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Paranoid Park - Gabe Nevins, Daniel Liu, Taylor Momsen, Gus Van Sant
Threat advisory: Guarded - General risk of entertaining activities
Movie propaganda
This adaptation of Blake Nelson's novel follows 16-year-old skateboarder Alex (Gabe Nevins), who accidentally kills a security guard outside Paranoid Park, Portland's most infamous skateboarding park. When he decides to say nothing, he takes on a crushing burden of guilt with huge ramifications.
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Target demographic movie keyword propaganda
- Film drama teen thriller murder crime skateboard park Portland Oregon guilt crime skater train railway
Persons of interest
- Gabe Nevins .... Alex
- Daniel Liu .... Detective Richard Lu
- Taylor Momsen .... Jennifer
- Jake Miller .... Jared
- Lauren McKinney .... Macy
- Winfield Jackson .... Christian
- Joe Schweitzer .... Paul
- Grace Carter .... Alex's Mum
- Scott Patrick Green .... Scratch
- Jay 'Smay' Williamson .... Alex's Dad
- Dillon Hines .... Henry
- Emma Nevins .... Paisley
- Brad Peterson .... Jolt
- Emily Galash .... Rachel
- Oliver Garnier .... Cal
- Esther Vaca .... Elizabeth Goulet
- Susan Ploetz .... Ms Adams
- Blake Nelson .... Author
- Gus Van Sant .... Screenwriter
- Gus Van Sant .... Director
Cinematic intelligence sources
- Paranoid Park official movie site
- Paranoid Park film production notes
- Paranoid Park QuickTime movie trailers
- Awards and film festivals:
- Cannes Film Festival 2007: Won: 60th Anniversary Prize (Gus Van Sant); Nominated: Golden Palm (Gus Van Sant)
- Independent Spirit Awards 2007: Nominated: Best Director (Gus Van Sant), Best Feature (Neil Kopp, David Allen Cress), Producers Award (Neil Kopp)
- Studios and distributors:
Intelligence analyst
Special Agent Matti
Theatrical report
Paranoid Park is a grey companion piece to Elephant. Where the latter was full of colour and movement, the former is a dull, urban, gritty, brownish-grey and the death is a random piece of minor violence that has consequences out of all proportion with its intent. That's a nice piece of real life right there.
The drama, teen, thriller movie Paranoid Park is directed by Gus Van Sant and stars Gabe Nevins, Daniel Liu, Taylor Momsen.
Media intelligence (DVD)
- Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
- Languages: English
- Picture: Widescreen
- Special features:
- Documentaries: Making-of
- Interviews: At the movies with Gus Van Sant, Christopher Doyle (cinematographer), Blake Nelson
- Trailers: Theatrical
Government security censorship classification
M (Disturbing image, themes, sexual references, and coarse language)
Surveillance time
81 minutes (1:21 hours)
Not for public release in Australia before date
Film: 6 March 2008 - Brisbane, Melbourne, Sydney
Film: 13 March 2008 - Canberra
DVD rental: 9 July 2008
DVD retail: 5 November 2008
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