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Rebel in the Rye

The life of celebrated but reclusive author, J.D. Salinger, who gained worldwide fame with the publication of his novel, "The Catcher in the Rye".

Director

Danny Strong

Year

Genre

biography, drama, romance

Box Office

$378,294

Production

Black Label Media

Awards

1 win

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Jerry Salinger

Whit Burnett

Sol

Miriam

Oona O'Neill

Claire Douglas

Giroux

Brian d'Arcy James

Harold Ross

Swami Nikhilananda

William Maxwell

Herb Kaufman

Dorothy Olding

Gus Lobrano

Clay Miller

Blythe Chaucer

Carol Flourentine

Francesca Root-Dodson

Doris Salinger

Sylvia

Truman Capote

Piano Player Ernie

Queens Girl

Naian González Norvind

Stacey Pierce

Betsy Hopkins

Pearl

Alyssa May Gold

Catcher Fan

Dr. Sam Radford

Margaret Salinger

Army Therapist

John Woodburn

Bea Stein

Real Estate Agent

Karen Walsh Rullman

Rory Johnson

Pastor

High Society Woman

Nigel Bench

Shirley Blaney

Kristine Froseth

Connecticut Landlord

Bernie McInerney

Choreographer

Stork Club Dancer #1

Stork Club Dancer #2

Stork Club Dancer #3

Stork Club Dancer #4

Stork Club Dancer #5

Con O'Shea-Creal

Stork Cub Dancer #6

Soldier

Nikolaos Argyros

Christmas Party Guest

(voice)

Stark Club Patron

Chris Ecclestone

Child

Austen Eisenberg

Stork Club Pianist

Benny, the Clarinetist

J.D. Salinger's Cousin

Sydney Hargrove

Youth Group Teen

Kelsey Rose Healey

Mustached Soldier

Stork Club Dancer

J.D. Salinger's Cousin

Passerby

J.D. Salinger's Cousin

Soldier

Stork Club Drummer

Christopher Moser

Giroux Secretary

College Student

Matthew Rosvanis

College Student

The New Yorker magazine employee

Soldier

Hall Proctor

Pvt. Daniel Fisher

Soldier

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Whit Burnett Jerry Salinger

I regret to inform you that
Holden Caulfield is dead. - Rebel in the Rye

I regret to inform you that Holden Caulfield is dead.

I know you thought he could protect me. - Rebel in the Rye

I know you thought he could protect me.

Or at the very least give
me refuge from my sarcasm. - Rebel in the Rye

Or at the very least give me refuge from my sarcasm.

- You know, the Lusitania
making it to England - Rebel in the Rye

- You know, the Lusitania making it to England

They're all dying to tell their fathers, - Rebel in the Rye

They're all dying to tell their fathers,

Her protectors from morphine addicts - Rebel in the Rye

Her protectors from morphine addicts

(muffled voices) - Rebel in the Rye

(muffled voices)

I'm a writer myself, and his plays - Rebel in the Rye

I'm a writer myself, and his plays

- Excuse me, sir, do you
happen to know the time? - Rebel in the Rye

- Excuse me, sir, do you happen to know the time?

- [Narrator] Through the course - Rebel in the Rye

- [Narrator] Through the course

He had neither the looks,
personality, or good clothes - Rebel in the Rye

He had neither the looks, personality, or good clothes

And as I said before,
to write a really good - Rebel in the Rye

And as I said before, to write a really good

- Yeah, 'cause in the slicks
the teens always sound phony - Rebel in the Rye

- Yeah, 'cause in the slicks the teens always sound pho...

- [Mom] How would you do that? - Rebel in the Rye

- [Mom] How would you do that?

- I want to go back to school,
study creative writing. - Rebel in the Rye

- I want to go back to school, study creative writing.

You get kicked out of
every school I send you to - Rebel in the Rye

You get kicked out of every school I send you to

How do you possibly believe - Rebel in the Rye

How do you possibly believe

- [Sol] Even if he is,
it's impossible to make - Rebel in the Rye

- [Sol] Even if he is, it's impossible to make

I, I just don't want
you to be disappointed - Rebel in the Rye

I, I just don't want you to be disappointed

Meat and cheese distribution - Rebel in the Rye

Meat and cheese distribution

He buys a slaughterhouse and
now he's king of the bacon. - Rebel in the Rye

He buys a slaughterhouse and now he's king of the bacon...

- Jerry is not going to sell cheese, - Rebel in the Rye

- Jerry is not going to sell cheese,

That's what Jerry is going to do, - Rebel in the Rye

That's what Jerry is going to do,

(slow music) - Rebel in the Rye

So in a way this whole mess - Rebel in the Rye

So in a way this whole mess

(bells chiming) - Rebel in the Rye

(bells chiming)

The Bible, the Quran, the Torah, - Rebel in the Rye

The Bible, the Quran, the Torah,

That is the power that a story can hold. - Rebel in the Rye

That is the power that a story can hold.

And in the course of this semester - Rebel in the Rye

And in the course of this semester

- [Narrator] I was always a lousy student, - Rebel in the Rye

- [Narrator] I was always a lousy student,

(class sniggering) - Rebel in the Rye

(class sniggering)

Did you think that this
course was a study in atheism? - Rebel in the Rye

Did you think that this course was a study in atheism?

But I'm hoping there really is a god - Rebel in the Rye

But I'm hoping there really is a god

(class gasping) - Rebel in the Rye

(class gasping)

(class sniggering) - Rebel in the Rye

(class sniggering)

(class laughing) - Rebel in the Rye

(class laughing)

And yet after that Mr. Salinger failed - Rebel in the Rye

And yet after that Mr. Salinger failed

But this is the work we will
all be striving to achieve. - Rebel in the Rye

But this is the work we will all be striving to achieve.

And by the end of this
semester, God willing, - Rebel in the Rye

And by the end of this semester, God willing,

(slow dramatic music) - Rebel in the Rye

(slow dramatic music)

I had hoped against hope that some miracle - Rebel in the Rye

I had hoped against hope that some miracle

I have said many times that I
have seen war and I hate war. - Rebel in the Rye

I have said many times that I have seen war and I hate war.

I hope the United States
will keep out of this war. - Rebel in the Rye

I hope the United States will keep out of this war.

- Oh, I used to go to NYU and I always - Rebel in the Rye

- Oh, I used to go to NYU and I always

- I couldn't think of a
better place to read the work - Rebel in the Rye

- I couldn't think of a better place to read the work

- (laughs) Well you're not the first - Rebel in the Rye

- (laughs) Well you're not the first

You act out at authority figures like me - Rebel in the Rye

You act out at authority figures like me

You also think you're the cleverest boy - Rebel in the Rye

You also think you're the cleverest boy

It's pretty typical stuff, if
you want to know the truth. - Rebel in the Rye

It's pretty typical stuff, if you want to know the trut...

- Well, I wanted to ask about - Rebel in the Rye

- Well, I wanted to ask about

Your voice is what
makes your story unique. - Rebel in the Rye

Your voice is what makes your story unique.

But when that voice overwhelms the story, - Rebel in the Rye

But when that voice overwhelms the story,

But since I'm going to be late - Rebel in the Rye

But since I'm going to be late

(class laughing) - Rebel in the Rye

(class laughing)

And to illustrate this I'm going to - Rebel in the Rye

And to illustrate this I'm going to

The jailer cut her down
and then revived her. - Rebel in the Rye

The jailer cut her down and then revived her.

And after the jailer
saved her, he beat her. - Rebel in the Rye

And after the jailer saved her, he beat her.

All right now, I read this passage - Rebel in the Rye

All right now, I read this passage

Because the events of the
story were compelling, - Rebel in the Rye

Because the events of the story were compelling,

Now of course Faulkner
is famous for his voice - Rebel in the Rye

Now of course Faulkner is famous for his voice

And so therefore even the non-writer - Rebel in the Rye

And so therefore even the non-writer

But in fact it is the events of the story, - Rebel in the Rye

But in fact it is the events of the story,

And then Faulkner uses his voice - Rebel in the Rye

And then Faulkner uses his voice

For our next class I want you all - Rebel in the Rye

For our next class I want you all

Ask yourselves, if I were
to read this in a monotone - Rebel in the Rye

Ask yourselves, if I were to read this in a monotone

Okay, well I'm really not going to do - Rebel in the Rye

Okay, well I'm really not going to do

You can use the rest of the time - Rebel in the Rye

You can use the rest of the time

(class laughing) - Rebel in the Rye

(class laughing)

God knows there's many an author - Rebel in the Rye

God knows there's many an author

(upbeat jazz music) - Rebel in the Rye

(upbeat jazz music)

Truth be told, I never really fitted - Rebel in the Rye

Truth be told, I never really fitted

Uptown I was a Jew,
downtown I was a square. - Rebel in the Rye

Uptown I was a Jew, downtown I was a square.

But on occasion I could fool the girls - Rebel in the Rye

But on occasion I could fool the girls

I actually think I keep on
getting kicked out of school - Rebel in the Rye

I actually think I keep on getting kicked out of school

- 'Cause you need to
give that girl the time. - Rebel in the Rye

- 'Cause you need to give that girl the time.

- So um, what do you do most
of the time on weekends? - Rebel in the Rye

- So um, what do you do most of the time on weekends?

I know that's code for
sowing your wild oats. - Rebel in the Rye

I know that's code for sowing your wild oats.

"I don't think I get your drift." - Rebel in the Rye

"I don't think I get your drift."

- I was actually thinking Story Magazine. - Rebel in the Rye

- I was actually thinking Story Magazine.

- And on behalf of Story - Rebel in the Rye

- And on behalf of Story

But we do look forward to
reading your future submissions. - Rebel in the Rye

But we do look forward to reading your future submissions.

Mr. Salinger, you're about to learn - Rebel in the Rye

Mr. Salinger, you're about to learn

- Well I'm going straight
to the New Yorker, - Rebel in the Rye

- Well I'm going straight to the New Yorker,

We'll get back to you
in four to six weeks. - Rebel in the Rye

We'll get back to you in four to six weeks.

- Well that's a historic day for us all. - Rebel in the Rye

- Well that's a historic day for us all.

(intense mid-tempo music) - Rebel in the Rye

(intense mid-tempo music)

- [Narrator] Perhaps my
dreams of literary triumph - Rebel in the Rye

- [Narrator] Perhaps my dreams of literary triumph

- [Jerry] I don't know
if I'm cut out for this. - Rebel in the Rye

- [Jerry] I don't know if I'm cut out for this.

- Well, let me ask you a question. - Rebel in the Rye

- Well, let me ask you a question.

- Because I, I get angry
about a lot of things. - Rebel in the Rye

- Because I, I get angry about a lot of things.

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The life of celebrated but reclusive author, J.D. Salinger, who gained worldwide fame with the publication of his novel, "The Catcher in the Rye".

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Danny Strong

Writer: Danny Strong, Kenneth Slawenski

Production: Black Label Media

Genre: biography, drama, romance

Year: 2017

MetaScore: 46/100

ImdbRating: 6.7

BoxOffice: $378,294

Released: 15 Sep 2017

Awards: 1 win

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