intern
Amy Willis	....	location production assistant
Derek Yip	....	production accountant
Rehya Young	....	location manager
Dan Carlin-Weber	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Allison Curren	....	script supervisor (uncredited)
Jacq Donegan	....	assistant accountant: pre-production (uncredited)
Thomas L. Ferguson	....	intern (uncredited)
Miriam Laurence	....	dialect coach: pre-production (uncredited)
Catherine A. McCabe	....	production coordinator: additional photography (uncredited)
Jason Neudecker	....	set production assistant: additional photography (uncredited)
Kelley Sims	....	assistant post-production accountant (uncredited)

Companies de production

• B&W Films
• Duly Noted
• HBO Films
• Rocket Science Inc.

Distributeurs

• Picturehouse Entertainment (2007) (USA) (theatrical)

Technicien des effets spéciaux

• Momentum VFX (visual effects)

Autres Companies

• Alex Gourmet Catering  catering
• Chesapeake Camera  camera equipment
• Cinelease  lighting & grip equipment
• DeLuxe Laboratories  dailies and prints
• Encore Hollywood  digital intermediate
• Enterprise Rent-A-Car  additional vehicles
• Entertainment Post  dailies telecine
• Epstein, Levinsohn, Bodine, Hurwitz & Weinstein  legal services
• Finetune Music  music recording and mixing: LA
• Graphic Imaging  additional artwork
• J.L. Fisher  camera dolly
• Joan Scheckel Lab  workshop development
• Kodak Motion Picture Film  filmed on (as Kodak Film)
• Mark Nevers Beech House Studio  music recording: Nashville
• Negative People  negative cutting
• Orpheus Casting Group  additional casting: NY
• Scarlet Letters  main and end title design
• Todd-AO Soundelux  post-production sound services (as Soundlux/Todd-AO)
• VIP Security  security

MPAA:

Rated R for some sexual content and language.

Durée:

101 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc | Couleur

Rapport de forme:

1,85 : 1

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

USA:R | Ireland:15A | Norway:10 (TV rating)

Lieux de tournage:

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Société:

B&W Films

Anecdotes:

The drink that Hal takes from his brothers' room and gets drunk on is Herradura Reposado tequila.

Goofs:

Erreurs dans la géographie: When Hal first enters the Luis Dry Cleaners in "Trenton," a Baltimore City Police van drives past behind him.

Guillemet:

Ben Wekselbaum: The fights you fight today are the fights you fight until you die.

Connexions De Film:

Références Pecker (1998)

Bande son:

Blister In The Sun

A Movie Set During That Oft-Overlooked Period In Life

Rocket Science is essentially a movie about a boy who discovers his worth and abilities throughout his furious campaign for his dreams. The film's mood pushes the limit of tongue- in-cheek, and it is certainly felt as a comedy because after all, the premise is a stuttering boy joining a debate team, but despite all the hilarious non sequiturs and plot-driven laughs, I take that essential theme to heart. Hal Heffner is an innocently gawky young high school kid, portrayed in a should-be career-making performance by Reece Thompson, who has a severe stuttering problem and experiences a change of events that he finds to have had a tempestuous emotional effect on him that I'm just dying to give away but won't. From this point on, we share those emotions, because it's nearly impossible not to throw in all your chips for this kid. The reason is because growing up, frankly, is hard. Once one has done it, one doesn't feel like it was as hard as it was, but at the time, it most definitely was. Watching this film, we watch this naive stuttering boy crippled by inhibitions and shyness mature, reaching the extremes of anger, confusion, love, intellectual growth, and introspection.

There are plenty of movies about high school, and they're full of comeuppance, humor targeted for that age, discovery of sex, et cetera, but there is very very rarely a movie like Rocket Science, a movie about that particular time in your life when you were just growing into yourself and you didn't even know it, and you hardly look back at that time because of the unawareness of self at that point and, hopefully, the growth since then. This is an important little film that, though it isn't receiving the attention I feel it would and should get with a wider and longer release, time will be kind to, with great hope.