Perhaps if i was in the mob, theyd call me nick the prick. Twisps quest for sex and a girlfriend obviously presents its fair share of challenges. Financial analysis of youth in revolt 2010 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability. Youth in revolt movie simple english wikipedia, the free. The journals of nick twisp is a 1993 epistolary novel by c. Jan 08, 2010 youth in revolt is a very funny movie, but its also a bit too lightweight to give it real staying power. The story is told in a picaresque fashion and makes heavy use of black humor and camp. As a fan of albert camus and jeanluc godard, teenage nick twisp michael cera is definitely out of his element when. Jan 08, 2010 youth in revolt adapts the first three volumes of c. All 31 songs from youth in revolt 2009, with scene descriptions. Aug 01, 1993 youth in revolt is unlike any other ya novel. As a nearly 500pagelong exploration of the insatiable sexual urges of a 14yearold, rife with explicit gay sex, drug use, crossdressing, and an overflowing, oversized cast of zany supporting characters, c. After selling a faulty car to a group of sailors, jerry takes estelle and nick to a trailer park in clearlake where nick meets sheeni saunders, a bright young woman his age, with an interest in french culture and who shares nicks musical taste.
Parents need to know that although youth in revolt stars teen fave michael cera, this isnt his typical goofysweet role. Youth in revolt, first edition abebooks passion for books. Its his selfabasing modesty that makes the movie work. Here, you feel, is a movie character who would find more peace on the radio.
Paynes epistolary novel of the same name, the film stars michael cera and portia doubleday, with justin long, ray liotta, and steve buscemi in supporting roles. As a teenage fan of albert camus and jeanluc godard, nick twisp michael cera is most definitely out of his element when his mother and her boyfriend move the family to a trailer park. He knows how he feels, he knows what he wants, but hed need a map to get from a to b. Jan 09, 2015 youth in revolt royals originally performed by lorde taken from punk goes pop vol. You will either sit there and be saying to yourself, this is awesome or this is retarded. The book contains parts one through three of an elevenpart series the three sequential parts were published as three separate books. Twisps quest for sex and a girlfriend obviously presents its. Plot mentors demonstrate leadership qualities and act as positive role models in the lives of young mentees, juvenile and criminal justice involved youth. But i was a teen girl when i bought the paperback of youth in revolt at powells in portland. Cera stars in the film playing a dual role both as virgin nerd nick twisp and nicks newly created, bad. Kushner takes on the world of seventies radicals in a book that, like its voluble characters, is in love with the artifice of.
Plot shy, socially inept teenager nick twisp lives with his mother, estelle, and her boyfriend, jerry, in oakland, california. A description of tropes appearing in youth in revolt. Youth in revolt is a 2009 american romantic comedydrama film directed by miguel arteta and written by gustin nash. They are currently independent but was signed to outerloop records, a record company coowned by outerloop management and fearless records. Set in the cultural wasteland of trailerpark northern california, the episodic plot involves arson, car theft, police brutality and more. Youth in revolt 1 hours and 30 minutes movie 2010 at 16, nick twisp is wry about his teen funk. Payne, which is also big with teens is full of sex, drugs, and bad behavior, including criminal activity, sexual activity, and drug use. What sets youth in revolt apart from other novels in the genre beside its frank descriptions of an adolescent boys mind is an element of absurdity. The fifth film and its source book marks a developmental milestone for the young protagonists. Plot was founded in 20 by a group of caring professionals who comprise its board of directors and advisory board. Their skepticism of corporate and bureaucratic authority, their strong emotional identification with the underprivileged, and their intense desire for stimulation and instant gratification shaped the nations politics, dress, music, and film. Payne has painted a wonderful picture of a young boy coming to terms with himself. This youngsters sex collection created by bleedingred contains youth in revolt videos. The journals of nick twisp contains books i, ii, and iii.
At its center is a powerful young leader, jim saint germain, plots founder and chair. Youth in revolt 2009 soundtrack complete list of songs. Mentors work with mentees for a minimum of one year, spending 46 hours per month in their communities. Meet nick twisp, a lonely teen in oakland, california who aspires to a grander, more sexually fullfilling life. Now im a 30 something woman and im still loving them, especially the sequels i came across on. Well, the book must be something fantastic, then, because i was completely caught up in the. While staying the week there, nick meets the girl of his wet dreams, sheeni. The soundtrack to director miguel artetas romantic comedyteen sex romp youth in revolt comes fully stocked with the kind of precious, tweeindie folkpop that began showing up in films in the late 90s after wes anderson broke into the mainstream with rushmore and the royal tennenbaums. Youth in revolt is a movie that is going to divide people. Paynes six book series about nick twist, a smart and, in his own opinion anyway, morethanusually horny 14yearold in oakland a large, torpid city across from san frandisco who reports in daily journal form on a series of adventures encountered on the way to losing his virginity. Recently, american youths have demonstrated en masse about a variety. Jan 07, 2010 all 31 songs from youth in revolt 2009, with scene descriptions. During the 1960s, one age group of americans loomed larger than any other. Nick twisp, a 16yearold teen, who is forced to spend a week in cabin in a trailer park which isnt a cabin, its a trailer.
Like john muir, i enter the wilderness with nothing more than my journal and a childlike sense of wonder. As his family splinters, worlds collide, and the police block all routes out of town, nick must cope with economic deprivation, homelessness, the gulag of the public schools, a competitive typea. Youth in revolt is a teenage fantasy comingofage story set in central and northern california, about one young mans quest for love. Generally published as 3 separate books in europe, as were the u. Told as the diary of an oversexed 14yearold, this threepart comicnovel deals with the usual adolescent bugbears. Cera stars in the film playing a dual role both as virgin nerd nick twisp and nicks newly created, bad boy alternate personality francois. Listen to the music, ost, score, list of songs and trailers. Youth in revolt is based on a much beloved novel by c.
Paynes cult novel youth in revolt poses formidable obstacles for cinematic adaptation. I havent read it, but i know some folks who swear its epic, and they felt that the youth in revolt movie was a nice try, but it didnt quite capture the aesthetic sprawl of the original. A little of youth in revolts narrator, 14yearold nick twisp, goes a long way, so its a calculated risk for author payne to set his main characters hyperarticulate, sexobsessed voice loose over 500 mammoth pages. Beyond this basic setting, we have no other cues to tell us when the action is happening. Youth in revolt royals originally performed by lorde taken from punk goes pop vol. Youth in revolt are an american posthardcore band from howell, new jersey. Youth in revolt is a very funny movie, but its also a bit too lightweight to give it real staying power. Youth in revolt is the journals of nick twisp, californias most precocious diarist, whose ongoing struggles to make sense out of high school, deal with his divorced parents, and lose his virginity result in his transformation from an unassuming fourteenyearold to a modern youth in open revolt. Youth in revolt is a 2009 american comedy movie based on c. It pays off, though, as youth in revolt ultimately proves itself to be adolescent turmoil told on an epic and epically funny scale. I have had this book in various forms for 20 years now and its still hilarious. After a year long hiatus, the band debuted their cover of something in the way you move by ellie goulding on september 21, 2016. The movie which is based on the samenamed novel by c.
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