Zero Day (2002)

Two troubled adolescents chronicle the events that ultimately lead up to a terrifying assault on their school.

Director:

Ben Coccio

Writers:

Ben Coccio, Christopher Coccio

Stars:

Cal Robertson, Andre Keuck, Serataren Adragna

7 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Cal Robertson	...	Cal Gabriel
Andre Keuck	...	Andre Kreigman
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Serataren Adragna	...	Prom Goer
Melissa Banks	...	Victim
Josh Bednarsky	...	Josh (as Joshua Bednarsky)
Rachel Benichak	...	Rachel Lurie
Chelsea Cipolla	...	Victim
Christopher Coccio	...	Andre's Cousin
Carmine DiBenedetto	...	Victim
Joe Falco	...	First Poet
David Futernick	...	Student
Alyssa Goodin	...	Student
Ryan Janowski	...	Student
Derrick Karg	...	Victim
Gerhard Keuck	...	Andre's Parent

Storyline

High school friends Andre Kriegman and Cal Gabriel declare war on their classmates and plan a terrifying assault on their high school. As they begin the deadly countdown to their final act of revenge, the two start a video diary to explain their feelings and chronicle their mission.

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Plot Keywords:

school shooting | mockumentary | man wears eyeglasses | woman wears eyeglasses | school | 

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Taglines:

In high school, you're told you can do anything you put your mind to.

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

R

Details

Official Sites:

Avatar Films

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 January 2004 (Finland)

Also Known As:

Día cero

Filming Locations:

Stratford, Connecticut, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$20,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$3,148, 7 September 2003

Gross USA:

$8,466

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$8,466

Company Credits

Production Co:

Professor Bright Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The party scene was filmed in Albany, New York during an actual party with many guests unaware of the filming. The location was the actual apartment of the director's brother, who portrays Chris in the film.

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Goofs

In the scene dated July 31, 2000, Cal is shown going to the orthodontist to have his bottom braces removed. However, in the first scene, dated June 23, 2000, you can clearly see that Cal's bottom teeth have no braces when he moves in to speak into the camera.

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Quotes

Calvin Gabriel: My trusty old Sunday school Bible.
[pointing to the cover]
Calvin Gabriel: And I got this nice little snake sticker for memorizing the books of the New Testament.

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Crazy Credits

After realizing a friend appeared as a background character during the party scene, he and director Ben Coccio retroactively named his character "Zaxx Dragon IV".

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Alternate Versions

The UK DVD was cut by 3m 18secs to remove a detailed description of building explosive devices and avoiding capture.

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Connections

Featured in Beyond Clueless (2014)

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Soundtracks

Volcano
Written by Benji Cossa
Performed by Benji Cossa

User Reviews

a day to remember

This movie is essentially shot on a hand held camera by the actors in it. In some ways a mockumentary in other ways a video diary from killers it is full on account of a "Columbine" style attack. While this movie does not answer all the big questions, it does give you an insight into how easy it would be to get away with. Through the movie you are shown how the actors illegally shortened shot guns, made pipe bombs and came up with an action plan for "Zero Day". The actors (if you can call them that) were brilliant, they obviously borrowed heavily from there own lives, but at no stage did I detect them really acting (Something Tom Cruise should try). The use of the CCTV and the 911 operator at the end was genius, but I'm not sure if we needed the very last scene. Overall though a really good movie on a very tough topic.