Beautiful Ohio (2008)

A teen tries to cope with the hero status of his math-genius older brother.

Genre – Drama

Director(s) – Chad Lowe

Writer(s) – Ethan Canin

Cast – Brett Davern, David Call, William Hurt and Rita Wilson

Blue Rider’s Role – Arranged post-finishing funds financing

Distributor(s) – Genius Products (US DVD),

Release Date – 2008

Synopsis – In the Cleveland of 1973, a bright high school boy (newcomer Brett Davern) tries to cope with his family’s unstinting praise of his eccentric genius older brother (David Call). Rita Wilson and William Hurt play the boys’ parents, with Julianne Margulies cast as a seductive next door neighbor and and Michelle Trachtenberg as Call’s girlfriend.

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Links:
Internet Movie Database listing for Beautiful Ohio

Variety Review of Beautiful Ohio

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