Youth in Revolt

Youth in Revolt is a film adaptation of the 1993 C.D. Payne novel Youth in Revolt: The Journals of Nick Twisp. Shot in Michigan, the film features cameos from author C.D. Payne, astronaut Michael Collins, and Jack Kevorkian.Hometownlife.com: Fresh from Ferndale (July 24, 2008)

Based on the first of four novels in the Nick Twisp series, the film chronicles the daily trials of 16-year-old Nick Twisp (Michael Cera), including his relationship with his dysfunctional parents (Steve Buscemi and Jean Smart) and his mother's new boyfriend, Lance Wescott (Ray Liotta). As he deals with his teenage hormones and obsession with sex, he tries to win over the heart of the girl he has fallen in love with Sheeni Saunders, played by Portia Doubleday.

1. Michael Cera as Nick Twisp
2. Steve Buscemi as George Twisp
3. Jean Smart as Estelle Twisp
4. Portia Doubleday as Sheeni Saunders
5. Justin Long as Paul Saunders
6. Ray Liotta as Lance Wescott

"I saw the adaptation of the book as I was reading it. The method I used, essentially, was that there were these big set pieces in the book that obviously deserved to be in the movie. I then used those as sort of a primer for what I was going to cut out and what I was going to leave in. If something wasn't essential to get to that set piece, then it either got consolidated or cut."—February 20, 2008, on adapting Youth in Revolt for the big screen.Cinematical: The Write Stuff: Interview with Charlie Bartlett Screenwriter... (February 20, 2008)