The Dark Side of Youth

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The Dark Side of Youth, directed by Andrew Velez, is a film based on the Columbine High School Shootings.

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The movie begins with the meeting of two dangerous minds (played by Hector Cordova and Eleanor Spencer), James Thackeray and Ann Margaret Leigh. Jimmy, who at first despises her, convinces Maggie to join his secret group, Ordo Cruentus (Order of the Murderous), and the two set out to murder their "friends'" many tormentors in the form of their Judgement Day. Their plans are dashed when the two are arrested and tried for their crimes but are acquitted and sent back to the school, where they are met with stares of hatred by the student body. A few days after their return they successfully execute a mass execution and plead innocence. They once again get away while their comrades are either arrested or carried out in body bags (in fact, only three survive the attacks, Amelia Bennett, Lana Leigh and Henry Thackeray. The latter two are sent away as innocents, while Amelia is arrested). Just one week after the attacks, Jimmy shoots and kills Maggie and is arrested then executed.

CAST
JAMES THACKERAY.....HECTOR CORDOVA	ANN MARGARET LEIGH.....ELEANOR SPENCER	JOSEPH DAUTERIVE.....DUSTIN LOVOY
AMELIA BENNETT.....JOSEPHINE VENTURA	LANA LEIGH.....ERIN FOX	MICKEY STOMPANATO.....NICK MINAGLIA

Spoilers end here.

[edit] Trivia

Original choice for the role of James Thackeray was fellow Freedom High School student, Grayson Kearns. Kearns never showed up for the audition so the role went to actor Hector Cordova.
The screenplay was written by Yaritza Gonzalez (stage name Eleanor Spencer) as a response to the school shootings in 2006 and partly as a correction to every school shooting since 1994.
Andrew Velez was the first choice for director.
Assistant director, Matthew Goodman was the writer's first choice for the role of Joey Dauterive. He was passed on for Dustin Lovoy by the director.

[edit] Quotes

"Shakespeare said it best, I think. 'Parting is sweet sorrow." ~Lana Leigh~
After checking his car horn to see if it worked. "There, now we know your horn works and you can give it a rest." ~Maggie Leigh~
"Really fucking fascinating. Where do I come in?" ~ Maggie Leigh~
"The only one with a tongue more able to charm adults than you is Jim." "But he isn't as pretty." ~Joey Dauterive and Amelia Bennett~
"Tuez les prisonniers et brûlez le traître !" ~Maggie Leigh~
"It's people like them that looked down on you! They taught their kids to look at anyone unlike them as freaks. They've persecuted you for the last time! Herd all those fuckers to the door and shoot at the police! We're gonna make them pay in blood!" ~ Jimmy Thackeray~

The Dark Side of Youth is being released by Dearly Departed Pictures owned by director Andrew Velez, assistant director Matthew Goodman, and starlet, Eleanor Spencer. It will premier in summer 2007.