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Mean Creek is a american film of genre Drama directed by Jacob Aaron Estes released in USA on 20 august 2004 with Rory Culkin
Mean Creek (2004)
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Add to a movie listMean Creek is a 2004 American independent coming of age psychological drama written and directed by Jacob Aaron Estes and starring Rory Culkin, Ryan Kelley, Scott Mechlowicz, Trevor Morgan, Josh Peck, and Carly Schroeder. It was produced by Susan Johnson, Rick Rosenthal, and Hagai Shaham. The movie was filmed and set in a small town in Oregon.
The film is about a group of teenagers and young adults who devise a plan to humiliate an overweight, troubled bully on a boating trip. When their plan goes too far, they have to deal with the unexpected consequences of their actions. The movie was filmed mostly in Clackamas County, Oregon, including the cities of Boring, Sandy, and Estacada, though footage on the river was filmed on the Lewis River in southwest Washington.
The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2004, and was later screened at the Cannes Film Festival that spring. The film was then given a limited release in major cities on August 20, 2004, mostly playing at art house theaters.
Synopsis
When small and shy Sam (Rory Culkin) admits to his older brother Rocky (Trevor Morgan) that the school bully, a dyslexic boy named George (Josh Peck), has hurt him because Sam moved George's video camera while George was filming himself playing basketball, Rocky devises a plan to exact revenge on George.Actors
Rory Culkin
(Sam Merric)
Ryan Kelley
(Clyde)
Scott Mechlowicz
(Marty)
Trevor Morgan
(Rocky Merric)
Josh Peck
(George Tooney)
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