After a blurred trauma over the summer, Melinda enters high school a selective mute. Struggling with school, friends, and family, she tells the dark tale of her experiences, and why she has chosen not to speak.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Kristen Stewart | ... | Melinda Sordino | |
| Elizabeth Perkins | ... | Joyce Sordino | |
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Dick Hagerman | ... | School Bus Driver |
| Allison Siko | ... | Heather | |
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Remy Brommer | ... | Yearbook Photographer (as A. Remy Brommer) |
| Robert John Burke | ... | Mr. Neck | |
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Grace Ameter | ... | Emily |
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Tyanna Rolley | ... | Nicole |
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Leslie Lyles | ... | Hairwoman |
| Hallee Hirsh | ... | Rachel | |
| Michael Angarano | ... | Dave Petrakis | |
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Kimberly Kish | ... | Ms. Keen |
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Megan Pillar | ... | Ivy |
| Steve Zahn | ... | Mr. Freeman | |
| D.B. Sweeney | ... | Jack Sordino | |
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In the book Speak, by Laurie Halse Anderson, Melinda Sordino is forced into the worst year of her life. Her best friend, Rachel Bruin, has turned against her with all other of Melinda's fellow students looking away; not daring to take a single glance at Melinda. All because of one stupid end-of-summer party. Written by Sam Gerdemann, www.centralproductionsyt.weebly.com
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20 January 2004 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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[finds phone and dials 911]
911 Operator: 911, please state your emergency. Hello? Hold the line. We're tracking your location.
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"Sordino," Melinda's last name, means "muted." See more »Goofs
The movie came out in 2004, but the book it is based on came out in 1999. So the turn of the century for the book would be the 1900s. For her extra credit assignment, Melinda is told to write an essay on a cultural influence at the turn of the century. Yet the movie takes place at the turn of the 21st century, around 2003. It should have specified "turn of the last [20th] century." She decides to write about the suffragists of the 1910s. See more »Quotes
Melinda Sordino: [panicking] Has anyone seen the phone? Hey, has anyone seen the phone?[finds phone and dials 911]
911 Operator: 911, please state your emergency. Hello? Hold the line. We're tracking your location.
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I saw this movie at the film festival and I fell in love with it. Kristen is my fav actor so I just had to see it. Kristen was so amazing she does things with her expressions and her face detail the actors older then her are still trying to accomplish. I can't wait to buy it so I can watch it over and over and admire her talent! I also thought that they were also many great actors in this film. I have to give credit to jessica the screen writer she did an amazing job. At first I didn't know how the movie was going to turn out because it is all basically in Melindas head. But it turned out awesome and I cannot wait for it to come out so I cam admire it at home everyday. You rock Kristen.