Billy the Kid


1h 25m 2007

Brief Synopsis

While working as a casting director, Jennifer Venditti came across a fifteen year-old sitting alone in a Maine high-school cafeteria. But she couldn't believe such a funny, hyper-articulate kid could go unnoticed, and decided to create her own film--a candid, fly-on-the-wall portrait of a teenager w

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Biography
Documentary
Teens
Release Date
2007
Production Company
Cinetic Media; Ro*Co Films International
Distribution Company
Cinemax

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 25m

Synopsis

While working as a casting director, Jennifer Venditti came across a fifteen year-old sitting alone in a Maine high-school cafeteria. But she couldn't believe such a funny, hyper-articulate kid could go unnoticed, and decided to create her own film--a candid, fly-on-the-wall portrait of a teenager who, in Billy's own words, is "different in the mind."

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Biography
Documentary
Teens
Release Date
2007
Production Company
Cinetic Media; Ro*Co Films International
Distribution Company
Cinemax

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 25m

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Winner of the award for Best Documentary Feature at the 2007 South by Southwest Film Festival.

Winner of the Sky Movies Best Documentary Award at the 2007 Edinburgh International Film Festival.

Winner of the Target Documentary Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 2007 Los Angeles Film Festival.

Released in United States 2007

Released in United States April 2007

Released in United States August 2007

Released in United States February 8, 2008

Released in United States March 2007

Released in United States Winter December 5, 2007

Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Document) August 15-26, 2007.

Shown at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival (International Spectrum) April 19-29, 2007.

Shown at South by Southwest Film Festival (Documentary Competition) March 9-17, 2007.

Shown at the Los Angeles Film Festival (Documentary Competition) June 21-July 1, 2007.

Feature directorial debut for Jennifer Venditti.

Scheduled to air in USA on Cinemax March 12, 2008.

Released in United States 2007 (Shown at the Los Angeles Film Festival (Documentary Competition) June 21-July 1, 2007.)

Released in United States February 8, 2008 (Los Angeles)

Released in United States March 2007 (Shown at South by Southwest Film Festival (Documentary Competition) March 9-17, 2007.)

Released in United States April 2007 (Shown at Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival (International Spectrum) April 19-29, 2007.)

Released in United States August 2007 (Shown at Edinburgh International Film Festival (Document) August 15-26, 2007.)

Released in United States Winter December 5, 2007