Youth in Revolt (film)
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| Directed by | Miguel Arteta |
| Produced by | David Permut |
| Written by | Gustin Nash |
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Youth in Revolt by C.D. Payne |
| Starring |
Michael Cera Portia Doubleday Jean Smart Mary Kay Place Zach Galifianakis Justin Long Ray Liotta Steve Buscemi |
| Narrated by | Michael Cera |
| Music by | John Swihart |
| Cinematography | Chuy Chávez |
| Edited by |
Pamela Martin Andy Keir |
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| Distributed by |
The Weinstein Company Dimension Films |
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Running time
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89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $18 million |
| Box office | $19,651,093 |
| Youth in Revolt: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | |
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| Soundtrack album by Various Artists | |
| Released | January 5, 2010 |
| Length | 29:39 |
| Label | Lakeshore Records |
| Producer | Miguel Arteta, Anne Litt |
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Youth in Revolt is a 2009 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Miguel Arteta. Based on C.D. Payne's epistolary novel of the same name and written by Gustin Nash, the film stars Michael Cera and Portia Doubleday, with Justin Long, Ray Liotta, and Steve Buscemi in supporting roles.
The film follows a shy and lonely teenage boy (Cera) desperate to lose his virginity. While on a trailer park holiday with his mother and her boyfriend, he meets an attractive girl (Doubleday) and is immediately smitten. Unfortunately, when the two are separated Nick must learn how to rebel in order to be with the girl he loves.
Shy, socially inept teenager Nick Twisp lives with his mother, Estelle, and her boyfriend, Jerry, in Oakland, California. After selling a faulty car to a group of sailors, Jerry takes Estelle and Nick to a trailer park in Clearlake where Nick meets Sheeni Saunders, a bright young woman his age, with an interest in French culture and who shares Nick's musical taste. Despite Sheeni's boyfriend, Trent Preston, they become romantically involved. Nick purchases a dog for Sheeni named Albert (after Albert Camus), but the dog rips up the family Bible and Sheeni's parents ban it from the house.
Jerry needs to return to Oakland and takes Estelle and Nick with him. Sheeni promises to arrange a job in Ukiah for Nick's father, George, while Nick will get his mother to kick him out so he can return to Sheeni. Back at home, Nick creates an alter-ego named François Dillinger, a suave, rebellious troublemaker. Immediately after Nick makes the decision, Jerry dies of a heart attack. Under François' influence, Nick mouths off to his mom and her new boyfriend, police officer Lance Wescott. Nick takes Jerry's Lincoln, and crashes into a restaurant, which starts a fire. Lance agrees to lie and report the car stolen. In return, Nick must live with his father. In Ukiah, Nick phones Sheeni and tells her he had to blow up "half of Berkeley" to return. Sheeni's parents overhear this and ship her to a French boarding school in Santa Cruz, forbidding Nick ever to see her again.
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