Assassination of a High School President
Assassination of a High School President is a 2008 American neo noir comedy film directed by Brett Simon and starring Reece Thompson, Bruce Willis, Mischa Barton, Emily Meade and Michael Rapaport. It was written by Tim Calpin and Kevin Jakubowski. It premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.
Plot
Robert "Bobby" Funke is a less than popular high school sophomore with a dream to get into Northwestern University's summer journalism program. Although Funke claims he is a great writer, he has never finished an article for his school newspaper. Editor-in-chief Clara Diaz assigns Funke to do an article on Paul Moore, the student council president and star of the school's basketball team. Funke is unable to get a story out of Paul and is bullied by Paul's friends.
Cast
- Aaron Himelstein
- Adam Pally
- Bruce Willis
- Emily Meade
- Jake Weary
- John Magaro
- Joseph Perrino
- Josh Pais
- Kathryn Morris
- Luke Grimes
- Marc John Jefferies
- Melonie Diaz
- Michael Rapaport
- Michael Zegen
- Mischa Barton
- Quinn Shephard
- Reece Thompson
- Robin Lord Taylor
- Vincent Piazza
- Zach Roerig
- Zachary Booth
- Zoë Kravitz
- Zoe Weizenbaum
More details
author | Tim Calpin |
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contentLocation | New York City |
director | Brett Simon |
editor | William M. Anderson |
genre | comedy |
keywords | amphetamine basketball team bully cornell drug dealing follow frame newspaper editor principal school dance school newspaper school paper sit study drugs |
musicBy | Daniele Luppi |
producer | Bob Yari Roy Lee |
productionCompany | Vertigo Entertainment |
publisher | Yari Film Group |
recordedAt | New Jersey |
theme | black comedy dance high school independent neo-noir noir |