Manic (film)

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Manic
Directed by Jordan Melamed
Written by Michael Bacall
Blayne Weaver
Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Don Cheadle
Zooey Deschanel
Music by Thurston Moore, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Broadcast, Sleater-Kinney
Release date(s) 2001
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Manic is a 2001 American drama film directed by Jordan Melamed and written by Michael Bacall and Blayne Weaver. It was shown at several film festivals in 2001 and 2002, including the Sundance Film Festival. The region 1 DVD was released January 20, 2004.

[edit] Plot

Lyle Jensen (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) lands in the juvenile wing of a mental instituation after he beats a kid with a baseball bat during a game. It's Dr. David Monroe's (Don Cheadle) job to get Lyle to talk in group therapy sessions. Gradually, as Lyle interacts with other kids in the same wing, the viewer sees that the psychological problems of the patients also forms the fabric by which one sees what's right with them, and what's wrong with the society that affects them.

[edit] Co-stars

Along with Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Don Cheadle, both writers make appearances in the film as well as Zooey Deschanel and Elden Henson as other kids at the institution.

[edit] External links

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