The Education of Charlie Banks (2007)

College student Charlie Banks has to face old problems when the bully he had an unpleasant encounter with back in high school shows up on his campus.

Director:

Fred Durst

Writer:

Peter Elkoff

Stars:

Jesse Eisenberg, Jason Ritter, Chris Marquette

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jesse Eisenberg	...	Charlie
Jason Ritter	...	Mick
Chris Marquette	...	Danny
Eva Amurri Martino	...	Mary (as Eva Amurri)
Sebastian Stan	...	Leo
Gloria Votsis	...	Nia
Alex Guarino	...	Buzzy Tim
Danny A. Abeckaser	...	Arresting Officer
Jason Anthony	...	Basketball Player
Declan Baldwin	...	Detective Lazaroff
Emily Boisseau	...	Girl In Danny's Class
Dennis Boutsikaris	...	Mr. Banks
Miles Chandler	...	Young Mick
Jessica Conlan	...	Sarah (as Jessica Conlon)
Sam Daly	...	Owen

Storyline

The Education of Charlie Banks is a coming of age tale that spans from the playgrounds of lower Manhattan to the idyllic greens of a fictional liberal arts college in upstate New York. Set during the eighties, it is a story about change, inevitability, and ultimately, about facing one's fears.

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Plot Keywords:

college | campus | student | coming of age | roommate | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for pervasive language, some violence, sexual content, and drug and alcohol use

Details

Official Sites:

Anchor Bay Entertainment

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 April 2007 (USA)

Also Known As:

Charlie Banks - Der Augenzeuge

Filming Locations:

Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$5,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$8,538 (USA) (27 March 2009)

Gross:

$14,547 (USA) (3 April 2009)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Charlie Banks, Collective, The, Myriad Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

After Charlie finds out that Mick beat up Leo, he goes to search for Mary. When she doesn't answer her dorm room door, we see him run into a white building. The camera dollies in towards the entrance and at the bottom of the frame you can clearly see the dolly track laid out.

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Quotes

Charlie: But we had to sneak in. See, despite the fact that Leo dropped two hundred grand on a boat a few days before, he was adamant that none of us should pay twenty bucks to get into a dance. He'd never paid before and he wasn't about to start in his fifth and potentially final year of college. I'm not sure he even caught the irony. Fuckin' rich people.

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Connections

References Galaxian (1979)

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Soundtracks

"The Kiss"
Written by Judee Sill
Performed by Judee Sill

User Reviews

Nice Surprise to Durst's Directorial Debut

I was genuinely surprised by Durst's directorial debut.The characters were rich and Jesse Eisenberg did a fabulous job of taking the lead as Charlie.The setting was nice and Durst seems to have gone into great detail in trying to capture the essence of college life in the 80's.Eisenberg ,definitely the star of the show , does a fabulous job getting across as Charlie.He is a wonderful actor and I am glad to see he is back to his "Indie" roots(Squid and the Whale was fabulous.Didn't know why he was associated with Cursed...).The screenplay could have been better but the storyline was not over- complicated and kept you captivated till the end.Durst seems to have a great touch at this which has surprised me but then again he never ceases to surprise us all.He seems to have his hand in everything these days.

Kudos to Durst and hope to see him in the future with stronger actors and better budgets.