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A Sony Pictures Classics Release
Thumbsucker (2005)

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Year of U.S. Release: 2005

Starring: Lou Taylor Pucci, Keanu Reeves, Tilda Swinton, Vincent D'Onofrio, Chase Offerle, Kelli Garner, Benjamin Bratt, Vince Vaughn.

Director: Mike Mills

Screenwriter(s): Mike Mills

Producer(s): Anthony Bregman, Anne Carey, Jay Shapiro, Robert J. Stephenson

Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics

Prod. Company: Manga Films S.L., Cinema-go-go, Bull's Eye Entertainment

Prod. Cost: $4,000,000 (Estimated)

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Runtime: 1 hr. 34 min.

U.S. Release Date: September 16, 2005 (NY/LA)

U.S. DVD Release Date: January 24, 2006

U.S. Box Office Total:

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for drug/alcohol use and sexuality involving teens, language and a disturbing image.

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Plot Summary:

Justin Cobb (Lou Pucci) is seventeen, and he still sucks his thumb. Even though it worries his mother (Tilda Swinton), irritates his father (Vincent D'Onofrio), and threatens his prospects with debate team crush Rebecca (Kelli Garner), he can't stop sucking until his "guru" orthodontist (Keanu Reeves) hypnotizes him. Hypnosis frees Justin from his thumbsucking problem, but he still doesn�t feel "normal." He experiments with Ritalin, pot, and sex as substitutes for his thumb but they only provide temporary solutions, as he remains unable to shake his feelings of alienation. Justin looks for guidance from his parents, his debate team coach (Vince Vaughn), and even TV star Matt Schramm (Benjamin Bratt), before he finally comes to understand that no one has an easy answer, everyone is struggling to

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