TY - SER
KW - teachers
KW - teenagers
KW - high schools
KW - leukemia
KW - Black Americans
KW - Jewish Americans
AU - Jesse Andrews
AB - The film adaptation of the 2012 novel, in which Greg Gaines (Thomas Mann), a high school senior, and his filmmaking sidekick, Earl Jackson (R.J. Cyler), are guilted into befriending their leukemia-stricken classmate, Rachel Kushner (Olivia Cooke). The film also features Molly Shannon, Connie Britton, and Nick Offerman.
C1 - 2010s
C3 - Allegheny County; Pittsburgh; Point Breeze; Squirrel Hill; Oakland; Schenley High School
C4 - Children's; Young Adult
CY - Pittsburgh
LA - English
M3 - Screenplay
N1 - Won Sundance Grand Jury Prize and Audience Award.<br/>
Pittsburgh filming locations included Oakland's Schenley High School, as well as Point Breeze and Squirrel Hill.
N2 - The film adaptation of the 2012 novel, in which Greg Gaines (Thomas Mann), a high school senior, and his filmmaking sidekick, Earl Jackson (R.J. Cyler), are guilted into befriending their leukemia-stricken classmate, Rachel Kushner (Olivia Cooke). The film also features Molly Shannon, Connie Britton, and Nick Offerman.
PB - MEDG Films LLC
PP - Pittsburgh
PY - 2015
RN - Jesse Andrews (1982— ), educated at Pittsburgh's Schenley High School and Harvard University, is an author and screenwriter.
EP - 103 p.
TI - Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
ER -