Rocket Science Film

    • Written and directed by Jeffrey Blitz
    • Blitz won the Directing Award at the Sundance Film Festival
    • He also directed the award-winning documentary Spellbound
    • Release date August 2007
    • Running time 101 min.
    • Budget $6 million
    • Worldwide Gross $753,965
    • Distributed by HBO Films
  • Rocket Science is a 2007 Sundance favorite about Hal Hefner, a boy with a stuttering problem who joins his high school debate team to win the heart of the girl of his dreams.
  • Principal Cast

      • Reece Thompson as Hal Hefner
      • Anna Kendrick as Ginny Ryerson
      • Nicholas D'Agosto as Ben Wekselbaum
      • Vincent Piazza as Earl Hefner
      • Aaron Yoo as Heston
      • Denis O'Hare as Mr. Hefner
      • Lisbeth Bartlett as Mrs. Hefner
      • Michael Kusnir as Flemming
      • Josh Kay as Lewis Garrles
      • Maury Ginsberg as Lewinsky
      • Margo Martindale as Coach Lumbly
      • Jonah Hill as Lionel
      • Carol Florence as Mrs. Ryerson
      • David DeBoy as Mr. Ryerson
      • Herb Merrick as Mr. Garrles
      • Dan Cashman as Narrator
  • Quotes

    On making a teen movie Blitz said, "he only way I was going to do a teen movie is if I felt like I could try to be more honest about what the actual experience of being a teenager is like."

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