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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

And when I'm writing I feel
like I'm doing something - Rebel in the Rye

And when I'm writing I feel like I'm doing somethi...

- You see, Jerry, this is what you need - Rebel in the Rye

- You see, Jerry, this is what you need

Explore what it is that makes you angry - Rebel in the Rye

Explore what it is that makes you angry

You may spend the rest of
your life being rejected. - Rebel in the Rye

You may spend the rest of your life being rejected.

And now you have to ask
yourself a question. - Rebel in the Rye

And now you have to ask yourself a question.

Are you willing to devote
your life to telling stories - Rebel in the Rye

Are you willing to devote your life to telling stories

And if the answer to that question is no, - Rebel in the Rye

And if the answer to that question is no,

No, no, no, no, take
your rejections with you. - Rebel in the Rye

No, no, no, no, take your rejections with you.

It's a vacation and you should relax. - Rebel in the Rye

It's a vacation and you should relax.

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

(intense mid-tempo music)

- [Narrator] She had immense
eyes that always seemed - Rebel in the Rye

- [Narrator] She had immense eyes that always seemed

She was with a small boy,
unmistakeably her brother. - Rebel in the Rye

She was with a small boy, unmistakeably her brother.

And it was only when
his sister spoke to him - Rebel in the Rye

And it was only when his sister spoke to him

(voices talking on top of each other) - Rebel in the Rye

(voices talking on top of each other)

Now, put that away and
come with us for a stroll. - Rebel in the Rye

Now, put that away and come with us for a stroll.

- What makes you think you
have anything to say to people? - Rebel in the Rye

- What makes you think you have anything to say to people?

- Oh Jerry, would you
hang back for a minute. - Rebel in the Rye

- Oh Jerry, would you hang back for a minute.

Now that you have made a true
commitment to your craft, - Rebel in the Rye

Now that you have made a true commitment to your craft,

I just had to be sure
you were a real writer - Rebel in the Rye

I just had to be sure you were a real writer

So, this is your first
check as a real writer. - Rebel in the Rye

So, this is your first check as a real writer.

(upbeat jazz music) - Rebel in the Rye

(upbeat jazz music)

He's nothing but a lousy Jew pig seller. - Rebel in the Rye

He's nothing but a lousy Jew pig seller.

The first phony I ever met
was on the clay I was born. - Rebel in the Rye

The first phony I ever met was on the clay I was born.

- The Stork Club advertises - Rebel in the Rye

- The Stork Club advertises

But they only photograph her drinking milk - Rebel in the Rye

But they only photograph her drinking milk

(laughing) - Rebel in the Rye

If you don't mind I'm going to give - Rebel in the Rye

If you don't mind I'm going to give

- Oh, all right. (laughs) - Rebel in the Rye

- Oh, all right. (laughs)

- (laughs) And you're very
handsome, Jerome David Salinger. - Rebel in the Rye

- (laughs) And you're very handsome, Jerome David Salin...

If I want to get into pictures - Rebel in the Rye

If I want to get into pictures

It's a bunch of (mumbles) driving jerks - Rebel in the Rye

It's a bunch of (mumbles) driving jerks

(Oona giggling) - Rebel in the Rye

(Oona giggling)

- I think it's better if you stay here, - Rebel in the Rye

- I think it's better if you stay here,

Have you asked your dad to
put you in any of his plays? - Rebel in the Rye

Have you asked your dad to put you in any of his plays?

- I guess, we don't speak very often. - Rebel in the Rye

- I guess, we don't speak very often.

You know, I haven't seen him - Rebel in the Rye

You know, I haven't seen him

You know, I don't know
why he doesn't love me. - Rebel in the Rye

You know, I don't know why he doesn't love me.

- If I get back to my writing - Rebel in the Rye

- If I get back to my writing

- Um, - Rebel in the Rye

Every time they do something pretty - Rebel in the Rye

Every time they do something pretty

And then you never know
where the hell you are. - Rebel in the Rye

And then you never know where the hell you are.

(ice cracking) - Rebel in the Rye

I know it can be a slog - Rebel in the Rye

I know it can be a slog

- Well, have you thought
about writing something - Rebel in the Rye

- Well, have you thought about writing something

There's no harm in dumbing
it down once in a while. - Rebel in the Rye

There's no harm in dumbing it down once in a while.

- I don't even know what
I should write about. - Rebel in the Rye

- I don't even know what I should write about.

You're not going to do better
work being so stressed. - Rebel in the Rye

You're not going to do better work being so stressed.

(thunder rumbling) - Rebel in the Rye

(thunder rumbling)

- I'm sorry, Jerry, but Oona isn't here. - Rebel in the Rye

- I'm sorry, Jerry, but Oona isn't here.

(thunder rumbling) - Rebel in the Rye

(thunder rumbling)

- [Narrator] Maybe I'm just not capable - Rebel in the Rye

- [Narrator] Maybe I'm just not capable

Maybe I never had it in the first place. - Rebel in the Rye

Maybe I never had it in the first place.

- You should get out of here, kid. - Rebel in the Rye

- You should get out of here, kid.

(door closing) - Rebel in the Rye

"Why don't you go home, kid?" - Rebel in the Rye

"Why don't you go home, kid?"

You're just...
- Go to hell. (mumbles) - Rebel in the Rye

You're just... - Go to hell. (mumbles)

- [Narrator] His teeth
chattering violently, - Rebel in the Rye

- [Narrator] His teeth chattering violently,

The New Yorker read Slight
Rebellion Off Madison, - Rebel in the Rye

The New Yorker read Slight Rebellion Off Madison,

Now they have a couple of notes - Rebel in the Rye

Now they have a couple of notes

They want all their stories - Rebel in the Rye

They want all their stories

- What if I don't want to do the notes? - Rebel in the Rye

- What if I don't want to do the notes?

- Sure, sure, okay,
tell me their problems. - Rebel in the Rye

- Sure, sure, okay, tell me their problems.

- First off, they think Holden's drinking - Rebel in the Rye

- First off, they think Holden's drinking

- Well maybe you can
make a slight adjustment - Rebel in the Rye

- Well maybe you can make a slight adjustment

Also they think it would
be nice if in the end - Rebel in the Rye

Also they think it would be nice if in the end

Okay, I know in every goddam
story in every goddam magazine - Rebel in the Rye

Okay, I know in every goddam story in every goddam magazine

Someone always gets their heart broken - Rebel in the Rye

Someone always gets their heart broken

Sometimes they drink
because they're upset, - Rebel in the Rye

Sometimes they drink because they're upset,

I just want my writing to
be truthful, that's all. - Rebel in the Rye

I just want my writing to be truthful, that's all.

- So what would you like me to tell them? - Rebel in the Rye

- So what would you like me to tell them?

- Tell them I'm very open to notes, - Rebel in the Rye

- Tell them I'm very open to notes,

- Well tell them I won't
make those changes. - Rebel in the Rye

- Well tell them I won't make those changes.

(slow jazz music) - Rebel in the Rye

(slow jazz music)

(upbeat jazz music) - Rebel in the Rye

(upbeat jazz music)

Did they have any notes on the story? - Rebel in the Rye

Did they have any notes on the story?

- Well, between you and me,
things aren't great at Story. - Rebel in the Rye

- Well, between you and me, things aren't great at Stor...

Apparently I'm still
spending too much money. - Rebel in the Rye

Apparently I'm still spending too much money.

- No, no, we'll be all right for now. - Rebel in the Rye

- No, no, we'll be all right for now.

I can spot talent coming a mile away. - Rebel in the Rye

I can spot talent coming a mile away.

Saroyan, Cheever, Caldwell,
I discovered them all. - Rebel in the Rye

Saroyan, Cheever, Caldwell, I discovered them all.

- I not only discovered them, - Rebel in the Rye

- I not only discovered them,

I got an eye - Rebel in the Rye

You should continue to write about Holden, - Rebel in the Rye

You should continue to write about Holden,

- I think Holden Caulfield is a novel. - Rebel in the Rye

- I think Holden Caulfield is a novel.

- You only say that because you're lazy. - Rebel in the Rye

- You only say that because you're lazy.

Holden Caulfield deserves an
entire book all on his own. - Rebel in the Rye

Holden Caulfield deserves an entire book all on his own.

Imagine the book that
you would want to read - Rebel in the Rye

Imagine the book that you would want to read

(thudding) - Rebel in the Rye

- [Announcer] We interrupt this broadcast - Rebel in the Rye

- [Announcer] We interrupt this broadcast

We have witnessed this morning
the attack of Pearl Harbor - Rebel in the Rye

We have witnessed this morning the attack of Pearl Harbor

Rebel in the Rye poster

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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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