American Teen

American Teen

Promotional poster which parodies the 1985 teen film The Breakfast Club
Directed by Nanette Burstein
Produced by Nanette Burstein
Chris Huddleston
Eli Gonda
Jordan Roberts
Written by Nanette Burstein
Starring Hannah Bailey
Colin Clemens
Megan Krizmanich
Jake Tusing
Mitch Reinholt
Cinematography Laela Kilbourn, Wolfgang Held, Vasco Nunes
Edited by Nanette Burstein
Tom Haneke
Mary Manhardt
Distributed by Paramount Vantage
A&E IndieFilms
Release dates
July 25, 2008
Running time
95 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $5 million
Box office $1,130,270

American Teen is a 2008 documentary film directed by Nanette Burstein (On the Ropes, The Kid Stays in the Picture) and produced by 57th & Irving. It competed in the Documentary Competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, where it received the Directing Award: Documentary.[1] Following the Sundance Film Festival, the movie was picked up by Paramount Vantage and was released to general cinema July 25, 2008.[2]

Much of the movie was filmed at Warsaw Community High School in Warsaw, Indiana. Director Nanette Burstein originally reviewed more than 100 different schools in the pre-production process, and ten schools replied, agreeing to participate. After she interviewed incoming seniors at all 10, she chose Warsaw.[3]

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Criticism

Some film critics have accused the director, Nanette Burstein, of giving the documentary a sensationalized feel, and others have gone so far as to claim that the film feels scripted and the very presence of the cameras take the reality out of the situation.

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