Hal is a 15-year-old high-school student with a minor yet socially alienating (and painful) disability: he stutters uncontrollably. Determined to work through the problem, Hal opts for an extreme route – he joins the school debating team, which sends him on a headfirst plunge into breakneck speech competitions and offers a much-needed boost toward correcting the problem.
01-19-2007
1h 41m
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Movie Details
Production Info
Director:
Jeffrey Blitz
Writer:
Jeffrey Blitz
Production:
RocketScience, W B I Films, Duly Noted, HBO Films
Key Crew
Stunt Double:
Joanna Shelmidine
Post Production Accountant:
Jennifer M. Byrne
Producer:
Sean Welch
Casting:
Matthew Lessall
Director of Photography:
Jo Willems
Locations and Languages
Country:
US
Filming:
US
Languages:
en
Main Cast
Nicholas D'Agosto
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Margo Martindale was born July 18, 1951, in Jacksonville, Texas, to parents William Everett and Margaret (Pruitt) Martindale. In addition to owning and operating a lumber company in Jacksonville, her father was known as a champion dog handler in Texas and throughout the southern United States. Margo was the youngest of three children and only daughter. Her oldest brother is professional golfer and golf course designer Billy Martindale. Middle child, brother Bobby Tim, died in 2004. Margo Martindale participated in golf, cheerleading and drama while in school and was crowned "Football Sweetheart" as well as "Miss Jacksonville High School 1969." Following graduation from Jacksonville High School in 1969, Martindale attended Lon Morris College, then transferred to the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. While at Michigan, she also did summer study at Harvard University, appearing onstage with future movie and TV stars Jonathan Frakes and Christopher Reeve.
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Hill ranked 28th on Forbes magazine's list of highest-paid actors from June 2014 to June 2015, at $16 million. In 2020, he was found to have sworn on film more than any other actor. As a screenwriter, he contributed to the stories of 21 Jump Street, 22 Jump Street, Sausage Party and Why Him? In 2018, he starred in the Netflix dark comedy miniseries Maniac and made his directorial debut with the film Mid90s. He also wrote the screenplay for Mid90s.
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His television roles include The Mindy Project, White Famous, Never Have I Ever, and Ghosts (US). He also appeared in the Hulu limited series The Dropout (2022). Some of his film roles include Pitch Perfect, Blindspotting, Brittany Runs a Marathon, The Broken Hearts Gallery, Free Guy, and Tick, Tick... Boom!.
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Stephen Park is an American comedian and actor. The son of Korean immigrants, Park began his entertainment career as a stand-up comedian before transitioning into acting. He is best known for being a cast member of the sketch comedy television series In Living Color during the 1991–1992 season. He is also known for the film roles of Mike Yanagita in Fargo (1996), Sonny in Do the Right Thing (1989), and Detective Brian in Falling Down (1993).
Park's other acting work includes the role of Mike Sorayama in the Adult Swim animated television series The Venture Bros. and the role of Judge Pete in the critically acclaimed independent film Rocket Science (2007). Park has acted in two Coen brothers films, Fargo (1996) and A Serious Man (2009).
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