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Release Date
• USA: Apr 2, 2004
DVD Release Date
• R1: Sep 7, 2004
BoxOffice: $0.3M
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MPAA Rating
Rated R for language and some drug content.
Running Time
1 hour, 48 minutes
Country USA
Studio MDP Worldwide Entertainment, Media 8 Entertainment, Neverland Pictures, Thousand Words, Trigger Street Productions
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• The United States of Leland
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Murder, Teenage, Prison, Psychodrama, Drugs, Marriage, School / Campus, Thieves, Revenge, Disturbing, Coming Of Age
Tagline: Crime. Confusion. Compassion. They're all just states of mind.
Plot: On an ordinary school day in California, a seemingly ordinary student named Leland Fitzgerald (Ryan Gosling) commits a devastating, inexplicable crime . . . and everything changes forever . . . not only for Leland but his family, friends and the teacher who becomes obsessed with trying to figure out why. Sent to juvenile hall to await trial, Leland says little to clear up the compelling mystery of how a young man of such promise could turn to cold-blooded violence; that is, until he meets Pearl (Don Cheadle), a compassionate but jaded teacher at the prison. Pearl has never come across anyone like Leland. The son of famous author Albert Fitzgerald (Kevin Spacey), Leland had everything going for him. He seems like the last person on earth who would choose to commit murder, and as smart and insightful as Leland is, the first person to have a clear explanation for what he did. Even more than that, Leland appears to Pearl to be the perfect subject for a novel about the frailty and complexity of the human condition. If he can only get to the heart of what makes this kid tick, Pearl is certain his long-lived dream of becoming a writer as renowned as Albert Fitzgerald will be fulfilled. Defying prison protocol, Pearl arranges to meet with Leland in a series of secret counseling
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