Summaries

Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.

A day in the lives of a group of average teenage high school students. The film follows every character and shows their daily routines. However two of the students plan to do something that the student body won't forget.—Anonymous

Details

Keywords
  • violence
  • gay
  • teenager
  • gay kiss
  • high school shooting
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Crime
  • Drama
Release date Nov 13, 2003
Motion Picture Rating (MPA) R
Countries of origin United States
Language English German
Filming locations Whitaker Middle School, 5700 NE 39th Ave, Portland, Oregon, USA
Production companies HBO Films Fine Line Features Meno Films

Box office

Budget $3000000
Gross US & Canada $1266955
Opening weekend US & Canada $93356
Gross worldwide $10012022

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 21m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 1.33 : 1

Synopsis

The story is about two high school students, Alex (Alex Frost) and Eric (Eric Deulen), two close friends and students in a suburb of Portland, who calmly plan and perform a mass execution of their classmates and school administrators in the course of one day. Eric and Alex are seemingly ordinary, and very much a part of the fabric of the high school and its array of student actions. In fact, it's hard to distinguish them from all the other students. Alex plays classical piano whereas Eric plays video games. They calmly watch Nazi programs on TV and purchase firearms over the Internet. They seem just as ordinary and interesting as any of the other students. They analytically draw up plans for their merciless killing spree, indicating that they have enough bombs and ordinance to last the afternoon. They walk through the school, killing several of their school peers, and there is no rescue from the authorities.

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