| Paranoid Park | |
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| Directed by | Gus Van Sant |
| Screenplay by | Gus Van Sant |
| Based on | Paranoid Park by Blake Nelson |
| Produced by | Charles Gilbert Neil Kopp |
| Starring | Gabe Nevins Taylor Momsen Jake Miller Daniel Liu Lauren McKinney Scott Patrick Green |
| Cinematography | Christopher Doyle Rain Kathy Li |
| Edited by | Gus Van Sant |
| Distributed by | mk2 diffusion (France)[1] IFC Films (United States) |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Countries | France[2][3][4] United States[2][3][4] |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3 million[5] |
| Box office | $4.5 million[1] |
Paranoid Park is a 2007 coming of age teen drama film written, directed and edited by Gus Van Sant. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Blake Nelson and takes place in Portland, Oregon. It is the story of a teenage skateboarder (played by Gabe Nevins) set against the backdrop of a police investigation into a mysterious death.
Van Sant wrote the draft script in two days after reading and deciding to adapt Nelson's novel. To cast the film's youths, Van Sant posted an open casting call on social networking website MySpace inviting teenagers to audition for speaking roles, as well as experienced skateboarders to act as extras. Filming began in October 2006 and took place at various locations in and around Portland. Scenes at the fictional Eastside Skatepark were filmed at Burnside Skatepark which was, like Eastside, built illegally by skateboarders.
Paranoid Park premiered on May 21, at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and was given a limited release on March 7, 2008. It grossed over US$4,481,000 from its $3 million budget.[5] The film received mostly positive reviews; some critics praised the direction and cinematography in particular, though others believed the film to be overly stylized and slow paced. It won one Independent Spirit Award, two Boston Society of Film Critics awards and the Cannes Film Festival's special 60th anniversary prize.
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- ^ a b "Paranoid Park". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on December 5, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2012.
- ^ a b Gritten, David (December 28, 2007). "Paranoid Park: The voice of doomed youth". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 2012-11-11. Retrieved 2009-04-06.