Half nelson

Resource Information

The work Half nelson represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Billerica Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Half nelson

Statement of responsibility

Hunting Lane Films ; Silverwood Films ; Journeyman Pictures ; Original Media ; Traction Media ; produced by Anna Boden, Lynette Howell, Rosanne Korenberg, Alex Orlovsky, Jamie Patricof ; writers, Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck ; directed by Ryan Fleck

Contributor

• Hunting Lane Films
• Journeyman Pictures (Firm)
• Original Media
• Silverwood Films
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Traction Media
• Boden, Anna
• Chilton, Karen
• Curnen, Monique Gabriela
• Epps, Shareeka
• Fleck, Ryan, 1976-
• Gosling, Ryan, 1980-
• Holmes, Tina, 1973-
• Howell, Lynette, 1979-
• Korenberg, Rosanne
• Mackie, Anthony, 1978-
• Orlovsky, Alex
• Patricof, Jamie
• Pennie, Collins, 1987-
• Rush, Deborah
• Sanders, Jay O., 1953-
• Silver, Bryce
• Sozzi, Sebastian
• Vicius, Nicole
• Wilds, Tristan, 1989-

Subject

• At-risk youth -- Drama
• Drug addiction -- Drama
• Feature films
• Friendship -- Drama
• High school teachers -- Drama
• Juventud -- Conducta (Ética) -- Teatro
• Maestros de escuela secundaria -- Teatro
• Melodrama
• Melodrama, American
• Teacher-student relationships -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Videodiscs

Genre

• Drama
• Feature films
• Melodrama
• Melodrama, American
• Teatro
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng
• eng

Summary

A high school teacher with a drug habit finds a friendship in an unlikely source - one of his troubled students. Will their relationship help them or harm them?

Awards note

Deauville Film Festival, 2006: Jury Special Prize (Ryan Fleck); Revelations Prize (Ryan Fleck).

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Andrij Parekh ; editor, Anna Boden ; music, Broken-Social-Scene ; costume designer, Erin Benach ; production designer, Beth Mickle

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; for drug content throughout, language and some sexuality

Language note

English or Spanish dialogue; closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1995.9.M45

LC item number

H354 2006

PerformerNote

Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps, Anthony Mackie, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Karen Chilton, Tina Homes, Collins Pennie, Deborah Rush, Jay O. Sanders, Bryce Silver, Sebastian Sozzi, Nicole Vicius, Tristan Wilds

Runtime

107

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action