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Gretchen (film)

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Gretchen
Film poster
Directed bySteve Collins
Produced byRajen Savjani
CinematographyPJ Raval
Edited byMike Shen
Production
companies
Film Science
Van Hoy/Knudsen Productions
Distributed byFilm1
Watchmaker Films
Release date
  • August 2006 (2006-08) (Locarno)[1]
Running time
98 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Gretchen is a 2006 film directed by Steve Collins, starring Courtney Davis as the title character. The film was Collins' first full-length feature and was based on his short film Gretchen & the Night Danger.

Plot

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Gretchen Finkle (Courtney Davis) is a 17-year-old high school student with a romantic obsession over Ricky (John Merriman). Her mother (Becky Ann Baker) becomes so concerned about Gretchen's crush that she sends her daughter to an in-patient emotional therapy clinic.

Cast

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Production

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Development

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Gretchen is a full-length adaptation of Steve Collins' 2004 short film Gretchen & the Night Danger, which won the Jury Award for Competition Shorts at South By Southwest.[2][3]

Reception

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Critical response

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Sky Hirschkron, writing for Stylus Magazine, stated, "Collins is perceptive to Gretchen’s status as a loser; the problem is that he offers nothing to counterbalance it, resulting in a perspective inadvertently as cruel as her tormentors".[4] Film Threat's Don Lewis commented, "Gretchen is a really dry, funny and sad film [...] The bond between Gretchen and her mother is a sweet touch and without it, one might think Collins was cinematically abusing Gretchen just as everyone else does throughout the film."[5]

Accolades

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List of awards and nominations
Award Category Nominee Result
Los Angeles Film Festival[6] Best Dramatic Feature Steve Collins Won

References

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  1. ^ "Dossier 1 - Locarno Film Festival".
  2. ^ O'Connell, Joe (19 August 2005). "Film News: Kat in a hot Austin indie summer; plus, 'How to Eat Fried Worms,' Jeffrey Travis, and the rest". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  3. ^ "SXSW Film 04 Awards: The best of the fest". The Austin Chronicle. 19 March 2004. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  4. ^ Hirschkron, Sky (15 May 2007). "The 2007 Independent Film Festival of Boston". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  5. ^ Lewis, Don (15 March 2006). "Gretchen". Film Threat. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  6. ^ "Gretchen (2006/I) - Awards". IMDb. Retrieved 16 March 2013.
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