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Release Date: 2007

Cast: Jake Miller, Mubarak Ra'oof, Daniel Liu, Oliver Garnier, Gabe Nevins, Winfield Jackson, Dillon Hines, Lauren McKinney, Emma Nevins, Scott Patrick Green, Brad Peterson, Taylor Momsen ...MORE

Cast: Jake Miller, Mubarak Ra'oof, Daniel Liu, Oliver Garnier, Gabe Nevins, Winfield Jackson, Dillon Hines, Lauren McKinney, Emma Nevins, Scott Patrick Green, Brad Peterson, Taylor Momsen, Joe Schweitzer, Christopher Doyle, Jay 'Smay' Williamson, Grace Carter ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Crime Fiction, Indie, Sports, Mystery, Coming of age, Film adaptation, Crime Thriller

Paranoid Park is a 2007 American drama film written and directed by Gus Van Sant. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Blake Nelson and takes place in Portland, Oregon. It stars Gabe Nevins as a teenage skateboarder who accidentally kills a security guard. Van Sant wrote the draft script in two days after reading and deciding to adapt Nelson's novel. To cast the film's youths, Van Sant posted an opening casting call on social networking website MySpace inviting teenagers to audition for speaking roles, as well as experienced skateboarders to act as extras. Filming began in... MORE

Paranoid Park is a 2007 American drama film written and directed by Gus Van Sant. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Blake Nelson and takes place in Portland, Oregon. It stars Gabe Nevins as a teenage skateboarder who accidentally kills a security guard. Van Sant wrote the draft script in two days after reading and deciding to adapt Nelson's novel. To cast the film's youths, Van Sant posted an opening casting call on social networking website MySpace inviting teenagers to audition for speaking roles, as well as experienced skateboarders to act as extras. Filming began in October 2006 and took place at various locations in and around Portland. Scenes at the fictional Eastside Skatepark were filmed at Burnside Skatepark which was, like Eastside, built illegally by skateboarders. Paranoid Park premiered on May 21, at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival and was given a limited release on March 7, 2008. It grossed over US$4,481,000 from its $3 million budget. The film received mostly positive reviews; some praised the direction and cinematography in particular, though others believed the film to be overly stylized and slow paced. It won one Independent Spirit Award, two Boston LESS