The 4:30 Movie
The 4:30 Movie is a 2024 American semi-autobiographical coming-of-age comedy film written and directed by Kevin Smith. It stars Austin Zajur, Nicholas Cirillo, Reed Northrup, Siena Agudong, and Ken Jeong. The story is loosely based on Smith's experiences sneaking into movie theaters as a teenager and his earliest romantic endeavors. It was released on September 13, 2024, by Saban Films.
Plot
In 1986, New Jersey teenager Brian David calls his crush, Melody Barnegat, at her job to ask her out to the movies. A year prior, he made out with her in her pool, but got too scared to go to second base with her. She says yes to a date, seeing a 4:30 showing of the movie Bucklick, an R-rated detective comedy based on her mother's favorite book series. Brian then goes for a bike ride, purchases a magazine, and sits at the pier to record his thoughts in a tape recorder, which he keeps on him to record important thoughts as he wants to be a writer.
More details
author | Kevin Smith |
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director | Kevin Smith |
editor | Kevin Smith |
genre | comedy |
keywords | attack ban bully convenience store curse drive film school first movie kick out later move new jersey older brother phone call rhode island scar sex comedy sneaking in tape recorder wrestle |
musicBy | Bear McCreary |
producer | Jordan Monsanto Joshua Bachove Liz Destro |
productionCompany | Destro Films SModCo |
publisher | Saban Films |
theme | biographical black comedy high school independent |