I Am the Cheese (film)

I Am the Cheese
A red-toned scene shows a teenage boy on a bike, one foot down on the path to keep himself still. His left elbow rests on one handlebar while he grips the other. There is a white package in the basket. He looks thoughtful and possibly confused, his brow lowered. Behind him and on the left side of the cover, a man stands in a dark jacket and pants; his face is not visible. On the right, behind both the man and the boy, is a white farmhouse with a black roof. The sparse trees surrounding it look bald. The cover reads "I am the cheese." in white font. The white square below the red cover lists the credits of the film. Most visible are in black at the top of the white square; it reads: "Robert MacNaughton, Hope Lange, Don Murray and Robert Wagner."
Film poster
Directed byRobert Jiras
Written byRobert Jiras
David Lange
Robert Cormier (Novel)
Produced byDavid Lange
StarringRobert MacNaughton
Cynthia Nixon
Robert Wagner
Edited byNicholas C. Smith
Music byJonathan Tunick
Distributed byAlmi Pictures
Release date
  • November 11, 1983 (1983-11-11)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

I Am the Cheese is a 1983 American film adaptation of Robert Cormier's 1977 novel of the same name, about a young man's journey to find the truth behind his family.[1][2] The film was directed by Robert Jiras and filmed in Vermont.[3][4]

  1. ^ "I Am the Cheese (1983)". British Film Institute. n.d. Archived from the original on September 1, 2023. Retrieved 2022-03-27.
  2. ^ Maslin, Janet (1983-11-11). "SCREEN: ADAPTED 'CHEESE'". The New York Times. Retrieved 2022-03-27 – via The New York Times.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference tcm was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Null, Christopher (2005). "I Am the Cheese". FilmCritic.com. Archived from the original on 21 November 2009. Retrieved 2022-03-27.