- New Port South
-
New Port South
DVD coverDirected by Kyle Cooper Produced by John Hughes Written by James Hughes Starring Todd Field
Will Estes
Blake ShieldsMusic by Telefon Tel Aviv Cinematography Juan Ruiz Anchia Studio Hughes Entertainment Distributed by Touchstone Pictures Release date(s) September 7, 2001 Running time 95 min. Country Language English New Port South is a 2001 drama film. The film is set in the fictional town of New Port, near Chicago. It stars Will Estes, Todd Field, and Blake Shields, was written by James Hughes and directed by Kyle Cooper. The soundtrack is by Telefon Tel Aviv.
Contents
Plot
What if a student did not like the idea of school and authority and they thought it was prison? Will Maddox (Blake Shields) tests this theory and tests the boundaries of authority and his friendships. A few years before, a student, John Stanton (Michael Shannon) was committed to an insane asylum, reasons unknown to most everybody except the principal. One day he escapes, releasing everyone else from the asylums around. Maddox sees this defiance which is the start of his anarchy. Maddox wants to "help him" and understand him more so they start a correspondence and Stanton tells him what to do and how to do them. This is includes the erasing of student grades, posting posters/fliers, locking part of the student body in a room among other things. Maddox gets his friends involved and challenges authority and gets most of the school behind him, including an administrator for a while. He is so consumed with creating chaos and disorder that his friends start to see the destruction, but they have to save themselves, and him before he can take complete control over the school.
Cast
- Todd Field as Mr. Walsh
- Will Estes as Chris
- Blake Shields as Will Maddox
- Kevin Christy as Clip
- Melissa George as Amanda
- Raymond J. Barry as Edwards
- Gabriel Mann as Wilson
- Brad Eric Johnson as Knox
- Nick Sandow as Armstrong
- Michael Shannon as John Stanton
Filming Location
Libertyville High School, Libertyville, Illinois (and the city of Libertyville itself )
DVD release
- Region 1 Released on March 12, 2002
External links
Categories:- 2001 films
- 2000s drama films
- American drama films
- English-language films
- Touchstone Pictures films
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.