Charlie Bartlett
Cast: Anton Yelchin, Robert Downey Jr., Hope Davis, Kat Dennings, Tyler Hildon, Ishan Dave, Megan Park, Jonathan Malen, Jake Epstein, Lauren Collins, Dylan Taylor, Mark Rendall, Derek McGrath, David Brown, Richard Alan Campbell, Kim Roberts, Annick Obonsawin Director: Jon Poll
Writer: Gustin Nash
Producers: William Horberg, Barron Kidd, David Permut, Jay Roach, Sidney Kimmel
Associate Producers: Steve Longi, Gustin Nash
Executive Producers: Trish Hofmann, Jennifer Perini, Bruce Toll
Art Direction: Joshu de Cartier
Casting: Robin D. Cook, Richard Hicks, David Rubin
Costume Design: Luis Sequeira
D.O.P.: Paul Sarossy
Editor: Alan Baumgarten
Music: Christophe Beck
Production Design: Tamara Deverell
Set Decoration: Zeljka Alosinac
Among the classic high-school rebels of American movies, there have been truants, delinquents, pranksters and con artists - but there has never been anyone quite like Charlie Bartlett. An optimist, a truth-teller and a fearless schemer, when Charlie slyly positions himself as his new school's resident "psychiatrist," dishing out both honest advice and powerful prescriptions, he has no idea the ways in which he will transform his classmates, the school principal and the potential of his own life.
This is the premise of the provocative, Prozac-era comedy, "Charlie Bartlett," in which a wealthy teenager's foray into bathroom-stall psychiatry becomes a smart, funny and touching one-man battle against the loneliness, angst and hypocrisy of the modern world.
Anton Yelchin ("Alpha Dog") stars as Charlie Bartlett, who has been kicked out of every private school he ever attended. And now that he's moved on to public school, he's simply getting pummeled. But when Charlie discovers that the kids who surround him - the outcast and the popular alike - are secretly in desperate need, his entrepreneurial spirit takes over. Hanging up his shingle in the Boys' restroom, Charlie becomes an underground, not to mention under-aged, shrink who listens to the private confessions of his schoolmates, and makes the imprudent decision to hand out the pills he's proffered from his own psychiatric sessions. Meanwhile, at home, Charlie keeps charming his way out of an inevitable confrontation with his adoring but utterly overwhelmed mother Marilyn (Hope Davis.)
Then, Charlie Bartlett makes his big mistake: falling in love with the beautiful and bold daughter (Kat Dennings) of the school's increasingly disenchanted Principal (Robert Downey, Jr.), who is hot on his trail. As Charlie Bartlett's world and fledgling psychiatric practice unravel, he begins to discover there's a whole lot more to making a difference than handing out pills.
This is the premise of the provocative, Prozac-era comedy, "Charlie Bartlett," in which a wealthy teenager's foray into bathroom-stall psychiatry becomes a smart, funny and touching one-man battle against the loneliness, angst and hypocrisy of the modern world.
Anton Yelchin ("Alpha Dog") stars as Charlie Bartlett, who has been kicked out of every private school he ever attended. And now that he's moved on to public school, he's simply getting pummeled. But when Charlie discovers that the kids who surround him - the outcast and the popular alike - are secretly in desperate need, his entrepreneurial spirit takes over. Hanging up his shingle in the Boys' restroom, Charlie becomes an underground, not to mention under-aged, shrink who listens to the private confessions of his schoolmates, and makes the imprudent decision to hand out the pills he's proffered from his own psychiatric sessions. Meanwhile, at home, Charlie keeps charming his way out of an inevitable confrontation with his adoring but utterly overwhelmed mother Marilyn (Hope Davis.)
Then, Charlie Bartlett makes his big mistake: falling in love with the beautiful and bold daughter (Kat Dennings) of the school's increasingly disenchanted Principal (Robert Downey, Jr.), who is hot on his trail. As Charlie Bartlett's world and fledgling psychiatric practice unravel, he begins to discover there's a whole lot more to making a difference than handing out pills.
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Cinematographic Process: Spherical
Film Format: 35mm
Filming Locations: Toronto, Canada
MPAA Warning: Language, Drug Content and Brief Nudity
Production Companies: Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Everyman Pictures, Texon Entertainment, Permut Presentations, Granite Rock Films, Madacy Entertainment
Production Schedule: 30th June 2006 - September 2006
Web Sites: Official Site - The IMDb
Cinematographic Process: Spherical
Film Format: 35mm
Filming Locations: Toronto, Canada
MPAA Warning: Language, Drug Content and Brief Nudity
Production Companies: Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, Everyman Pictures, Texon Entertainment, Permut Presentations, Granite Rock Films, Madacy Entertainment
Production Schedule: 30th June 2006 - September 2006
Web Sites: Official Site - The IMDb
- The movie was originally set to be released on August 3, 2007, but was pushed back six months until February 1, 2008.
- Jake Epstein, Aubrey Graham, and Lauren Collins are all popular in Canada and the United States for playing Craig Manning, Jimmy Brooks, and Paige Michalchuk on Degrassi: The Next Generation.
- Jake Epstein, Aubrey Graham, and Lauren Collins are all popular in Canada and the United States for playing Craig Manning, Jimmy Brooks, and Paige Michalchuk on Degrassi: The Next Generation.
27 March 2008: Germany