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Release Date: 2006

Cast: Meagan Good, Lucas Babin, Matt O'Leary, Brian J. White, Nora Zehetner, Noah Segan, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Richard Roundtree, Emilie de Ravin, Noah Fleiss, Ari Welkom, Lukas Haas

Categories: Movies, Crime Fiction, Thriller, Detective fiction, Indie, Detective, Mystery, Teen, Crime Thriller, Film noir, Neo-noir

Brick is a 2005 American neo-noir film written and directed by Rian Johnson. It was Johnson's directorial debut and won the Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. Brick was distributed by Focus Features, opening in New York and Los Angeles on April 7, 2006. The film's narrative centers on a hardboiled detective story that takes place in a Californian suburb. Most of the main characters are high school students. The film draws heavily in plot, characterization, and dialogue from hardboiled classics, especially from Dashiell Hammett. The title refers... MORE

Brick is a 2005 American neo-noir film written and directed by Rian Johnson. It was Johnson's directorial debut and won the Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival. Brick was distributed by Focus Features, opening in New York and Los Angeles on April 7, 2006. The film's narrative centers on a hardboiled detective story that takes place in a Californian suburb. Most of the main characters are high school students. The film draws heavily in plot, characterization, and dialogue from hardboiled classics, especially from Dashiell Hammett. The title refers to a block of heroin, compressed roughly to the size and shape of a brick. Brendan Frye (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) stares silently at the body of ex-girlfriend Emily Kostich (Emilie de Ravin) lying in a storm drain. Days earlier, Brendan had received a phone call from a terrified Emily. She begged him to help her before abruptly hanging up. Brendan searches for her and is eventually able to arrange a meeting through Dode, (Noah Segan), the leader of a stoner clique that Emily now belongs to. When they meet in person, Emily tells Brendan he needs to forget her and let her go. Brendan manages to steal LESS