The United States of Leland
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Matthew Hoge
Ryan Gosling
Chris Klein
Don Cheadle
Jena Malone
Michelle Williams
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Synopsis
When smart, quiet suburban student Leland Fitzgerald commits a shocking crime, he becomes the center of a maelstrom of people trying to understand what he did and why, from his famous but absent father, to his troubled ex-girlfriend to the victim's devastated family. The only person Leland trusts is Pearl, a jaded juvenile hall teacher and aspiring writer who helps Leland to examine the truth of his crime. Yet, Pearl too, has his own exploitative agenda, using Leland to garner material for a book and further his own career--until he begins to see that Leland is giving him something he never expected; not the concrete answer he seeks, or the literary fame he hopes for, but the realization that now is the time to change his own life for the better.
Director
Matthew Hoge
Cast
Ryan Gosling
Chris Klein
Don Cheadle
Jena Malone
Michelle Williams
Kevin Spacey
Kerry Washington
Martin Donovan
Sherilyn Fenn
Ann Magnuson
Lena Olin
Sheeri Rappaport
Michael Welch
Wesley Jonathan
Nick Kokich
Alec Medlock
Maria Arce
Randall Bosley
Yolonda Ross
Matt Malloy
Michael Peña
Ron Canada
Crew
Jeff Betancourt
William Paul Clark
Mark Damon
Tamara Stuparich De La Barra
Jeremy Enigk
James Glennon
James Glennon
Stewart Hall
Matthew Hoge
Sammy Lee
Edward T. Mcavoy
Tracy Mcknight
Bernie Morris
Emily Schweber
Jonah Smith
Kevin Spacey
Genevieve Tyrrell
Richard Van Dyke
Dara Weintraub
Palmer West
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States January 2003 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival January 16-26, 2003.)
Limited Release in United States April 2, 2004
Released in United States Spring April 2, 2004
Released in United States on Video September 7, 2004
Limited Release in United States April 2, 2004
Released in United States January 2003
Released in United States on Video September 7, 2004
Released in United States Spring April 2, 2004
Shown at Sundance Film Festival January 16-26, 2003.
Feature directorial debut for Matthew Ryan Hodge.
Paramount Classics acquired North American rights at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival.
