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Overview
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Writers (WGA):
Ryan Fleck (written by) &
Anna Boden (written by)
Release Date:
11 August 2006 (USA) more
Tagline:
Secrets don't let go.
Plot:
An inner-city junior high school teacher with a drug habit forms an unlikely friendship with one of his students after she discovers his secret. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 22 wins & 21 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(141 articles)
Focus Features Announces 2010 Release Dates
(From Slash Film. 12 November 2009, 10:55 PM, PST)
Focus Features Passes $1 Billion Mark, Announces 2010 Slate -- and it's Exciting!
(From Manny the Movie Guy. 12 November 2009, 6:40 PM, PST)
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Awaking To Ryan Gosling more (151 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Ryan Gosling | ... | Dan Dunne |
 | Jeff Lima | ... | Roodly |
| Shareeka Epps | ... | Drey |
 | Nathan Corbett | ... | Terrance |
| Tyra Kwao-Vovo | ... | Stacy |
| Rosemary Ledee | ... | Gina |
| Tristan Wilds | ... | Jamal |
| Bryce Silver | ... | Bernard |
| Kaela C. Pabon | ... | Lena |
| Erica Rivera | ... | Erika (as Erika Rivera) |
 | Stephanie Bast | ... | Vanessa |
 | Eleanor Hutchins | ... | Simone |
| Sebastian Sozzi | ... | Javier |
| Tina Holmes | ... | Rachel |
 | Karen Chilton | ... | Karen |
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Rated R for drug content throughout, language and some sexuality.
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USA:106 min (Sundance Film Festival)
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1.85 : 1 more
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USA:R | Singapore:M18 | Portugal:M/16 | UK:15 | Australia:MA | Sweden:7 | Ireland:15A | Finland:K-13 | New Zealand:R16 | Germany:12 | Norway:10 (TV rating) | Norway:11
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The film's title "Half Nelson" refers to a wrestling hold in which one arm is passed under the opponent's arm from behind to the back of the neck. more
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Dan: Who might say that Aristotle's wrong, right? But that doesn't make any sense; these things need each other. The idea that... that all God's creations are perfect, perfect - so just to suggest that - that a tree it's - it's crooked and it's straight... it's strong and it's weak... is to suggest that - that God created something imperfect. They do however acknowledge it in people; we are sinners but we can strive to be good just not in nature itself I guess. more
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Featured in 13th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2007) (TV) more
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Udonomehomey more
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What is a Half Nelson?Why is the film titled after a wrestling move?
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Ryan Gosling made happen what happens only once every so often. Made me look at what I seen before under a new magnifying light. He took me with him and showed me, with the most astonishing clarity, the complexity of a talented man dragged down by a legacy of good intentions and addiction. We're permitted to visit his family once and we understand what he's fighting with without any weapons. He doesn't blame anyone but he's the result of his own DNA and he knows it. His bright moments, the explanation of what History is for instance, is a glimpse into the man he could actually be, fully. The humanity that Ryan Gosling lends to his character on his darker moments it's as chillingly real as it is moving. The chemistry he establishes with the wonderful Shareeka Epps is as powerful as the one he established with me. I want to meet him, I want to meet Dan and while I was thinking that I realize I know him already. He lives next door to me, he's related to me, I was his friend. This is what superb performances do. They re-awake you.