Speak (film)
2004 American independent coming-of-age teen drama / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Speak is a 2004 American coming-of-age teen drama film written and directed by Jessica Sharzer in her feature directorial debut, based on the 1999 novel of the same name by Laurie Halse Anderson. Starring Kristen Stewart, Michael Angarano, Robert John Burke, Eric Lively, Elizabeth Perkins, D. B. Sweeney, and Steve Zahn, the film follows Melinda Sordino (Stewart), a high school freshman who stops talking after senior student Andy Evans (Lively) rapes her at a party.
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Directed by | Jessica Sharzer |
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Based on | Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson |
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Cinematography | Andrij Parekh |
Edited by | Peter C. Frank |
Music by | Christopher Libertino |
Distributed by | Showtime Networks Inc. |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1 million |
Speak premiered out of competition at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, 2004, and was broadcast on Showtime and Lifetime on September 5, 2005.[1] The film received critical acclaim, with particular praise for Stewart's performance.