Remember the Daze
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Remember the Daze is a 2007 drama film released in theatres in April 2008. The film was directed by Jess Manafort
. The plot of the movie has been described as "a glimpse into the teenage wasteland of suburbia
1999 that takes place over 24-hours, and the teenagers who make their way through the last day of high school in the last year of the past millennium
."
The film is very similar to another coming-of-age film titled Dazed and Confused
.
The film has been selected as one of the eight films competing in the Narrative Competition at the 2007 Los Angeles Film Festival
which took place June 21-July 1. This was the world premiere
of the film.
In February 2008, the movie's title was changed from The Sex and the School. It will be released in two theaters in LA, one in New York and one in Washington, D.C.
on April 11, 2008 and was released on DVD
on June 3, 2008. The movie was filmed primarily in Wilmington, North Carolina
during May 2006.
reported the film had an average score of 39 out of 100, based on 4 reviews.
Jess Manafort
Jess Manafort is an American director and writer. She has directed Remember the Daze. She also wrote and directed another film, a short called Liminality. It has been announced she will reunite with Amber Heard and Leighton Meester in a pre-menopausal version of Thelma & Louise called Cowgirl...
. The plot of the movie has been described as "a glimpse into the teenage wasteland of suburbia
SubUrbia
subUrbia is a play by Eric Bogosian chronicling the nighttime activities of a group of aimless 20-somethings still living in their suburban Boston hometown and their reunion with a former high school classmate who has become a successful musician...
1999 that takes place over 24-hours, and the teenagers who make their way through the last day of high school in the last year of the past millennium
Millennium
A millennium is a period of time equal to one thousand years —from the Latin phrase , thousand, and , year—often but not necessarily related numerically to a particular dating system....
."
The film is very similar to another coming-of-age film titled Dazed and Confused
Dazed and Confused
"Dazed and Confused" is a song by Jake Holmes, which was covered by The Yardbirds, and later reworked by Led Zeppelin who hold a separate copyright on the song.-Jake Holmes:...
.
The film has been selected as one of the eight films competing in the Narrative Competition at the 2007 Los Angeles Film Festival
Los Angeles Film Festival
The Los Angeles Film Festival, presented by the Los Angeles Times is an event held annually in June in downtown Los Angeles, California. The Los Angeles Film Festival began as the Los Angeles Independent Film Festival in 1995. The first LAIFF took place over the course of five days in a single...
which took place June 21-July 1. This was the world premiere
Premiere
A premiere is generally "a first performance". This can refer to plays, films, television programs, operas, symphonies, ballets and so on. Premieres for theatrical, musical and other cultural presentations can become extravagant affairs, attracting large numbers of socialites and much media...
of the film.
In February 2008, the movie's title was changed from The Sex and the School. It will be released in two theaters in LA, one in New York and one in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
on April 11, 2008 and was released on DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
on June 3, 2008. The movie was filmed primarily in Wilmington, North Carolina
Wilmington, North Carolina
Wilmington is a port city in and is the county seat of New Hanover County, North Carolina, United States. The population is 106,476 according to the 2010 Census, making it the eighth most populous city in the state of North Carolina...
during May 2006.
Plot
The film takes place in a small suburban town in North Carolina in 1999. It's the last day of school and kids just want to have fun. That, at least, is the plan.Cast
- John RobinsonJohn Robinson (American actor)John Robinson is an American actor. He portrayed John McFarland in Gus Van Sant's Elephant and Stacy Peralta in the skateboarding film Lords of Dogtown....
as Bailey - Amber HeardAmber HeardAmber Laura Heard is an American actress and model. She played the lead and title character in All the Boys Love Mandy Lane, which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2006. Heard's first starring role came in 2007 on the CW television show Hidden Palms...
as Julia - Alexa VegaAlexa VegaAlexa Ellesse Vega is an American actress, singer and pianist. She is best known for playing Carmen Cortez in the Spy Kids film series and Shilo Wallace in the movie Repo! the Genetic Opera. In 2009, she starred as the title character Ruby Gallagher in the ABC Family series Ruby & The...
as Holly - Leighton MeesterLeighton MeesterLeighton Marissa Meester is an American actress and singer. Meester first garnered attention for playing Blair Waldorf in the CW television series Gossip Girl...
as Tori - Melonie DiazMelonie DiazMelonie Diaz is an American actress who has been appeared in many independent films, including four shown at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.-Biography:...
as Brianne - Wesley JonathanWesley JonathanWesley Jonathan Waples , known professionally as Wesley Jonathan, is an American actor. He is best known for his starring role as Jamal Grant on the NBC Saturday morning dramedy series City Guys, the dim-witted Gary Thorpe on The WB sitcom What I Like About You, and as Sweetness in the 2005 film,...
as Biz - Aaron HimelsteinAaron HimelsteinAaron Himelstein is an American actor who is perhaps best known for playing a younger version of Austin Powers in Austin Powers in Goldmember and Friedman, Luke Girardi's best friend, in Joan of Arcadia...
as Riley - Chris Marquette as Felix
- Christopher Shand as Clifford
- Lyndsy FonsecaLyndsy FonsecaLyndsy Marie Fonseca is an American actress known for playing Colleen Carlton on the CBS daytime soap opera The Young and The Restless, Dylan Mayfair on the ABC series Desperate Housewives, and Ted Mosby's daughter on How I Met Your Mother. She also played Katie Deauxma in the 2010 superhero film...
as Dawn - Sean MarquetteSean MarquetteSean Anthony Marquette is an American actor and voice actor.-Life and career:Marquette was born in Dallas, Texas, the son of Patricia Helen "Tisha" and Jorge Luis "George" Rodriguez, a nuclear engineer...
as Mod - Marne Patterson as Stacey
- Khleo Thomas as Dylan
- Shahine EzellShahine EzellShahine Ezell was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He attended California Institute of the Arts for Acting. He started his career on the show Strong Medicine. Then moved on to work on movies: Driftwood, Detention, Remember the Daze, and Days of Wrath. He also appeared on the NBC show Crossing Jordan...
as Eddie - Katrina Begin as Sylvia
- Charles Chen as Thomas
- Caroline DollarCaroline DollarCaroline Dollar is an American actress. She is 5' 2" .She attended Needham B. Broughton High School...
as Kiki - Max HoffmanMax HoffmanMax Hoffman, , was an Austrian-born importer of automobiles into the United States during the 1950s. Doing business among gentlemen who knew one another well, he was known for his handshake deals that always were upheld without a written contract...
as Zack - Bill Ladd as Mr. Shapiro
- Moira KellyMoira KellyMoira Kelly is an American actress. She is best known for playing single mother Karen Roe on the teen drama One Tree Hill. She also directed two episodes of the series: "Resolve" and "I Slept with Someone in Fall Out Boy and All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me"...
as Mrs. Ford - Taylor Kowalski as Andrew
- Brie LarsonBrie LarsonBrie Larson is an American actress and pop rock singer/songwriter. She is best known for her roles in United States of Tara, Sleepover, Remember The Daze and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World...
as Angie - Douglas SmithDouglas Smith (actor)Douglas Alexander Smith is a Canadian-American actor most notable for his work on the HBO series, Big Love as Ben Henrickson, the eldest son of polygamist Bill Henrickson.-Life and career:...
as Pete - Robert X. GolphinRobert X. GolphinRobert X. Golphin is an American actor, award-winning filmmaker/screenwriter, author, orator/motivational speaker and journalist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is perhaps best known for his portrayals of Dunbar Reed in the 2007 film The Great Debaters and Son in the 2011 short film Punch...
as Boy #2 - Thomas Holmes III as Ponte
- Stella MaeveStella MaeveStella Maeve Johnston is a young American television and film actress. She is best known for her roles in Gossip Girl and in the indie films Harold, The Beautiful Ordinary...
as Lighty - Michael Welch as Stephen
- Cliffy Tucker as Reggie
Critical reception
The film received generally negative reviews from critics. As of April 11, 2008, the review aggregator MetacriticMetacritic
Metacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...
reported the film had an average score of 39 out of 100, based on 4 reviews.