Rocket Science
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A stuttering 15-year-old joins his high school debate team after a crush recruits him, plunging into the cutthroat world of competitive speech.
Why watch: Spellbound director's fiction debut. Sundance Directing Award. Based on his own stutter.
Cast
Nicholas D'Agosto as Ben Wekselbaum
Margo Martindale as Coach Lumbly
Reece Thompson as Hal Hefner
Anna Kendrick as Ginny Ryerson
Jonah Hill as Junior Philosopher
Denis O'Hare as Doyle Hefner
Vincent Piazza as Earl Hefner
Aaron Yoo as Heston
Utkarsh Ambudkar as Ram
Candace Hammer as Townsend Prep Debater
Lisbeth Bartlett as Juliet Hefner
Virginia House as English Teacher
Marilyn Yoblick as Plainsboro Lunch Lady
Maury Ginsberg as Mr. Lewinsky
Emily Ginnona as Honoria
Crew
Jeffrey Blitz — Director
Jeffrey Blitz — Writer
Effie Brown — Producer
Sean Welch — Producer
Matthew Lessall — Casting
Jo Willems — Director of Photography
Yana Gorskaya — Editor
Rick Butler — Production Design
Halina Gebarowicz — Art Direction
Ernesto Martinez — Costume Design
Eef Barzelay — Original Music Composer
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