American Teen
Nanette Burstein won the Documentary Directing award at Sundance for this candid look at a year in the life of four teens at an Indiana High School. Meet the Jock, the Prom Queen, the Nerd, and the Outsider, all archetypes of high school life that are both cliché and universal.
Director Nanette Burstein scheduled to attend both screenings
Sponsor:
HBO
Cast & Crew
Director: Nanette Burstein
Producer: Jordan Roberts, Nanette Burstein, Eli Gonda, Chris Huddleson
Editor: Mary Manhardt, Tom Haneke, Nanette Burstein
Screenwriter: Nanette Burstein
Cinematographer: Laela Kilbourn
Awards: Sundance Film Festival 2008 (Directing Award)
Music: Michael Penn
Filmography: The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002); On the Ropes (1999)
US Distributor: Paramount Vantage
World Sales: Cinetic Media
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Maybe I'm just too cynical..., May 13, 2008
By Stephen McAdoo
“...but too much of this movie felt somewhat pre-planned (or perhaps restaged), and thus semi-scripted, sort of like a documentary made by reality-show standards. ”
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Pretty good - if you're in the right mood, May 15, 2008
By Rich Wasserman
“A documentary that's sort of a cross between The Real World and every film by John Hughes that you've seen. It follows five students in a small Indiana town through their senior year. They're chosen to match the standard teen movie stereotypes, prom-queen, jock, stud, geek and weird girl who wears”
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A good look at teens in a very white town, Jun 08, 2008
By Dan Rosson
“Aside from the animated sequences, I thought this seemed like a pretty raw and honest portrayal of teens in this particular midwestern town. It brough back a lot of memories of my high school experience. The filmmaker has the challenge of appealing to doc film lovers and bringing in teenagers to”
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