Speak
Brief Synopsis
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High school freshman Melinda has found it increasingly more difficult to speak. She's perfectly healthy - but every time she goes to talk, her mouth becomes dry and her throat tight. It is soon revealed that Melinda's inability to speak was sparked by a rape she suffered at the beginning of the su
Cast & Crew
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Jessica Sharzer
Director
Elizabeth Perkins
Allison Siko
Leslie Lyles
Bryce Paul Williams
Lead Man
A Remy Brommer
Film Details
Genre
Adaptation
Crime
Drama
Teens
Release Date
2005
Location
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 32m
Synopsis
High school freshman Melinda has found it increasingly more difficult to speak. She's perfectly healthy - but every time she goes to talk, her mouth becomes dry and her throat tight. It is soon revealed that Melinda's inability to speak was sparked by a rape she suffered at the beginning of the summer and she has not yet faced.
Director
Jessica Sharzer
Director
Cast
Elizabeth Perkins
Allison Siko
Leslie Lyles
Bryce Paul Williams
Lead Man
A Remy Brommer
Grace Ameter
Tyanna Rolley
Steve Zahn
Megan Pillar
Courtney Hardebeck
Aaron Kinser
Hallee Hirsh
Robert John Burke
Susan Gardner
Dick Hagerman
Tony Roseboro
Christina Hardebeck
Jamie Lee White
Eric Lively
D.b. Sweeney
Caitlyn Folley
Michael Angarano
Kristen Stewart
Kimberly Kish
Crew
Brad Abner
On-Set Dresser
Janelle Adams
Art Department
Jessica Almon
Production
Laurie Halse Anderson
Source Material
Tyler Andrews
Swing
Tara Andrus
Production Coordinator
Mike Askew
Craft Service
Laura Ballinger
Production Designer
Kerry Barden
Casting Director
Karen Barrett
Post-Production Supervisor
Meg Beatty
Set Production Assistant
Mark Bennett
Casting Director
Fred Berner
Producer
Fred Berner
Unit Production Manager
Jason Block
Post-Production Accountant
Jordan Brettholtz
Wardrobe
Ethan Brooke
Art Director
Lauren Brundage
Assistant Production Coordinator
Lisa Buckley
Song Performer
Cyndi Buell
Extras Agent/Coordinator
Dr. Jacqueline A Bussie
Other
Chris Cameron
Foley Artist
Colm Carey
Song Performer
Andrea Carroll
Props
Monique Champagne
Set Production Assistant
Seth Adam Cohen
Production Supervisor
Amy Comstock
Production Accountant
Dianna Craig
Wardrobe
Mike Csatlos
Assistant Camera
Brandon Cundleff
Other
Edith Dinger
Scenic Artist
Ana Katherina Drechsler
On-Set Dresser
Amy Durning
Assistant
Pernilla Ekstrom-greenwood
Assistant Property Master
Dave Ellinwood
Dialogue Editor
Gonzalo Espinoza
Adr Mixer
Gabriel Faure
Song
Melissa Forney
Hair Stylist
Lisa France
Stunts
Peter C Frank
Editor
Ann Frisbee
Coproducer
Ann Frisbee
Screenplay
John Frisbie
Best Boy Electric
Nicholas Gedge
Song Performer
Joel Girard
Production
Heather Glass
Assistant Location Manager
Sonia Gonzalez
Assistant Editor
Kayse Goodell
Production Assistant
Joe Graham
Production
Rebecca Gregg
Costume Designer
Michael Grosky
Location Manager
Jeremy Slade Haak
Assistant Director
Karen Hall
Set Costumer
Matthew Hamachek
Set Production Assistant
Susan Hamilton
Location Scout
Michael Harrop
Post-Production Supervisor
Jim Hartz
Other
Matt Hayes
Best Boy Grip
Bridget C Henry
Makeup Artist
Katie Herman
Production
Chris Hersberger
Production
Mark Hodes
On-Set Dresser
Suzanne Hodsen
Assistant
Will Hong
Assistant Camera
Billy Hopkins
Casting Director
Gabriel Hoy
Location Assistant
Dave Hughes
Production
Bob Izzo
Key Grip
Gary Jackiewicz
Other
Chan Jeon
Best Boy Grip
Kathy Karnowski
Wardrobe Supervisor
Aaron Kinser
Camera Assistant
Zachary Koenig
Song Performer
Christopher Libertino
Music Composer
Christopher Libertino
Original Score
Shannon Mackenzie Orr
Production
Richard Mason
Extras Casting Assistant
Chad Mayhan
Carpenter
Marshall Mcgee
Boom Operator
D. Lynn Meyers
Casting Director
Jim Montague
Other
Matthew Myers
Producer
Darylin Nagy
Makeup Artist
Autumn Nakamura
Production
Jerry Offsay
Executive Producer
Andrij Parekh
Cinematographer
Dave Paterson
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jay Peck
Foley Artist
Gloria Pichhadze
Script Supervisor
Jennifer Post
Adr
Lily Raff
Assistant Costume Designer
Derek Rimelspach
Production
Rebecca Rivo
Production Supervisor
Rebecca Rivo
Associate Producer
Carlos Rodriguez
Color Correction
Terra Roeschke
Adr
Sean Ryan
Electrician
Mark Rylance
Location Assistant
Cara Scarmack
Sound
Christina Schalch
Office Production Assistant
Jessica Secrest
Scenic Artist
Sara Shaoul
Song
Jessica Sharzer
Screenplay
Jessica Sharzer
Coproducer
Daniel J. Shaw
Assistant Director
Sarah Silliman
Other
David Siskovic
Music Scoring Mixer
Suzanne Smith
Casting Director
Scott Stevens
On-Set Dresser
W Frank Stubblefield
Gaffer
Jeremy Summerly
Music Conductor
Paige Swope
Stand-In
Richard Sylvarnes
Photography
Janet Tallent-dickson
Hair Stylist
Jeffrey Thompson
Property Master
Katie Tull
Assistant Director
Thomas Gregory Varga
Sound Mixer
Damian Volpe
Supervising Sound Editor
Film Details
Genre
Adaptation
Crime
Drama
Teens
Release Date
2005
Location
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 32m
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Nominated for the 2006 Writers Guild Award for Outstanding Achievement in Writing (Children's Long Form) (Screenplay by Jessica Sharzer and Annie Young Frisbie, novel by Laurie Halse Anderson) by the Writers Guild of America (WGA).
Released in United States on Video September 27, 2005
Aired in United States September 5, 2005
Aired in United States September 27, 2005
Aired in United States January 2004
Aired in United States November 2004
Based on book by Laurie Halse Anderson
Aired in the USA on Showtime Network and Lifetime Network simultaneously, September 5, 2005.
