Blitz of Documentary Ideas ; No Debate About Drive to Portray the 'Outsiders'
The Washington Times › August 17, 2007
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If a funny, touching movie can be made about a stuttering boy who, against all odds, joins his high school debate team, then maybe one should be made about the boy's creator, a writer-director who was also a stutterer and is comfortably chatting with a reporter about his feature film debut.
"Rocket Science," which opens in theaters today, follows the fortunes of Hal Hefner, a New Jersey high schooler who is persuaded to join the debate team by the girl of his dreams. Director Jeffrey Blitz, on a recent press stop in the District, reveals that the film is something of an emotional autobiography.See the full content of this document
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Blitz of Documentary Ideas ; No Debate About Drive to Portray the 'Outsiders'
"There are certain key facts that are drawn from my own life. And then a lot of stuff is just completely fanciful," he says. "I did stutter at that age and I still stutter now, but I stuttered intensely at that age."
One would hardly ...See the full content of this document
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