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Half Nelson is a 2006 American drama film directed by Ryan Fleck and written by Fleck and Anna Boden. The film stars Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps and Anthony Mackie.
Sep 22, 2006 · Half Nelson: Directed by Ryan Fleck. With Ryan Gosling, Jeff Lima, Shareeka Epps, Nathan Corbett. An inner-city junior high school teacher with a drug habit forms an unlikely friendship with one of his students after she discovers his secret.
Half Nelson features powerful performances from Ryan Gosling and Shareeka Epps. It's a wise, unsentimental portrait of lonely people at the crossroads. Read Critics Reviews
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Sep 14, 2006 · "Half Nelson," the miraculous movie by Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden, is about a junior high schoolteacher who smokes. Crack. And the thing is, he's a good teacher, even if (or, rather, because) he doesn't always stick to the district-approved syllabus.
Synopsis. Dan Dunne (Ryan Gosling) is a young inner-city high school teacher whose ideals wither and die in the face of reality. Day after day in his shabby Brooklyn classroom, he somehow finds the energy to inspire his 13 and 14-years-old to examine everything from civil rights to the civil war with a new enthusiasm.
A powerful, award-winning film about an inner-city junior high school teacher (Ryan Gosling, The Notebook) with a drug habit who forms an unlikely friendship with one of his students (Shareeka Epps) after she discovers his secret.
Aug 11, 2006 · Directed by Ryan Fleck. Drama. R. 1h 46m. By Manohla Dargis. Aug. 11, 2006. “Half Nelson” is that rarest of marvels — an American fiction film that wears its political heart on its sleeve.
