Dare (film)

Dare
Promotional film poster
Directed by	Adam Salky[1]
Produced by	Jason Orans Mary Jane Skalski
Written by	David Brind
Starring	Emmy Rossum Zach Gilford Ashley Springer
Cinematography	Michael Fimognari
Distributed by	Image Entertainment
Release date(s)	January 19, 2009 (2009-01-19) (Sundance Film Market) November 13, 2009 (2009-11-13) (United States)
Country	United States
Language	English

Dare is a 2009 indie drama film directed by Adam Salky.^[1] It is written by David Brind.^[1] The movie is based on Salky's 2005 short film which was met with acclaim at film festivals. The feature length version, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, stars Emmy Rossum in a story about how "three very different teenagers discover that, even in the safe world of a suburban prep school, no one is who she or he appears to be." IMDB also provides a different teaser synopsis: "The good girl, the outsider and the bad boy…like you’ve never seen them before."

Cast

• Emmy Rossum^[1] as Alexa Walker
• Zach Gilford as Johnny Drake
• Ashley Springer as Ben Berger
• Ana Gasteyer as Ruth Berger
• Rooney Mara as Courtney
• Sandra Bernhard as Dr. Serena Mohr
• Alan Cumming as Grant Matson
• Cady Huffman as Dr. Kolton
• Wayne Pyle as Alan Berger
• Brianne Berkson as Gabby
• Chris Riggi as Josh
• Brea Bee as Mel Drake
• Lucy McMichael as Ms. Davis
• Luka Apt as a student

Emmy Rossum won the Young Hollywood Award at the Savannah Film Festival, because of her acting performance in Dare.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Bartyzel, Monika (2008-06-04). "Emmy Rossum Accepts the 'Dare'". Cinematical. http://www.cinematical.com/2008/06/04/emmy-rossum-accepts-the-dare/. Retrieved 2008-06-09. 

External links

• Official website
• Dare at the Internet Movie Database