The Battle of Shaker Heights

The Battle of Shaker Heights
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Directed by	Efram Potelle Kyle Rankin
Produced by	Ben Affleck Matt Damon
Written by	Erica Beeney
Starring	Shia La Beouf Elden Henson Amy Smart Shiri Appleby Kathleen Quinlan William Sadler
Music by	Richard Marvin
Cinematography	Thomas E. Ackerman
Edited by	Richard Nord
Production company	LivePlanet
Distributed by	Miramax Films
Release dates	August 22, 2003 (2003-08-22)
Running time	77 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English German
Budget	$1 million
Box office	$280,351

The Battle of Shaker Heights is a 2003 American comedy-drama film co-directed by Efram Potelle and Kyle Rankin. It starred Shia La Beouf, Elden Henson, Kathleen Quinlan, Amy Smart, and Shiri Appleby. The film was the winning script for the second season of Project Greenlight.

Plot

Kelly Ernswiler, a young war reenactment enthusiast, works at his local store with love interest Sarah and Bart Bowland. Kelly's father, Abe, works with drug addicts, being clean himself for over five years. His mother, Eve, is a commercial artist.

As Kelly is leaving, Bart sees him and is furious as he knew he was in the workshop. The next day, as Kelly is on a set for a war program that Bart got them in, Bart hasn't turned up. Kelly is cast in a role to be a jeep driver and when his cue is called, Bart turns up out of the bushes and confronts him about Tabby. Kelly denies it at first and then becomes speechless. As he is about to drive for his cue, Bart attacks him in the jeep and they make a mess of the set.

The next day, Abe is taken into care again for relapsing and Kelly is emotionless. He goes to the wedding the same day, only to have an annoyed Bart tell him that he can't let him in. He sneaks into Tabby's limo before it pulls in and he talks to her, and it is a moment in which he finally realizes he must grow up. He gets out of the car and everyone at the wedding sees him and are all confused. He goes round the back of the church to get his bike and leave and meets Minor again, who has no idea of what happened with Kelly and Tabby, and is civil towards him. Kelly cycles to the clinic where his father is staying and is surprised. They begin to watch television and his mother walks in and is surprised and happy to see Kelly.

In the end, it shows the voicemail message where Kelly apologizes to the Bowlands for his behavior and asks Bart if he will meet him where he will be selling all his old memorabilia, and gives a hat Bart acquired for him back. He is shown walking down the street with Sarah and they hold hands. Kelly sees Lance again on his lawn where they faked the invasion, and goes over to him and confesses, only to be punched in the jaw.

Cast

• Shia La Beouf as Kelly Ernswiler
• Elden Henson as Bart Bowland
• Amy Smart as Tabitha "Tabby" Bowland
• Shiri Appleby as Sarah
• Kathleen Quinlan as Eve Ernswiler
• William Sadler as Abraham "Abe" Ernswiler
• Ray Wise as Harrison Bowland
• Billy Kay as Lance Norway
• Michael McShane as Mr. Norway
• Anson Mount as Miner Weber
• Hattie Wilson as Principal Holmstead

References

Sources

• "Shaker lends only its name; weather gets blame", The Plain Dealer, August 24, 2003.

External links

• The Battle of Shaker Heights at IMDb
• The Battle of Shaker Heights at AllMovie
• The Battle of Shaker Heights at Box Office Mojo
• The Battle of Shaker Heights at Rotten Tomatoes
• The Battle of Shaker Heights at Metacritic