Me and Earl and the Dying Girl 2015 Movie

High schooler Greg, who spends most of his time making parodies of classic movies with his co-worker Earl, finds his outlook forever altered after befriending a classmate who has just been diagnosed with cancer. More details

Directors

Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

Cast

Thomas Mann RJ Cyler Olivia Cooke Nick Offerman

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comedy drama romance terminal illness leukemia teenage boy death aspiring filmmaker high school friendship based on novel cancer friend dying high school senior reference to gandhi film fan coming of age chemotherapy epilogue teenage girl interracial friendship unreliable narrator college application mother son relationship father son relationship husband wife relationship narrated by character black comedy pillow film parody hooded sweatshirt reference to pussy riot coffee table pig's foot stuffed animal toy death threat walking on a table sausage artificial flower bald girl drug abuse clique schoolteacher jew wasp hair loss affection insult number costume self hatred smoking in a bathroom drug addict student wallpaper cafe reference to pittsburgh state university hebrew co worker reference to salvador dali scissors promise toy interview single mother hornet reference to elaine bass reference to saul bass reference to walter ruttmann reference to the maysles brothers reference to jean marie straub reference to d a pennebaker reference to luis bunuel reference to chris marker reference to charles eames reference to jack arnold reference to stan brakhage spider tarantula reference to oskar fischinger reference to andy warhol headphones reference to the amazon talking to the camera popcorn montage doom wig german accent humiliation reference to a droog reference to google hospital tulip reference to a std reference to mononucleosis baldness stocking cap hallucination hologram reference to god test flash forward flashback nickname reference to princeton university reference to pomona college reference to pepperdine university reference to pennsylvania state university cat reference to jesus christ african american cartoon chipmunk cartoon moose reference to the indian ocean reference to the gaza strip reference to kashmir reference to crimea cafeteria reference to a berserker reference to afghanistan boys' bathroom looking at oneself in a mirror mirror fist bump overhead shot school bus prologue harp apple computer computer cartoon crocodile torture animated sequence voice over narration reference to a groundhog awkwardness squirrel father daughter relationship reference to daniel craig apology hearing voices reference to wolverine photograph reference to hugh jackman pretending to be dead reference to india passive resistance tattoo classroom reference to the battle of antietam acute myelogenous leukemia masturbation reference to a squid cuttlefish chased by a dog sociology professor reference to texas dog erection slur reference to black power reference to lebron james pity stairway joke telling reference to modest mouse the band kiss on the cheek mother daughter relationship inner titles crawling on the floor telephone call telephone reference to a tampon sarcasm group hug lying on a hospital bed next to a patient oxygen tube boyfriend girlfriend relationship ambulance limousine driver hip hop music limousine corsage nerd dating tuxedo school expulsion rap music rapping grief e mail classical music reference to emeric pressburger reference to michael powell bus dutch song singing song reference to richard nixon hit in the stomach fight reference to julian assange secret crying teenage boy crying teenage girl surprise bedroom polar bear braying regret unhappiness teenage drinking destroying a book anger geek walking down the middle of a street drug dealer watching a movie on a computer pig costume trust birthmark memory kindergarten ice cream elevator marijuana lie storytelling reference to a rastafarian reference to a jamaican embassy soup reference to hello kitty doorbell stoned surrealism vomiting get well card penis slur lawrenceville pittsburgh reference to pho the food vietnamese food reference to tonk the game cookie goggles reference to a tyrannosaurus panic attack honesty reference to kandahar college survival illness coma cremated ashes humility letter climbing through a window looking out a window looking in a window college handbook wake slow motion scene yamulke cremation prayer reference to francois truffaut reference to cat stevens reference to akira kurosawa reference to werner herzog reference to klaus kinski self depreciation despair senior prom self referential reference to orson welles death of father independent film breasts slur bare butt mouse tattoo on neck cell phone man wears a skirt watching tv pittsburgh pennsylvania scholar horisons biology

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