Brick
Directed by	Rian Johnson
Produced by	Ram Bergman, Mark G. Mathis
Written by	Rian Johnson
Starring	Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Emilie de Ravin, Lukas Haas, Meagan Good, Noah Fleiss, Nora Zehetner, Noah Segan
Distributed by	Focus Features
Released	2006
Running time	110 Minutes
Language	English
Budget	450,000 US Dollars
IMDb profile

CD with soundtrack.

Brick is an American film by first-time director Rian Johnson. It won the Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated at the Independent Spirit Award 2006 for the John Cassavetes Award (best film production with a budget under 500,000 US-Dollar). Focus Features distributed the film, which opened in the US on March 31st, 2006 in New York and Los Angeles. Image File history File links Brickmovieposter. ... Rian Johnson is an American writer/director, who won the Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, with his debut feature, Brick. ... Rian Johnson is an American writer/director, who won the Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, with his debut feature, Brick. ... Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Promo picture from 3rd Rock from the Sun Joseph Gordon-Levitt (born February 17, 1981 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor best known for his role as Tommy Solomon on 3rd Rock from the Sun. ... Emilie de Ravin as Claire on Lost. ... Lukas Haas (born April 16, 1976) is an American film actor, born in West Hollywood, California, USA. He first became well-known for his role as an Amish child who witnesses a murder in Witness. ... Good on the cover of King magazine Meagan Monique Good (born August 8, 1981) is an American actress. ... Nora Angela Zehetner was born February 5, 1981 and grew up in El Paso, Texas. ... Focus Features is the art house films division of Universal Pictures, and acts as both a producer and distributor for its own films and a distrubutor for foreign films. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Brick_soundtrack. ... Image File history File links Brick_soundtrack. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... Rian Johnson is an American writer/director, who won the Special Jury Prize for Originality of Vision at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, with his debut feature, Brick. ... The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival in the United States, and ranks amongst the top five events of its type in the world. ... Founded in 1984, the Independent Spirit Awards were originally known as the FINDIE (Friends of Independents) Awards and presented winners with Plexiglas pyramids containing suspended shoestrings representing the paltry budgets of independent films. ... Focus Features is the art house films division of Universal Pictures, and acts as both a producer and distributor for its own films and a distrubutor for foreign films. ...

The film score was composed by Nathan Johnson. Nathan Johnson is an American composer, musician and producer. ...

Plot synopsis

Brendan Frye (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is a student at a California high school where his piercing intelligence has set him apart from his peers. Unlike most outsiders, he has all the angles and complexities of the social circle figured out, but still chooses to live outside them. That is until he gets an erratic phone call from his ex-girlfriend, Emily (Emilie de Ravin of Lost). She makes almost no sense, rambling about how she screwed up; she didn't know that the brick was bad and that the Pin's on it now. Shortly after she disappears. Brendan, who's still in love with her, decides to find her and make sure she's ok. Brendan enlists the aid of his only true peer, The Brain (Matt O'Leary) to shake things up, while also keeping the assistant principal of his school (Richard Roundtree) slightly informed of what's going on. His intrusion into the tightly knit circle of high school cliques brings him into the lives of several people including rich-girl sophisticate Laura (Nora Zehetner), intimidating Tugger (Noah Fleiss), substance-abusing Dode (Noah Segan), seductive Kara (Meagan Good), jock Brad (Brian J. White) and - most ominously - non-student The Pin (Lukas Haas). The Pin is his one and only link to the truths about Emily, what happened to her and himself. Joseph Gordon-Levitt - Promo picture from 3rd Rock from the Sun Joseph Gordon-Levitt (born February 17, 1981 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor best known for his role as Tommy Solomon on 3rd Rock from the Sun. ... Emilie de Ravin as Claire on Lost. ... Lost is an American drama-mystery-adventure television series that follows the lives of the survivors of a plane crash on a mysterious tropical island. ... OLeary in Domestic Disturbance, 2001 Matthew Joseph OLeary (born July 6, 1987) is an American actor. ... Richard Roundtree Richard Roundtree (born July 9, 1942 in New Rochelle, New York) is an African American actor and hero famous for portraying John Shaft in the film Shaft (1971) and in its two sequels: Shafts Big Score in 1972, and Shaft in Africa in 1973. ... Nora Angela Zehetner was born February 5, 1981 and grew up in El Paso, Texas. ... Good on the cover of King magazine Meagan Monique Good (born August 8, 1981) is an American actress. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Lukas Haas (born April 16, 1976) is an American film actor, born in West Hollywood, California, USA. He first became well-known for his role as an Amish child who witnesses a murder in Witness. ...

The dialogue of the film draws as its source detective slang of the 1930's. The characters do not knowingly "wink" at the camera while speaking this way ; despite being set in the present day (the presence of cell phones, Rubik's Cubes et al.) this method of conversing is viewed as being the 'normal' way of speaking. A detective is an investigator, either a member of a police agency or a private person. ... Rubiks Cube in scrambled state Rubiks Cube in solved state Rubiks Cube is a mechanical puzzle invented in 1974 by the Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture ErnÅ‘ Rubik. ...

At some viewings of the movie, a small pamphlet was available which explained the slang used in the movie. In addition, the "ripped paper" series of movie posters feature a line of dialogue from the film which takes advantage of it.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack CD of the movie was released on March 21st, 2006 by Lakeshore Records and contains a full unedited performance of The Sun Whose Rays Are All Ablaze by Nora Zehetner, along with the Anton Karas song which is playing in the Pin's kitchen and the big band version of Frankie and Johnny which is playing at the masquerade party. Nora Angela Zehetner was born February 5, 1981 and grew up in El Paso, Texas. ...

Track Listings

External links

• Theatrical trailer
• Short flash clips
• Official site
• Forum about the film run by director Rian Johnson
• Photos from the film set
• Brick at The Internet Movie Database