Release Date
March 16, 2012 (NY)
March 23, 2012 (LA)
March 23, 2012 (LA)
DVD Release Date
September 18, 2012 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Tony Kaye
Writer
Carl Lund
Cast
Adrien Brody, Marcia Gay Harden, Christina Hendricks, William Peterson, Bryan Cranston, Tim Blake Nelson, Lucy Liu, Blythe Danner, James Caan, Sami Gayle, Betty Kaye
Studio
Running Time
97 minutes
MPA Rating
Unrated
Director Tony Kaye's ("American History X") long-awaited film "Detachment" stars Academy Award winner Adrien Brody as Henry Barthes, a substitute teacher who conveniently avoids any emotional connections by never staying anywhere long enough to form a bond with either his students or colleagues. A lost soul grappling with a troubled past, Henry finds himself at a public school where an apathetic student body has created a frustrated, burned-out administration. Inadvertently becoming a role model to... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
From the director of American History X, Detachment puts a new spin on the teacher-in-an-inner-city-school subgenre. Adrian Brody plays a no-nonsense-badger-don't-give-a-f**k substitute teacher who pushes himself through life with few emotional connections. Until he decides to help a teenage prostitute. Full movie review »
