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Release Date:
23 January 2004 (Finland) moreTagline:
In high school, you're told you can do anything you put your mind to. morePlot:
Two troubled adolescents chronicle the events that ultimately lead up to a terrifying assault on their school. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
7 wins & 1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Realism pushed to it's scary limits moreCast
(Credited cast)| Serataren Adragna | ... | Prom Goer | |
| Melissa Banks | ... | Victim | |
| Josh Bednarsky | ... | Josh | |
| Rachel Benichak | ... | Rachel Lurie | |
| Chelsea Cipolla | ... | Victim | |
| Christopher Coccio | ... | Chris Kriegman | |
| Carmine DiBenedetto | ... | Victim | |
| Victoria Everman | ... | 1st Library Victim | |
| Joe Falco | ... | First Poet | |
| David Futernick | ... | Student | |
| Alyssa Goodin | ... | Student | |
| Ryan Janowski | ... | Student | |
| Derrick Karg | ... | Victim | |
| Andre Keuck | ... | Andre Kriegman | |
| Gerhard Keuck | ... | Andre's Father | |
| Johanne Keuck | ... | Andre's Mother | |
| Tyler Knowlin | ... | Teen Poet | |
| Bobby Moreau | ... | Librarian | |
| Amy Nemeth | ... | Student | |
| Samantha J. Phillips | ... | 911 Operator (as Samantha Philips) | |
| Sarah Pilla | ... | Victim | |
| Cal Robertson | ... | Calvin Gabriel (as Calvin Robertson) | |
| Madelyn Robertson | ... | Cal's Sister | |
| Pam Robertson | ... | Cal's Mother | |
| Steve Robertson | ... | Cal's Father | |
| Michael Omar Walters | ... | Victim |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
USA:92 min | Argentina:92 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishColor:
ColorAspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 moreSound Mix:
StereoCertification:
New Zealand:R18 (cut) | UK:18 (cut) | UK:18 | USA:Unrated | Finland:K-15 | Argentina:16Filming Locations:
State University of New York at Albany, Albany, New York, USAFun Stuff
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No professional film cameras were used in the making of the film. moreGoofs:
Continuity: In the opening credits one of the main characters, Andre Kriegman, is erroneously called Andre Kreigman. In the rest of the movie his name has a correct, German, spelling of the name. moreSoundtrack:
Eliminator Jr. moreFAQ
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I just came back from the Montreal premiere of Zero Day...and i'm surprised as hell to find a negative comment on the movie. Basically the blame is about Coccio doing an easy and overplayed social message...well, Mr-I'm-a-reviewer, it's an easy and overplayed critic of movies with a social charge.
Not that I want to expose my life here, but I come from a small town with a similar school than these guys go. Reject & ignorance on the menu. Thing is...I understand how can young kids can be driven to do such horror. High schools have became battle fields of conformity. It's a real ugly sight. You need to fight your way into being like the others. It's hard to explain, bit a lot of people dosen't realize that high schools are becoming cemeteries of human intelligence. Meanwhile, parents are closing their eyes and smiling about how their life in their comfortable suburb is perfect.
The real motive of the movie isn't about what is driving them. It's about this death-like calm suburb and everybody closing their eyes and trying to create this atmosphere of a perfect town. Cal expressed it well. It's a wake up call. Drama is everywhere and it can take every shape. In that case little dramas(like Andre being called a faggot for wearing a J.C Penny shirt) are shaping into being the worse nightmare of a whole town. Andre & Cal took the most extreme way to express their pain. The malaise of unconformity in an era where you need more than ever to be like the others to be accepted.
I like particularly the last scenes where some guys are burning the crosses of Andre & Cal, like if with the pain they communicated, Cal & Andre have communicated their blind rage to their community, their refusal to think about the causes of some acts.
It might seemed aggressive as a movie, but Coccio is meditating more than whining or enunciating. What Andre & Cal are living is a reality...and a scary one that might get to other kids.
Disturbing movie...Home making and strong feeling made Ben Coccio do a very very disturbing movie.