Half nelson [videorecording] / 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.
Publisher: Culver City, Calif. : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, [2007]
ISBN: 1424845173
9781424845170
Description: 1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject(s): High school teachers Drama.
Teacher-student relationships Drama.
Drug addiction Drama.
Problem youth Drama.
Friendship Drama.
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Credits: Director of photography, Andrij Parekh ; editor, Anna Boden ; music, Broken-Social-Scene ; costume designer, Erin Benach ; production designer, Beth Mickle.
Performers: 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.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: R; for drug content throughout, language and some sexuality.
Notes: English or Spanish dialogue; closed-captioned.
Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2006.
Deauville Film Festival, 2006: Jury Special Prize (Ryan Fleck); Revelations Prize (Ryan Fleck).
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?
