"American Teen" follows the lives of five teenagers-a jock, a popular girl, a heartthrob, an artsy girl and a geek-in one small town in Indiana through their senior year of high school. We see the insecurities, the cliques, the jealousies, the first loves and heartbreaks, and the struggle to make profound decisions about the future. Filming daily for 10 months, filmmaker Nanette Burstein developed a deep understanding of her subjects. The result is a film that goes beyond the enduring stereotypes of high school to render complex young people trying to find their way into adulthood. With extraordinary intimacy and a great deal of humor, "American Teen" captures the pressures of growing up-pressures that come from one's peers, one's parents, and not least, oneself. Release Date:07/11/2008
Go behind the scenes in Molly Ringwald's shoot for TV Guide Magazine to promote her new show THE SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERICAN TEENAGER. She waxes poetic about her time as the teenage '80s icon and being drawn back into that world.
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