Today’s movie is a drama with a scene that happens on August 25. Watch it tonight and enjoy.
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER
On August 25, 1991 [1:50 – 2:44] Charlie Kelmeckis begins a journal the day before he starts high school. He is very shy but likes his English teacher, Mr. Anderson. At a football game he meets Sam and her stepbrother Patrick. Later, at a party after the homecoming dance, with drug-induced candor, Charlie reveals to Sam that his best friend committed suicide last year. He also sees Patrick and football jock Brad kissing. Charlie tutors Sam to help her improve her SAT scores. At Christmas Sam gives Charlie a typewriter and kisses him so his first will be from someone who cares about him. Charlie later replaces Sam’s boyfriend Craig at a performance of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. Sam’s friend Mary Elizabeth asks Charlie to the Sadie Hawkins dance and they start dating. Charlie really doesn’t like her, but won’t dump her so as to not hurt her feelings. At a party however Charlie, when dared to kiss the prettiest girl in the room, kisses Sam, which upsets both her, and Mary Elizabeth. Patrick suggests Charlie distance himself fro their group for a while and he does. Charlie goes into depression and thinks back on the death of his Aunt Helen, who died in a car accident going to get Charlie a birthday present.
Then Charlie stops a beating that Patrick was getting from Brad’s friends, which restores him to Sam’s good graces. Sam is accepted into Penn State, but breaks up with Craig after learning he has been cheating on her. Sam and Charlie start to have sex, but Charlie can’t go through with it. After Sam leaves for college, Charlie gets depressed again and attempts suicide. In the hospital Charlie finally brings out the repressed memories of his Aunt Helen sexually molesting him. Charlie goes home and stays friends with Patrick and Sam.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (Gallery Books, New York, 1999) at page 2
Producers - Lianne Halfon, Russell Smith and John Malkovich
Director - Stephen Chbosky
Screenwriter - Stephen Chbosky
Runtime – 1 hour 43 minutes
Released – September 8, 2012
Starring – Logan Lerman as Charlie Kelmeckis, Emma Watson as Sam , Ezra Miller as Patrick, Mae Whitman as Mary Elizabeth, Paul Rudd as Mr. Anderson, Nina Dobrev as Candace Kelmeckis, Johnny Simmons as Brad, Erin Wilhelmi as Alice, Adam Hagenbuch as Bob, Kate Walsh as Mrs. Kelmeckis, Dylan McDermott as Mr. Kelmeckis, Melanie Lynskey as Aunt Helen, Joan Cusack as Dr. Burton, Zane Holtz as Chris Kelmeckis, Reece Thompson as Craig, Nicholas Braun as Ponytail Derek, Landon Pigg as Peter, Tom Savini as Mr. Callahan, Julia Garner as Susan
Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2015.
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