Despite his dedication to the junior-high students who fill his classroom, idealistic teacher Dan Dunne leads a secret life of addiction that the majority of his students will never know. But things change when a troubled student Drey makes a startling discovery of his secret life, causing a tenuous bond between the two that could either end disastrously or provide a catalyst of hope.
Title | Half Nelson |
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Year | 2006 |
Genre | Drama |
Country | United States of America |
Studio | Hunting Lane Films, Journeyman Pictures, Original Media, Silverwood Films, Traction Media |
Cast | Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps, Anthony Mackie, Jeff Lima, Monique Gabriela Curnen, Tina Holmes |
Crew | Scott London (Executive Producer), Andrij Parekh (Director of Photography), Ryan Fleck (Director), Lynette Howell Taylor (Producer), Alex Orlovsky (Producer), Anna Boden (Producer) |
Keyword | prison, new york city, sports, date, ex-girlfriend, class, ghetto, bicycle, basketball, crack, teacher, theft, alcoholic, liberal, junior high school, drug habit, freebasing |
Release | Aug 11, 2006 |
Runtime | 107 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 6.64 / 10 by 863 users |
Popularity | 8 |
Budget | 700,000 |
Revenue | 4,911,725 |
Language | English |