Bully (2011 film)
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Official theatrical release film poster of Bully
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| Directed by | Lee Hirsch |
| Produced by | Sarah Foudy Lee Hirsch Cynthia Lowen Cindy Waitt |
| Written by |
Cynthia Lowen Lee Hirsch |
| Starring | See Cast |
| Music by |
Bishop Allen Ion Michael Furjanic |
| Cinematography | Lee Hirsch |
| Edited by | Jenny Golden Lindsay Utz |
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Cinereach
Where We Live Films |
| Distributed by | The Weinstein Company |
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Running time
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99 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,100,000 |
| Box office | $3.6 million |
Bully (originally titled The Bully Project) is a 2011-12 American documentary drama film directed and co-produced by Lee Hirsch and co-produced and written by Cynthia Lowen along with producers Cindy Waitt and Sarah Foudy. The film follows the lives of five students who face bullying on a daily basis in U.S. schools and premiered at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival. It was also screened at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival and the LA Film Festival.
Bully had its global premiere at Italy's Ischia Film Festival on July 17, 2011.Bully was acquired by The Weinstein Company immediately after its premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film was released in United States theaters on March 30, 2012.
On the official website, the filmmakers are promoting Bully as an important advocacy tool against bullying and in facilitating an anti-bullying movement. Contrary to the filmmaker's goals, the film suffered from a lack of accessibility in theatres due to MPAA rating controversy and from an extended downtime between theatre and home release. The film was released on Blu-ray and DVD on February 12, 2013 only with the PG-13 rated version.
The documentary follows students from public schools in Georgia, Iowa, Texas, Mississippi and Oklahoma during the 2009–10 school year; it also follows the students' families. The film's particular focus is on the deaths of Tyler Long who was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome and Ty Smalley, victims of bullying who committed suicide. The film describes in great detail how the average American student cannot defend himself or herself against ridicule.
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