Crazy/Beautiful (2001)

Regisseur:

John Stockwell

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Phil Hay (written by) &
Matt Manfredi (written by)

Premierendatum:

29. Juni 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romanze

Werbezeile:

When it's real. When it's right. Don't let anything stand in your way.

Plot:

At Pacific Palisades High, a poor Latino falls hard for a troubled girl from the affluent neighborhood.

Plot Keywords:

Bra Less | Parental Relationship | Partial Nudity | Punk | Teenage Sexuality

Filmpreise:

4 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Wild rich white schoolgirl and much poorer Latino form a relationship. Great acting. Sensitively portrayed

Besetzung

Kirsten Dunst	...	Nicole Oakley
Jay Hernandez	...	Carlos Nuñez
Bruce Davison	...	Tom Oakley
Herman Osorio	...	Luis
Miguel Castro	...	Eddie
Tommy De La Cruz	...	Victor
Rolando Molina	...	Hector
Soledad St. Hilaire	...	Mrs. Nuñez
Lucinda Jenney	...	Courtney Oakley
Taryn Manning	...	Maddy
Richard Steinmetz	...	Coach Bauer
Ana Argueta	...	Rosa the Maid
Neil Looy	...	Jimmy (the Pilot)
Marion Moseley	...	Morgan Oakley
Mike Jones	...	Dr. Linehan

Alternativ:

About 17 (USA) (working title)
At 17 (USA) (working title)
At Seventeen (USA) (working title)
Verrückt/Schön - Crazy/Beautiful (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material involving teens, drug/alcohol content, sexuality & language.

Länge:

99 Min | USA:135 Min (director's cut)

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Altersfreigabe:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #38176) | Malaysia:18SX | Iceland:L | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Finland:K-15 | France:U | Germany:12 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:11 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Spain:13 | Sweden:7 | UK:12

Drehorte:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Firma:

At 17 Films Inc.

Dies und das:

Crazy/Beautiful was originally inspired by a book of Lauren Greenfeld photos called 'Fast Forward'.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: Various characters' clothes change repeatedly during the first "day" of the movie.

Dialogzitate:

Nicole: You can be anywhere when your life begins. When the future opens up in front of you. And you may not even realize it at first, but it's already happening.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Enthält ausschnittsweise "Ed, Edd, 'n' Eddy" (1999)

Soundtrack:

Demagogue

Wild rich white schoolgirl and much poorer Latino form a relationship. Great acting. Sensitively portrayed

In Crazy Beautiful Kirsten Dunst (Interview With A Vampire, Bring It On) plays Nicole a rich girl at high school who befriends a first generation Mexican lad called Carlos (Jay Hernandez).

Nicole and Carlos hit it off in spite of Carlos's reservations about the wild (crazy/beautiful) Nicole. He's from a poor family and keen to do well at his studies. She's on a path of self destruction, at least academically, probably physically. Carlos hopes to go to the navy academy and become a pilot.

Now this sounds fairly ho hum but is brought successfully to the screen by very strong acting performances from both Dunst and Hernandez and also by Bruce Davison who plays Nicole's Dad Tom.

These characters are flawed and therefore interesting. The film is mindful of how complicated real people are.

Nicole is a carouser, drunk or stoned most of the time. Jay is level headed but becomes overwhelmed by Nicole. Dad certainly doesn't think he has all of the answers.

Crazy/Beautiful is inspired a little by the inter racial aspect of the relationship but much more by the veracity of the performances.

4 Crazy Flys Out Of Five