Mean People Suck
{{Infobox film
| name = Mean People Suck
| image = Mean People Suck screenshot.jpg
| caption = Screenshot from Mean People Suck. From left, Eric Christian Olsen, Dominique Swain.
| director = Matthew Cole Weiss
| producer = Anabel Manchester
Matthew Cole Weiss
| screenplay = Matthew Cole Weiss
| starring = Dominique Swain
James Franco
Eric Christian Olsen
Beverley Mitchell
| music = Adam Podrat
| cinematography = Jonathan Cohen
| editing = Blaine Hope
| studio = Mama's Boy Productions
Tisch School of the Arts (NYU)
| released = {{Film date|2001|4}}
| runtime = 8 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget = $10,000
}}
Mean People Suck is an NYU student film released in 2001.{{cite web|url=http://www.spike.com/video-clips/uzqb64/mean-people-suck|title=Mean People Suck|publisher=Spike.com|accessdate=2012-03-30}} It is directed by Matthew Cole Weiss and stars Dominique Swain as Kate, James Franco as Casey, and Eric Christian Olsen as Nick, with a supporting role by Beverley Mitchell as Kate's sister.
Mean People Suck was available for viewing on Spike.com from 2007 to 2016.
Plot summary
Three stubborn teenagers place a bet over which one of them is the meanest.
Cast
- Dominique Swain as Kate
- James Franco as Casey
- Eric Christian Olsen as Nick
- Beverley Mitchell as Kate's sister
- Michael Higgins as Old Man
- Eric Axen as Joey
- Jack Ferver as Jesse Milton
- Matthew Cole Weiss as Boy in Funeral Home
- Julie Schubert as Diner Patron #1
- Beth Marshall as Diner Patron #2
- Ryan Shogren as Boy in Locker Room
- Rob Cameron as Boy in Locker Room #2
- Kevin Thoms as Boy in Locker Room #3
Release
=Festival screenings=
The film premiered at the First Run Film Festival in April, 2001,[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245270/releaseinfo Release info for Mean People Suck], Retrieved 2012-03-31 It screened at multiple festivals after that, receiving Best Student Film at the Fargo Film Festival on March 2, 2002.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245270/awards Awards for Mean People Suck] from IMDb, Retrieved 2012-04-07
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtX7jW_Elc8 Mean People Suck] on YouTube
- {{IMDb title|0245270|Mean People Suck}}
Category:American comedy short films
Category:2000s English-language films
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