Sheeni saunders who helps nick twisp be freespirited and leads him into a psychosis. San francisco youth in revolt star michael cera looks older than the sexstarved 16year. The story follows 16yr old nick twisp, a highly intellectual sinatra fan from a troubled family background who meets sheeni saunders, a bright, likeminded. Michael cera plays a lovesick teenager excuse his french. Youth in revolt 1 hours and 30 minutes movie 2010 at 16, nick twisp is wry about his teen funk.
Michael cera braves cultfavorite role in youth in revolt. The landfill crew 4 song ep is a fictional animated punk rock band set in the 1980s. Aug 01, 1993 youth in revolt is unlike any other ya novel. Paynes sixbook series about nick twist, a smart and, in his own opinion anyway, morethanusually horny 14yearold in oakland a large, torpid city across from san frandisco who reports in daily journal form on a series of adventures encountered on the way to losing his virginity, despite the obstacles set up. Another class performance from cera playing two characters. The girl at sheenis french prep school becomes disturbingly attached to nick after he sends her a few flattering letters to manipulate her all girls want bad boys. Their skepticism of corporate and bureaucratic authority, their strong emotional identification with the underprivileged, and their intense desire for stimulation and instant gratification shaped the nations politics, dress, music, and film.
This is my channel, and youre watching youth revolt. They concoct a plan where nick will disobey all rules so that he will be kicked out of living with his mother and be sent to live with his father, who lives near sheeni. But the presence of such memorable thespians only emphasizes how little developed. The broken is the title track for our debut record. Nick twisp, the storys narrator and main character, wasnt originally written for a. Nick twisp michael cera, a teen with a taste for the finer things in life like sinatra and fellini, falls hopelessly in love with the beautiful, freespirited sheeni saunders portia doubleday while on a family vacation. Youth in revolt adapts the first three volumes of c. San francisco youth in revolt star michael cera looks older than the sexstarved 16yearold he plays in the adaptation of c. Jan 17, 2010 youth in revolt is one of those movies that, as soon as the opening credits rolled, i could tell had been totally advertised as something its not though not without good reason but more on that later. Michael cera braves cultfavorite role in youth in revolt wired. The book contains parts one through three of an elevenpart series the three sequential parts were published as three separate books. Youth in revolt vocalist tanner allen shared with alternative press. Jul 06, 2011 there used to be times where i felt like there was nothing i could do. The film is set in various california locations oakland, clearlake, berkeley, ukiah, etc.
The main characters of this fiction, young adult story are. The books main protagonist is nicholas nick twisp, a 14yearold boy of aboveaverage intelligence from oakland, california. As a nearly 500pagelong exploration of the insatiable sexual urges of a 14yearold, rife with explicit gay sex, drug use, crossdressing, and an overflowing, oversized cast of zany supporting characters, c. Youth in revolt is a teenage fantasy comingofage story set in central and northern california, about one young mans quest for love. Youth in revolt 2010 as a fan of albert camus and jeanluc godard, teenage nick twisp michael cera is definitely out of his element when his mother and her boyfriend move the family to a. A little of youth in revolts narrator, 14yearold nick twisp, goes a long way, so its a calculated risk for author payne to set his main characters hyperarticulate, sexobsessed voice loose over 500 mammoth pages. Beware, you are proposing to add brand new pages to the wiki along with your edits. Jan 08, 2010 in the sweet and slight and often charming comingofage tale youth in revolt, michael cera plays a teenager with rampaging hormones and, when the film opens at least, no obvious romantic. Cera stars in the film playing a dual role both as virgin nerd nick twisp and nicks newly created, bad boy alternate personality francois. Payne has painted a wonderful picture of a young boy coming to terms with himself. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 512 pages and is available in paperback format. Rage is a superhero whose main ability is super strength which, like the hulk, grows with rage or violence.
Youth in revolt is a 2009 american romantic comedydrama film directed by miguel arteta and written by gustin nash. May 25, 20 i am very happy to say youth in revolt does not mangle the book, but in fact adds a layer of realism and earnest emotion that the book strays away from. Cera stars in the film playing a dual role both as virgin nerd nick twisp and nicks newly created, bad. The films other characters seem to have caught the cera bug, speaking in the. Paynes relentlessly wiseass 1993 novel, subtitled the journals of nick twisp, transfers to the screen with its humor and high energy mostly.
What sets youth in revolt apart from other novels in the genre beside its frank descriptions of an adolescent boys mind is an element of absurdity. Upon meeting sheeni, he falls in love with her instantly, and will do anything to be with her. Check out individual issues, and find out how to read them. Payne, in which nick twisp michael cera a mildmannered boy of refined tastes, tries to rebel against the trappings of an. Jan 08, 2010 youth in revolt at least lets him play two characters. He is again in youth in revolt but with a twist rather, a twisp, the semidickensian surname of the nick in question. Vijay, nicks friend with a possibly indo british accent, pretends to have an indian accent in order to pretend to be a refugee. The adaptation was cowritten by gustin nash, the guy who did charlie bartlett, a soso movie about a young high school entrepreneur starring anton yelchin. Youth in revolt is the story of nick twisp a unique, but affable teen with a taste for the finer things in life like sinatra and fellini who falls hopel.
The journals of nick twisp is a 1993 epistolary novel by c. I play one of the characters named bagga and my friend tippa lee plays the. Revolting youth crosses that line more than once, becoming, at times, just a little too outlandish and farfetched for its own good. Michael cera is a great actor, and this movie is no different. Youth in revolt gives cera the twee name nick twisp, surrounds his aging virgin act with divorced parents who are both shacked up with lustful vulgarians and then provides him with a dream come true in the person of sheeni saunders. Arteta speaks of nick twisp cera, an alienated teen who first appears on screen masturbating in his bed while his character narrates that he. Youth in revolt is one of those movies that, as soon as the opening credits rolled, i could tell had been totally advertised as something its not though not without good reason but more on that later the film is based on a series of novels by c. And yet theres a sense that the critics were all set to dismiss nick twisp, the central character in miguel artetas nicely judged indie comedy. The first edition of the novel was published in august 1st 1993, and was written by c. But everything changes for him once his mothers current boyfriend owes a great deal of money. Like john muir, i enter the wilderness with nothing more than my journal and a childlike sense of wonder. Theres also some lovely but unmotivated claymation scenes whose only reason for being in the movie is to boost the cute quotient see marketing campaigns for away we go and paper heart and 500 days of summer and take screen time away from zach galifianakis. Paynes sixbook series about nick twist, a smart and, in his own opinion anyway, morethanusually horny 14yearold in oakland a large, torpid city across from san frandisco who reports in daily journal form on a series of adventures encountered on the way to losing his virginity. We chose to name the record the broken because the track is a great.
Youth in revolt 2010 as a fan of albert camus and jeanluc godard, teenage nick twisp michael cera is definitely out of his element when his mother and her boyfriend move the family to. Youth in revolt all the tropes wiki fandom powered by. I am very happy to say youth in revolt does not mangle the book, but in fact adds a layer of realism and earnest emotion that the book strays away from. But youth in revolt, more than superbad, juno or any other film cera has done, is an ambitious undertaking. Paynes cult novel youth in revolt poses formidable obstacles for. Nick twisp sets his sights on dream girl sheeni saunders, hoping that shell be the one. The initiative stars thor girl, ultragirl, cloud 9, komodo and hardballplus firestar, gravity and some very cool surprisesyouth in revolt brings the horror of fear itself to the doorstep of a generation. Nicks life continues like a normal teenagers with his best friend leroy, a. Youth in revolt is the story of nick twisp a unique, but affable teen with a taste for the finer things in life like sinatra and fellini who falls hopelessly in love with the beautiful, freespirited sheeni saunders while on a family vacation. Emmett walsh as sheenis bornagainchristian dad and mary kay place as her mom, steve buscemi as nicks dad, ray liotta as a cop who gets involved with his floozy mom jean smart. Cast edit michael cera as nick twispfrancois dillinger. During the 1960s, one age group of americans loomed larger than any other. The story is told in a picaresque fashion and makes heavy use of black humor and camp.
Payne weaves a playfulness into his characters and their actions that makes for a story so interesting you. This novel takes its readers through a particularly eventful year in the life of nick. It pays off, though, as youth in revolt ultimately proves itself to be adolescent turmoil told on an epic and epically funny scale. In the sweet and slight and often charming comingofage tale youth in revolt, michael cera plays a teenager with rampaging hormones and, when the film opens at least, no obvious romantic. Jul 16, 2009 youth in revolt the movie has about 12 of them and they get a little taxing. In other words, nick twisp is precisely what most girls dont want. Cera stars in the film playing a dual role both as virgin nerd nick twisp and nicks newly created, bad boy alternate personality francois dillinger. Nick twisp, a dark and precocious fourteenyearold, struggles with the problems of contemporary teens, including high school, divorced parents, paranoia, his virginity, homelessness, and the attentions of a young lady.
Fandom may earn an affiliate commission on sales made from links on this page. He complies and she wants him more than trent after burning. Youth in revolt all the tropes wiki fandom powered by wikia. Michael cera in youth in revolt 2009 portia doubleday at an event for. Youth in revolt is the story of nick twisp, an ordinary, studious 15 year old boy living with his loving mother in oakland. Lefty, and his divorced parents george and estelle. This fawnlike mumbler can endear as a supporting character, but cannot sustain. Perhaps if i was in the mob, theyd call me nick the prick.
Youth in revolt provides examples of abhorrent admirer. Paynes cult novel youth in revolt poses formidable obstacles for cinematic adaptation. A description of tropes appearing in youth in revolt. Paynes epistolary novel of the same name, the film stars michael cera and portia doubleday, with justin long, ray liotta, and steve buscemi in supporting roles.
Nick is a 16 year old with not many friends, a screwed up family, and worst of all, he is a virgin. Youth in revolt casts some veritable cult actors, who include m. Appearing in youth in revolt part 1 order rejoins team. Youth in revolt the movie has about 12 of them and they get a little taxing.
The former is nick twisp, an oakland 16yearold with a life. Youth in revolt is more subtle than you would think, given the title and premise. Youth in revolt is the story of nick who wants to be with the girl of his dreams, sheeni. Ceras character behaves as ceras characters normally do muttering. Jan 08, 2010 youth in revolt adapts the first three volumes of c. Nov 04, 2016 youth in revolt vocalist tanner allen shared with alternative press. The juvenile characters astonishingly retain a sophisticated nomenclature. Payne, it features michael cera, zach galifianakis, fred willard, steve buscemi, ray liotta. Made in 1982 and featuring the same sort of emergent pastiche of punkinspired teenage characters that youd see in an american film. It may not entirely do its source material justice, but miguel artetas youth in revolt is a fun, funny comic romp that lets michael cera stretch a little and. Straight teen male virginity is the crise du coeur for nick twisp. A film about nick twisp, an unlucky everydude whos unhappy with his position in life.