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Brick (2005)

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User Rating: 7.6/10 (24,554 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Rian Johnson
Writer (WGA):
Rian Johnson (written by)
Release Date:
7 April 2006 (Canada) more view trailer
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Mystery more
Tagline:
A detective story.
Plot:
A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend. full summary | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)
Awards:
8 wins & 10 nominations more
User Comments:
Transposing geography more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

Joseph Gordon-Levitt ... Brendan Frye
Nora Zehetner ... Laura

Lukas Haas ... The Pin

Noah Fleiss ... Tugger

Matt O'Leary ... The Brain

Emilie de Ravin ... Emily Kostich

Noah Segan ... Dode

Richard Roundtree ... Assistant V.P. Gary Trueman

Meagan Good ... Kara

Brian J. White ... Brad Bramish (as Brian White)
Jonathan Cauff ... Biff
Reedy Gibbs ... Pin's Mom

Lucas Babin ... Big Stoner
Tracy Wilcoxen ... Straggler

Ari Welkom ... Tangles (as Ari Velkom)
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for violent and drug content.
Runtime:
110 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
San Clemente, California, USA
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The music score was composed by Rian Johnson's cousin, Nathan Johnson, with additional support and music from The Cinematic Underground. The score hearkens back to the style, feel and overall texture of noir films. It features traditional instruments such as the piano, trumpet and violin, and also contains unique and invented instruments such as the wine-o-phone, metallophone, tack pianos, filing cabinets, and kitchen utensils, all recorded with one microphone on a beat-up Apple PowerBook. Since Nathan Johnson was in England during most of the production process, the score was composed almost entirely over Apple iChat, with Rian Johnson playing clips of the movie to Nathan Johnson, who would then score them. The two later met in New York to mix the soundtrack. more
Goofs:
Continuity: After Brendan's confrontation with Dode in the football field, he falls on the grass and briefly passes out. When he wakes up and hears Laura's horn, his clothing is dirty. When he reaches the tunnel to meet with Tug, The Pin, and Dode, his clothing is clean. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
[Brendan answers the pay phone]
Emily: Brendan.
Brendan Frye: Emily.
Emily: Yeah-h... How's things?
Brendan Frye: Status quo.
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Movie Connections:
References Du rififi chez les hommes (1955) more
Soundtrack:
I'm in the Middle of a Riddle more

FAQ

Laura is shown naked in the trailer, why?
Who was the father of Emily's baby?
Who ended up with the Brick?
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65 out of 87 people found the following comment useful:-
Transposing geography, 5 April 2006
8/10
Author: El Gato-4

The geography of film noir is usually a neighborhood, a city, a region ... BRICK transposes this geography onto a high school with surprisingly successful results. Watching it brought to mind not only the black & white films of the 40s and 50s, but glimmers of Gus van Sant, David Lynch and River's Edge. What gives BRICK its filmic authenticity (much different from realism) is its language -- the language of Chandler and Hammett, but re-imagined from the lips of contemporary teens.

The effect is staggering. BRICK essentially re-creates a world we thought we knew. Suddenly there are forces at work that we recognize because we knew they were there. But to see them in this noir glow is to give them an exciting new life ... "to see them again for the first time." There are plot twists and surprises aplenty here, although familiar once you realize the inspirations for the film. But familiarity is more than compensated by a superb cast and (not generally noted in these comments) excellent music. Contemporizing the soundtrack keeps us on our toes and makes a significant contribution to the tension of BRICK.

A terrific debut!

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