Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Nora Zehetner, Lukas Haas, Noah Fleiss, Matt O'Leary, Emilie de Ravin, Noah Segan, Richard Roundtree, Meagan Good, Brian J. White, Jonathan Cauff, Reedy Gibbs, Lucas Babin, Tracy Wilcoxen, Ari Welkom
In a modern-day Southern California neighborhood and high school, student Brendan Frye's piercing intelligence spares no one. He's not afraid to back up his words with actions, and knows all the angles; yet he prefers to stay an outsider, and does - until the day that his ex-girlfriend, Emily, reaches out to him unexpectedly and then vanishes. His feelings for her still run deep; so much so, that he becomes consumed with finding his troubled inamorata. To find her, he enlists the aid of his only true peer, the Brain, while keeping the assistant vice principal only occasionally informed of what quickly becomes a dangerous investigation. Brendan's single-minded unearthing of students' secrets thrusts him headlong into the colliding social orbits of rich-girl sophisticate Laura, intimidating Tugger, substance-abusing Dode, seductive Kara, jock Brad and - most ominously - non-student the Pin. Only by gaining acceptance into the Pin's closely guarded inner circle of crime and punishment that Brendan will be able to uncover hard truths about himself, Emily and the suspects that he is getting closer to.
AWARDS FOR BRICK (2005):
- British Independent Film Awards
2006
Nominated
British Independent Film Award
Best Foreign Independent Film
- Deauville Film Festival
2005
Nominated
Grand Special Prize
Rian Johnson
- Golden Trailer Awards
2006
Won
Golden Trailer
Best Titles in a Trailer
Nominated
Golden Trailer
Best Independent
- Independent Spirit Awards
2006
Nominated
John Cassavetes Award
Rian Johnson (director/writer)
Ram Bergman (producer)
Mark G. Mathis (producer)
Producers Award
Ram Bergman
Also for Conversations with Other Women (2005).
- Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
2006
Won
Citizen Kane Award for Best Directorial Revelation
Rian Johnson
- Sundance Film Festival
2005
Won
Special Jury Prize
Dramatic
Rian Johnson
For originality of vision.
Nominated
Grand Jury Prize
Dramatic
Rian Johnson
