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5.9Nerdy high school senior Dizzy Harrison has finally gotten lucky -- after purposely getting expelled, he takes lessons in 'badass cool' from a convict and enrolls at a new school. But can he keep up the ruse?
Released: 2002-05-1088 minDir: Ed DecterComedyBudget: $13.0MBox office: $31.2M
Cast
- DJ Qualls as Dizzy Harrison / Gil Harris
- Eliza Dushku as Danielle
- Zooey Deschanel as Nora
- Lyle Lovett as Bear Harrison
- Jerod Mixon as Kirk
- Illeana Douglas as Kiki Pierce
Themes
- prison
- high school
- dual identity
- identity
- cheerleader
- loser
- bullying
- jock
- bully
- duringcreditsstinger
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- teen film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Ed Decter
- Screenwriter
- David Kendall
- Cast member
- Horatio Sanz
- Production company
- Revolution Studios
- Narrative location
- Texas
- Duration
- 89
- FilmAffinity ID
- 269035
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2002-10-31
- title
- The New Guy
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 24/100
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