Speak

Resource Information

The work Speak represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Cedar Rapids Public Library-Metro Library Network. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Speak

Statement of responsibility

Showtime Independent Films presents a Fred Berner films production ; co-producers, Annie Young Frisbie, Jessica Sharzer ; executive producer, Jerry Offsay ; produced by Fred Berner, Matthew Myers ; screenplay by Jessica Sharzer, Annie Young Frisbie ; directed by Jessica Sharzer

Contributor

• Fred Berner Films (Firm)
• Showtime Entertainment
• Showtime Independent Films
• Anderson, Laurie Halse
• Angarano, Michael
• Berner, Fred
• Burke, Robert, (Robert John)
• Frisbie, Annie Young, 1973-
• Hirsh, Hallee, 1987-
• Lively, Eric
• Lyles, Leslie
• Myers, Matthew
• Offsay, Jerry
• Parekh, Andrij, 1971-
• Perkins, Elizabeth, 1960-
• Sharzer, Jessica, 1972-
• Siko, Allison
• Stewart, Kristen, 1990-
• Sweeney, D. B., (Daniel Bernard), 1961-
• Zahn, Steve, 1968-

Subject

• Feature films
• High school students -- United States -- Drama
• Made-for-TV movies
• Rape -- Psychological aspects -- Drama
• Rape victims -- Psychology -- Drama
• Teenage girls -- United States -- Drama
• Television adaptations
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Drama
• Feature films
• Made-for-TV movies
• Television adaptations
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• spa
• eng

Summary

Melinda, a smart and spirited high school freshman, retreats into self-imposed silence after she is raped one night at a party. Eventually through her work in art class, she begins to reach out to others

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Cinematography, Andrij Parekh ; editor, Peter C. Frank ; original score composed by Christopher Libertino; costume design, Rebecca Bentjen ; production designer, Laura Ballinger ; casting, Billy Hopkins, Suzanne Smith, Kerry Barden, Mark Bennett

Dewey number

791.45/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13; for mature thematic material involving a teen rape

Language note

English stereo 2.0; English 5.1; Spanish stereo 2.0; Closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1997.2

LC item number

.S68 2005

PerformerNote

Kristen Stewart, Michael Angarano, Robert John Burke, Hallee Hirsh, Eric Lively, Leslie Lyles, Elizabeth Perkins, Allison Siko, D.B. Sweeney, Steve Zahn

Runtime

93

Target audience

adolescent

Technique

live action