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"Brick," while taking its cues and its verbal style from the novels of Dashiell Hammett, also honors the rich cinematic tradition of the hard-boiled noir mystery, here wittily and bracingly immersed in fresh territory - a modern-day Southern California neighborhood and high school. There, student Brendan Frye's piercing intelligence spares no one. Brendan is not afraid to back up his words with actions, and knows all the angles; yet he prefers to stay an outsider, and does - until the day that his ex-girlfriend, Emily reaches out to him unexpectedly and then vanishes. Brendan's feelings for her still run deep; so much so, that he becomes consumed with finding his troubled inamorata. To find her, Brendan enlists the aid of his only true peer, The Brain, while keeping the assistant vice principal only occasionally informed of what quickly becomes a dangerous investigation. Brendan's single-minded unearthing of students' secrets thrusts him headlong into the colliding social orbits of rich-girl sophisticate Laura, intimidating Tugger, substance-abusing Dode, seductive Kara, jock Brad and - most ominously - non-student The Pin. It is only by gaining acceptance into The Pin's closely guarded inner circle of crime and punishment that Brendan will be able to uncover hard truths about himself, Emily and the suspects that he is getting closer to.

Production
Bergman Lustig Productions;

Cast Names
McJoel Hamilton; Joseph Gordon-Levitt; Nora Zehetner; Lukas Haas; Noah Fleiss; Matt O'Leary; Emilie de Ravin; Noah Segan; Richard Roundtree; Meagan Good; Brian J. White; Jonathan Cauff; Reedy Gibbs; Lucas Babin; Tracy Wilcoxen; Ari Welkom; Cody Lightning;

Box Office
USD 2,060,589

Release Date
2005-01-01 * (Sundance Film Festival)
2005-10-14 (Chicago International Film Festival)
2005-10-20 (Austin Film Festival)
2005-11-18 (St. Louis International Film Festival)
2006-03-31 (New York City, New York)
2006-03-31 (Los Angeles, California)
2006-04-07 (limited)

Genres
Crime; Drama; Mystery;

MPAA Rating [?]
Rated R for violent and drug content.

Running Time
1 hr. 50 min.

Director
Rian Johnson

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