{"id":33309,"date":"2026-01-29T00:32:04","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T05:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=33309"},"modified":"2026-01-29T00:46:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T05:46:36","slug":"sundance-film-festival-half-nelson-20th-anniversary-interview-with-director-ryan-fleck-co-writer-anna-boden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=33309","title":{"rendered":"Sundance Film Festival : “Half Nelson” 20th Anniversary : Interview with Director Ryan Fleck & Co-Writer Anna Boden"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nobuhiro Hosoki<\/strong> grew up watching American films since he was a kid; he decided to go to the United States thanks to seeing the artistry of Stanley Kubrick’s “A Clockwork Orange.\u201d After graduating from film school, he worked as an assistant director on\u00a0\u00a0TV<\/span><\/a>\u00a0Tokyo\u2019s program called “Morning Satellite” at the New York branch office but he didn\u2019t give up on his interest in cinema. He became a film reporter for via Yahoo Japan News. In that role, he writes news articles, picks out headliners for Yahoo News, as well as interviewing Hollywood film directors, actors, and producers working in the domestic circuit in the USA. He also does production interviews for Japanese distributors of American films and for in-theater on-sale programs. He is now the editor-in-chief of Cinemadailyus.com while continuing his work for Japan.<\/p>\n<\/ins>\n

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Half Nelson<\/strong> : Dan Dunne (Ryan Gosling) is a history teacher at a Brooklyn school. Though well-liked by his students and colleagues, he secretly spends his evenings hopping bars and getting high. A female student named Drey (Shareeka Epps) catches him in a drug-induced haze after a basketball game, and the two strike up an unlikely friendship. As Dan struggles with his addiction, he tries to act as a mentor to the girl, whose brother is serving time for dealing drugs.<\/p>\n<\/ins>\n

Director<\/strong> : Ryan Fleck<\/p>\n

Producer<\/strong> : Anna Boden, Lynette Howell Taylor, Rosanne Korenberg, Alex Orlovsky, Jamie Patricof<\/p>\n

Screenwriter<\/strong> : Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden<\/p>\n

Production Co<\/strong> : Journeyman Pictures, Hunting Lane Films, Silverwood Films<\/p>\n

Rating<\/strong> : R (Language|Drug Content Throughout|Some Sexuality)<\/p>\n

Genre<\/strong> : Drama<\/p>\n

Original Language<\/strong> : English<\/p>\n

Release Date (Theaters)<\/strong> : Jan 23, 2006,<\/p>\n

Original Release Date (Theaters)<\/strong> : Aug 11, 2006<\/p>\n

Release Date (Streaming)<\/strong> : Feb 15, 2016<\/p>\n

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