Melinda, a smart and spirited high school freshman, retreats into self-imposed silence after she is raped one night at a party. Eventually through her work in art class, she begins to reach out to others.
1 videodisc (93 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in polychrome digital optical stereo Dolby video file DVD video region 1
Target Audience Note:
MPAA: PG-13; for mature thematic material involving a teen rape CHVR: 14A
Notes:
Based on the novel by Laurie Halse Anderson Originally broadcast on Showtime in 2004 Special features: Commentary with director Jessica Sharzer and author Laurie Halse Anderson; behind the scenes, director of photography, Sophie Barthes; Penguin Books study guide; message from RAINN; learn more about the book Speak; filmographies Cinematography, Andrij Parekh ; editor, Peter C. Frank ; original score composed by Christopher Libertino; costume design, Rebecca Bentjen ; production designer, Laura Ballinger ; casting, Billy Hopkins, Suzanne Smith, Kerry Barden, Mark Bennett Kristen Stewart, Michael Angarano, Robert John Burke, Hallee Hirsh, Eric Lively, Leslie Lyles, Elizabeth Perkins, Allison Siko, D.B. Sweeney, Steve Zahn DVD; region 1; widescreen (enhanced for 16:9 TVs); English stereo 2.0; English 5.1; Spanish stereo 2.0, Dolby Digital Official Selection, Sundance Film Festival In English; closed-captioned
