Rocket Science
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jeff Blitz
Reece Thompson
Anna Kendrick
Vincent Piazza
Nicholas D'agosto
Aaron Yoo
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Life is not easy for teenager Hal Hefner of suburban Plainsboro, New Jersey. His parents have abruptly split; his older brother, Earl, is a budding obsessive-compulsive who pushes him around; and he has an unpredictable stutter that makes high school an exercise in embarrassment, self-effacement and terrible lunches. Given that his active mind and quick wit tend to be obscured by his problematic voice, Hal is not an obvious candidate for his school's high-powered debate team. So it comes as a complete, though not unwelcome, surprise when the team's star member, the hyper-articulate Ginny Ryerson, approaches Hal on the school bus one afternoon. The Plainsboro debaters need a replacement for Ginny's former partner, who dropped out of school following a calamitous performance at the New Jersey State High School Policy Debate Championships the previous spring. Ginny, who can compress an eight minute argument into ten seconds without breaking a sweat, dropping a word, or botching a barb, proceeds to present her case for Hal's potential as a public speaker. She has seen Hal, she has seen his promise. Hal is more than just shocked, or even dazed; he is smitten. As the notion of debating takes hold in Hal's mind, so, too, do thoughts of the attractive and dazzlingly confident Ginny. Gambling that his voice will cooperate with the rest of him, Hal joins the Plainsboro High debate team as Ginny's partner. Trundling back and forth to her house with his ever-growing pile of research, Hal starts to see new possibilities in his life. The road ahead holds many twists, turns and bumps for Hal; despite his best efforts, people and circumstances prove more unpredictable than any stutter. But Hal rises to the occasion, and in doing so he scores a victory that has nothing to do with winning a debate--and everything to do with finding his voice.
Director
Jeff Blitz
Cast
Reece Thompson
Anna Kendrick
Vincent Piazza
Nicholas D'agosto
Aaron Yoo
Margo Martindale
Josh Kay
Steve Park
Maury Ginsberg
Denis O'hare
Utkarsh Ambudkar
Lisbeth Bartlett
Candace Burr Scholz
Virginia Frank
Marilyn Yoblick
Dionne Audain
Emily Ginnona
Dan Deluca
Michael Kusnir
John Patrick Barry
Jane Beard
Herb Merrick
Carol Florence
Jonah Hill
Betsy Hogg
Brandon Wilson
Zack Arrington
Jaime Chicas
Erin Loube
Katrina Hargrave
Will Shaw
Natasha Sattler
Jeffrey Wei
David Deboy
Andrew Collie
Katherine Ross Wolfe
Huong Huyah
Elisabeth Noone
Susan Duvall
Noah Mazaika
Will Parquette
Judy Jean Berns
Tara Richter-smith
Roland Gomez
Jeanette Brox
Lee Sellars
Joel Marsh Garland
Dan Cashman
Erik Boring
Scott Canfield
Crew
Roy Agee
Daniel Aguilar
Christian B Allen
Julie Altus
Justin Ambrosino
Lenny Applefeld
Rick Ash
Hank Atterbury
Ian L. Axilrod
Burt Bacharach
Richard W Baker
John Barber
Cori Barrett
Donna Barrett
Eef Barzelay
Eef Barzelay
Eef Barzelay
Valerie Battenfeld
Charles E Bauer
David Beach
Denise A Beale
Ron Bedrosian
Jennie Bell
Brian Bitner
Shawn Blake
Jeff Blitz
Tim Blockburger
Caren Bortz
Linda Boyland
Ryan Braun
Ryan Braun
Jim Bridges
Susannah Bridges
Effie T. Brown
Effie T. Brown
Peter A Brown
Mark Brunner
Cortney Burk
Jane Burka
Kim Burns
Niamh Butler
Rick Butler
Jennifer M Byrne
Kevin Campbell
John Cannon
Julio Carmona
Kevin E Carpenter
Donna D Casey
Frank Caslin
Carl Catanese
Matthew Caulk
Michael R. Chapman
Vanessa Cheung
Jean Chien
Dean Citroni
Ardis Cohen
Nicole Columbie
Tim Cote
Richard Crandall
Patrick Cyccone Jr.
Nicholas D'agosto
Mack David
F Dale Davis
Robert Deschane
Joan Devilla
Lori Dovi
Melissa Dunn
Rebecca Durivage-jacobs
Phaedra Eason
Stephanie Elmer
Caprice Ericson
Ray Espinola
Amanda Faison
Timothy Farrell
Michael R Faulkner
J L Fisher
Paul Flinchbaugh
Chris Flynn
Stephanie Fox
John Fulcher
Jeffery Gafner
Gordon Gano
David Garland
Chris Geair
Michael Gearhart
Halina Gebarowicz
Nerses Gezalyan
Susanna Glattly
Julio Gomez
Yana Gorskaya
Peter Gottlieb
Vincent J. Guariglia
Candi Guterres
Stuart Hagen
John Hamilton
Anthony Harrell
Gene Harrison
Preston Hart
Van A. Hayden
Fiona Walsh Heinz
Tim Hennessy
Nina Henninger
Chris Henry
Ixya Herrera
Daniel A Hirsch
Chris Hogan
Jon Howard
James Daniel Hubbard
Daniel Indart
Ken Ishii
Vikki Jackson
Gregory Jacobs
Alexander James
Rolf Johansson
Amanda Johnson
Jeffrey L Johnson
Autumn Jones
Douglas Jones
Mike Keelty
Wayne Kehs
James Kelley
Kristina Kilpe
Janice Kinigopoulos
Evyen Klean
Evyen Klean
Jay Klein
Krysten Klipa
Guy Klucevsek
Geoffrey D Knoller
Bill Knopf
F Mako Koiwai
Baqi Kopelman
Tim Kossa
Michael Krebs
Cindy Kurland
Donna Kurtinecz
Donna Kurtinecz
Candace Leake
Andre Lee
Matthew Lessall
Traci Lewis
Wellington Love
Nadia Lubbe
Joan M Lynch
Mary Mack
Nancy Macleod
Ellyn Long Marshall
Benjamin Martin
Ernesto Martinez
Jennifer Martinez
Frank R Matkins
Sam Matthews
Sam Matthews
Wendy Mcallister
Asa Mccall
David Mcmoyler
James Mcpherson
Michael Mehesan
Michael Miller
Thomas Milligan
Jonathan Moore
Pleze E. Moore
James Moriana
Sean Morris
Elena Moscatt
David Myers
Scott Nabat
Sayaka Nagata
Kenneth Nakada
Maria E. Nelson
Gregory Neumunz
Sandra Ninham
Dawson Nolley
George Norfleet
Nancy Kyong Nugent
Maureen O'connor
Michael O'leary
John O'rourke
Ngozi Olandu
Kurt Parlow
Joy Phillips
Robert Phillips
Carolyn Pickman
Steve Porter
Danny Powell
Jeff Pullman
Jennifer Quesenberry
Bobby Raber
Sal Raimond
Tony Raimondo
Megann Ratzow
Lori Ayala Read
Jennifer Reeve
Christopher Regan
Lynn Reinstein
Emily Rice
Jennie Hill Robinson
Jess Robinson
Dr. Tommy Robinson
Heather Rounds
Film Details
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Winner of the award for Best Directing in Dramatic Film at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival.
Winner of the Cartier Revelation Prize at the 2007 Deauville Festival of American Cinema.
Released in United States Summer August 10, 2007
Released in United States on Video January 29, 2008
Released in United States 2007
Released in United States January 2007
Released in United States June 2007
Shown at Deauville Festival of American Cinema (Competition) August 31-September 9, 2007.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (New Directors) April 26-May 10, 2007.
Shown at CineVegas Film Festival (Sure Bets) June 8-16, 2007.
Released in United States Summer August 10, 2007 (NY, LA)
Released in United States on Video January 29, 2008
Released in United States 2007 (Shown at Deauville Festival of American Cinema (Competition) August 31-September 9, 2007.)
Released in United States 2007 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival (New Directors) April 26-May 10, 2007.)
Released in United States January 2007 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (Dramatic Competition) January 18-28, 2007.)
Released in United States June 2007 (Shown at CineVegas Film Festival (Sure Bets) June 8-16, 2007.)
