Youth in Revolt | |
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Directed by | Miguel Arteta |
Written by | Gustin Nash |
Based on | Youth in Revolt by C.D. Payne |
Produced by | David Permut |
Starring | Michael Cera Portia Doubleday Jean Smart Mary Kay Place Justin Long Fred Willard Ray Liotta Steve Buscemi |
Cinematography | Chuy Chávez |
Edited by | Pamela Martin Andy Keir |
Music by | John Swihart |
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Distributed by | Dimension Films |
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Running time | 89 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $18 million[2] |
Box office | $19.7 million[3] |
Youth in Revolt is a 2009 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Miguel Arteta and written by Gustin Nash. Based on C.D. Payne's epistolary novel of the same name, the film stars Michael Cera and Portia Doubleday, with Jean Smart, Justin Long, Ray Liotta, and Steve Buscemi in supporting roles.
The film follows shy and lonely teenager Nick (Cera) desperate to lose his virginity. While on a trailer park holiday with his mother and her boyfriend, he meets an attractive girl (Doubleday) and is immediately smitten. When the two are separated Nick must learn how to rebel in order to be with the girl he loves.
[...] which the Weinstein Co. financed for about $18 million.
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