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Rocket Science

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Rocket Science

Jan 19, 2007

1h 41m

★ 6.2

Life is easier done than said.

Overview

Hal is a 15-year-old high-school student with a minor yet socially alienating (and painful) disability: he stutters uncontrollably. Determined to work through the problem, Hal opts for an extreme route – he joins the school debating team, which sends him on a headfirst plunge into breakneck speech competitions and offers a much-needed boost toward correcting the problem.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

RocketScience

W B I Films

Duly Noted

HBO Films

Rocket Science Trailers

Cast

Nicholas D'Agosto

Ben Wekselbaum

Nicholas D'Agosto

Margo Martindale

Coach Lumbly

Margo Martindale

Reece Thompson

Hal Hefner

Reece Thompson

Anna Kendrick

Ginny Ryerson

Anna Kendrick

Jonah Hill

Junior Philosopher

Jonah Hill

Denis O'Hare

Doyle Hefner

Denis O'Hare

Vincent Piazza

Earl Hefner

Vincent Piazza

Aaron Yoo

Heston

Aaron Yoo

Utkarsh Ambudkar

Ram

Utkarsh Ambudkar

Candace Hammer

Townsend Prep Debater

Candace Hammer

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Juliet Hefner

Lisbeth Bartlett

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English Teacher

Virginia House

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