Brick

Name: Brick
Director: Rian Johnson
Released: 2005-01-01

2005 film directed by Rian Johnson

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Released: 2005
, September 21, 2006
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1.kinokalender.com/film94_brick.htmlRetrieved 2018-01-02
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Director: Rian Johnson
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2.filmstarts.de/kritiken/41232-Brick.htmlRetrieved 2016-04-09
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4.interfilmes.com/filme_17060_a.ponta.de.um.crime.html35Retrieved 2016-04-09
5.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=108595.htmlRetrieved 2016-04-09
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Screenwriter: Rian Johnson
Producer: Ram Bergman
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt
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1.metacritic.com/movie/brickRetrieved 2016-04-09
2.filmaffinity.com/en/film151565.htmlRetrieved 2016-04-09
3.imdb.com/title/tt0393109/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-04-09
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5.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=108595.htmlRetrieved 2016-04-09
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, Nora Zehetner
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0393109/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-04-09
2.interfilmes.com/filme_17060_a.ponta.de.um.crime.html35Retrieved 2016-04-09
3.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm_gen_cfilm=108595.htmlRetrieved 2016-04-09
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, Emilie de Ravin
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1.metacritic.com/movie/brickRetrieved 2016-04-09
2.imdb.com/title/tt0393109/fullcreditsRetrieved 2016-04-09
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, Noah Fleiss
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Runtime: 110 min
Genre: neo-noir
, teen film
, crime film
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1.imdb.com/title/tt0393109/Retrieved 2016-04-09
2.metacritic.com/movie/brickRetrieved 2016-04-09
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Country of origin: United States

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Brick is a 2005 American neo-noir mystery thriller film written, edited, and directed by Rian Johnson in his directorial debut, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Brick was distributed by Focus Features, and opened in New York and Los Angeles on April 7, 2006. The film's narrative centers on a hardboiled detective story set in a California suburb. Most of the main characters are high school students. The film draws heavily in plot, characterization, and dialogue from hardboiled classics, especially those by Dashiell Hammett. The title refers to a block of heroin, compressed roughly to the size and shape of a brick.

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Main subject: drug trafficking
Title: Brick
Film editor: Rian Johnson
Director of photography: Steve Yedlin
Color: color
FSK film rating: FSK 12
Narrative location: California
CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
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1.cnc.fr/professionnels/visas-et-classification/115306
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warning
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1.cnc.fr/professionnels/visas-et-classification/115306
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Distribution format: video on demand
Assessment: Bechdel test assessment outcome: fails · criterion used: considering named characters only
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1.Stated in Bechdel Test Movie ListRetrieved 2017-12-10
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Review score: 72/100(April 22, 2024) review score by: Metacritic · number of reviews/ratings: 34 critic review
80%(October 6, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes · number of reviews/ratings: 142 critic review
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1.Stated in Rotten Tomatoes“Brick”Retrieved 2021-10-06
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7/10(October 6, 2021) review score by: Rotten Tomatoes
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Filming location: California
Soundtrack release: Brick – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Kijkwijzer rating: 12 content descriptor: Violence, Coarse language
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1.kijkwijzer.nl/films/brick/Retrieved 2024-11-02
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RARS rating: 16+
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1.Stated in Kinopoisk
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