Synopsis
Over the course of one hot summer, a group of children in the rural south are forced to confront a tangle of difficult choices in a decaying world. An ambitiously constructed, sensuously photographed meditation on adolescence, the first feature film by director David Gordon Green features breakout performances from an award-winning ensemble cast.
Cast
| Nasia | Candace Evanofski |
| George | Donald Holden |
| Vernon | Damien Jewan Lee |
| Buddy | Curtis Cotton III |
| Sonya | Rachael Handy |
| Rico Rice | Paul Schneider |
| Damascus | Eddie Rouse |
Credits
| Director | David Gordon Green |
| Screenplay | David Gordon Green |
| Cinematography | Tim Orr |
| Producer | David Gordon Green, Sacha W. Mueller and Lisa Muskat |
| Executive producer | Sam Froelich |
| Co-producers | Erin Aldridge and Craig Zobel |
| Production Design | Richard Wright |
| Editing | Steven Gonzales and Zene Baker |
| Additional photography | Adam Stone, Karey Williams and Steve Pedulla |
| Music | Michael Linnen and David Wingo |
Disc Features
- New digital transfer, enhanced for 16×9 televisions
- Commentary by director David Gordon Green, cinematographer Tim Orr, and actor Paul Schneider
- Deleted scene with commentary
- Original theatrical trailer
- David Gordon Green’s short films, made while he was a student at the North Carolina School of the Arts, Pleasant Grove (with commentary) and Physical Pinball
- Charlie Rose interview with David Gordon Green
- Exclusive new video interviews with the cast
- Clu Gulager’s 1969 short film A Day with the Boys, an influence on George Washington
- English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired
From the Current
George Washington
by Mar 11, 2002Presenting five poor, black and white North Carolina pre-teens as they awaken to love and death, George Washington tells a common adolescent story, yet the film is distinguished by the poetic, ruminative style of its 25-year-old director David Gordon Green. Unusual for a deliberately . . .
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