Remember the Daze
| Remember the Daze | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Jess Manafort |
| Written by | Jess Manafort |
| Produced by | Jess Manafort Mathew Rhodes Judd Payne |
| Starring | Katrina Begin Melonie Diaz Leighton Meester Alexa Vega Marnette Patterson |
| Cinematography | Steve Gainer |
| Edited by | Larry Bock Meg Reticker |
| Music by | Dustin O'Halloran |
| Distributed by | First Look International Freestyle Releasing[1] |
Release dates |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Remember the Daze (originally titled The Beautiful Ordinary) is a 2007 drama film released in theaters in April 2008.[2] The film was directed by Jess Manafort. The plot of the movie has been described as "a glimpse into the teenage wasteland of suburbia 1999 that takes place over 24-hours, and the teenagers who make their way through the last day of high school in the last year of the past millennium."[3]
The film has been selected as one of the eight films competing in the Narrative Competition at the 2007 Los Angeles Film Festival which took place June 21-July 1.[4] This was the world premiere of the film.
In February 2008, the movie's title was changed from The Beautiful Ordinary. It was released in two theaters in LA, one in New York and one in Washington, D.C. on April 11, 2008 and was released on DVD on June 3, 2008.[5] The movie was filmed primarily in Wilmington, North Carolina during May 2006.
Plot
The film takes place in a small suburban town in North Carolina in 1999. It's the last day of school and kids just want to have fun. That, at least, is the plan.
Cast
- John Robinson as Bailey
- Amber Heard as Julia
- Alexa Vega as Holly
- Leighton Meester as Tori
- Melonie Diaz as Brianne
- Wesley Jonathan as Biz
- Aaron Himelstein as Riley
- Chris Marquette as Felix
- Christopher Shand as Clifford
- Lyndsy Fonseca as Dawn
- Sean Marquette as Mod
- Marne Patterson as Stacey
- Khleo Thomas as Dylan
- Shahine Ezell as Eddie
- Katrina Begin as Sylvia
- Charles Chen as Thomas
- Caroline Dollar as Kiki
- Max Hoffman as Zack
- Bill Ladd as Mr. Shapiro
- Moira Kelly as Mrs. Ford
- Taylor Kowalski as Andrew
- Brie Larson as Angie
- Douglas Smith as Pete
- Robert X. Golphin as Boy #2
- Thomas Holmes III as Ponte
- Stella Maeve as Lighty
- Michael Welch as Stephen
- Cliffy Tucker as Reggie
Critical reception
The film was generally blasted by critics, earning a "rotten" rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes with a score of 0%.[6] Metacritic reported the film had an average score of 36 out of 100, based on 6 reviews.[7]
References
- ^ http://freestylereleasing.com/remember-the-daze/
- ^ The Beautiful Ordinary at the Internet Movie Database
- ^ http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809426412/info The Beautiful Ordinary at Yahoo! Movies
- ^ http://www2.lafilmfest.com/index.php/lafilmfest07/lineup Los Angeles Film Festival 2007 Line-Up
- ^ Remember The Daze - In Theaters April 11th
- ^ "Remember the Daze (2008): Reviews". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2014-08-28.
- ^ "Remember the Daze (2008): Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2008-04-11.
