Speak (film)

Speak
Promotional release poster
Directed by	Jessica Sharzer
Written by	Jessica Sharzer Annie Young Frisbie
Based on	Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
Produced by	Fred Berner Matthew Myers Annie Young Frisbie Jessica Sharzer
Starring	Kristen Stewart Michael Angarano Robert John Burke Eric Lively Elizabeth Perkins D. B. Sweeney Steve Zahn
Cinematography	Andrij Parekh
Edited by	Peter C. Frank
Music by	Christopher Libertino
Distributed by	Showtime Networks Inc.
Release date	January 20, 2004 (2004-01-20) (Sundance)
Running time	92 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1 million

Speak is a 2004 American coming-of-age teen drama film written and directed by Jessica Sharzer in her feature directorial debut, based on the 1999 novel of the same name by Laurie Halse Anderson. Starring Kristen Stewart, Michael Angarano, Robert John Burke, Eric Lively, Elizabeth Perkins, D. B. Sweeney, and Steve Zahn, the film follows Melinda Sordino (Stewart), a high school freshman who stops talking after senior student Andy Evans (Lively) rapes her at a party.

Speak premiered out of competition at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2004, and was broadcast on Showtime and Lifetime on September 5, 2005.^[1] The film received critical acclaim, with particular praise for Stewart's performance.