Themes: Kids in Trouble, Culture Clash, Fish Out of Water
Main Cast: Anne Hathaway, Bijou Phillips
Release Year: 2005
Country: US/DE
Run Time: 85 minutes
Plot
A pair of naïve young girls learn that even the most insignificant actions can have lasting consequences in this music-driven take on teen culture starring Anne Hathaway and Bijou Phillips and directed by two-time Oscar-winning filmmaker Barbara Kopple. Influenced by the hip-hop thug lifestyle and seeking to explore life outside of their insulated, culturally homogenized suburb, pretty young teenagers Allison (Hathaway) and Emily (Phillips) set their sights on East L.A. to experience the "gangsta" lifestyle firsthand. By the time the pair meet some true-life Latino gang-bangers and realize just how far out of their element they really are, it may already be too late to turn back. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
Loren Basulto - Art Director, Rick Pagano - Casting, Stefan Jonas - Co-producer, Lars Bjorck - Co-producer, Sara O'Donnell - Costume Designer, Daniel Katzman - First Assistant Director, Chad Rosen - First Assistant Director, Barbara Kopple - Director, Nancy Baker - Editor, Jerry Greenberg - Editor, Jerry Greenberg - Editor, Mark Damon - Executive Producer, Jonas McCord - Executive Producer, Sammy Lee - Executive Producer, Kristi Frankenheimer - Location Manager, Bob Craft - Location Manager, Cliff Martinez - Composer (Music Score), Michael McQuarn - Musical Direction/Supervision, Hallie D'Amore - Makeup, Chris Hayes - Camera Operator, Keith Jordan - Camera Operator, Jerry Fleming - Production Designer, Kramer Morgenthau - Cinematographer, Jack F. Murphy - Producer, John Morrissey - Producer, Stewart Hall - Producer, Trip Brock - Sound/Sound Designer, Louis Simon - Stunts Coordinator, Michael Mandaville - Unit Production Manager, Stephen Gaghan - Screen Story, Jessica Kaplan - Screen Story, Phil Parmet - Second Unit Director Of Photography, LOOK! Effects - Digital Effects, Michael M. Toji - Post Production Supervisor, Dawn Karen - Production Coordinator, Bill Cancienne - Properties Master, Kelly Vandever - Re-Recording Mixer, Jeanne Byrd Hall - Script Supervisor, Jodi Lowry-Fisher - Second Assistant Director, John Hartigan - Special Effects Coordinator, Keith Jordan - Steadicam Operator, Brett Laumann - Chief Lighting Technician, Wayne Springfield - Construction Coordinator, Joy Zapata - Key Hairstylist, Stephanie Rothman - Production Accountant, Betty Berberian - Set Decorator, Andreas Grosch - Co-Executive Producer, Andreas Schmid - Co-Executive Producer, Shawn Holden - Production Sound Mixer, LOOK! Effects - Title Design