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Rocket Science
Saturday, July 28, 8:00 pm
N.Y. Premiere—U.S.A.—101 minutes
Written and Directed by Jeffrey Blitz.
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With Reece Daniel Thompson, Anna
Kendrick, Nicholas D’Agosto, Vincent
Piazza, Margo Martindale, Aaron Yoo,
Josh Kay, Stephen Park, Maury Ginsberg,
Utkarsh Ambudkar, Denis O’Hare
A teenager tackles the mysteries of life, love and
public speaking in Rocket Science, a wry comedy
of adolescent angst by Jeffrey Blitz, director of
the Academy Award-nominated documentary
Spellbound. Making his feature narrative debut,
Blitz leaves behind the clichés of coming-of-age
tales to instead conjure a world where everyone,
regardless of age, is befuddled by desire and the
longing for human connection. Rocket Science
follows a year in the life of Hal Hefner (Reece
Daniel Thompson) and the cosmically ridiculous
and often incomprehensible conventions of suburban
Plainsboro, New Jersey. Among Hal’s
painful problems: the erratic stutter that can
leave him hopelessly tongue-tied at the worst
possible moments. Produced by Effie T. Brown
and Sean Welch. Director of Photography:
Jo Willems. Courtesy of Picturehouse.
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