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Art School Confidential (2006) 6.2
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6.2/10 from 12,351 users
Metascore: 54/100
Reviews: 126 user | 92 critic | 30 from Metacritic.com Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, the protagonist pursues his true obsession to art school. But as he learns how the art world really works, he finds that he must adapt his vision to the reality that confronts him. Director:Terry Zwigoff |
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Cast
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| Sophia Myles | ... |
Audrey
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| John Malkovich | ... | ||
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Jimmy
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Jonah
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Matthew
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Marvin Bushmiller
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Professor Okamura
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Jerome, a kid from the suburbs who loves to draw, goes to New York City's Strathmore College for his freshman year as a drawing major. Competition and petty jealousy consume faculty and students, with an end-of-first-semester best-student award held out as a grand plum. Worse, a strangler is on the loose, killing people on or next to campus. The idealistic Jerome falls in love with Audrey, a student who models for life-drawing classes and who responds to his sweetness. But he has a rival: the clean-cut, manly Jonah, also a first-year drawing student, whose primitive work draws raves and Audrey's attention. As cynicism seems to corrode everything, Jerome is desperate to win. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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Who said anything about talent?Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for language including sexual references, nudity and a scene of violence | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
10 November 2006 (Poland) See more »Also Known As:
Akademia tajemniczych sztuk pieknych See more »Filming Locations:
Communications Center, Los Angeles City College - 855 North Vermont Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$135,733 (USA) (5 May 2006)Gross:
$3,296,916 (USA) (11 August 2006)Company Credits
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Music by Ludwig van Beethoven
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The art college in the movie is based on the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. According the published screenplay, the minimalist paintings Jonah brings to class were painted by author Daniel Clowes when he was a student at the Pratt Institute. See more »Goofs
When Jerome's roommate, the fashion designer, is sewing on his machine, it wasn't threaded correctly. The spool was on the bobbin loader, not the spool pin where it should be. See more »Quotes
Bardo: I'm a living cliché just like the rest of these guys. I'm the guy who keeps dropping out and changing his major just because he's afraid he really sucks at everything.See more »
Crazy Credits
The "Facts of Life" theme song plays during the final part of the end credits. See more »Soundtracks
"2nd Movement from Piano Concerto No.5 E-flat Major, Op.73"(uncredited)
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I don't understand why this movie has attracted negative reviews. When I saw it the audience - including me - was laughing out loud. Sure, it isn't the cleverest film ever but it is unfailingly entertaining. The performances are great and the script is witty. The point is that Jerome can draw but is no great artist so from the beginning is never going to achieve his ambition to be Picasso. He is as much of a stereotype as everybody else. It is stated right from the start that everybody is a cliché - and ain't that the truth? We are all clichés. As Malkovich explains in the beginning art students are almost guaranteed disappointment. The audience isn't supposed to sympathise with Jerome - if you think you are then you have missed the point.