• Tuesday, January 20, 2004

• Country:

  USA

• Language:

  English

• Runtime:

  89 min

2004

Goofs

• Continuity: In one scene Melinda and her parents are unwrapping a large box while sitting on the floor. In the next scene, the box is fully wrapped again.
• Miscellaneous: In the gym during the pep rally, you can see the letters in the center of the court, and they clearly show a letters E and A - which don't make sense since they're supposed to be in Merryweather High School.
• Continuity: When Melinda tells Rachael about the rape, she is wearing two orange shirts, and the next day when Rachael confronts Andy, Melinda is seen wearing a different, long sleeved orange shirt. However, when Melinda talks to her father on the front porch she is back in the two orange shirts again.
• Continuity: The mashed potatoes thrown on Melinda's shirt changes between shots. When we first see it, the spot is large and the next time we see it, it's smaller and more flat.
• Continuity: At the party, when Rachel slaps Melinda after learning that Melinda called the cops, Rachel's hair is straight. However, when Rachel gets into the car with her friends that are trying to escape, her hair is curly.

Taglines

• The Truth Will Change Everything.

Trivias

• Cameo: ['Annie Young (II)'] Medical student who Melinda follows off of the bus.
• The rape scene was originally supposed to take place in the woods. However, shortly before filming, Kristen Stewart discovered she had an allergy to the grass that caused her to rash, so the scene was moved to a car. When she's walking home from the party, there are leaves on her back because that scene was filmed before she learned of the allergy.
• Filming was temporarily cut short at the school where certain scenes were shot because of flooding during an especially heavy summer rain.
• A downpour during the filming of some outdoor party scenes required the on-the-spot alteration of a few key sequences, including the replacement of some underage extras by miscellaneous crew members. Also, the indoor scene in which Andy Evans Eric Lively towels Melinda's (Kristen Stewart's) hair dry was a last minute improvisation due to the unexpected rain.
• Cameo: [Laurie Halse Anderson] the novel's author appears as the cafeteria worker spooning out mashed potatoes on the first day of school.

Awards

1. Audience Award
   Event: Woodstock Film Festival
   Result: Won
   Category: Best Narrative Feature
   Recipient(s): Jessica Sharzer
2. DGA Award
   Event: Directors Guild of America, USA
   Result: Nominated
   Category: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs
   Recipient(s): Jessica Sharzer
3. WGA Award (TV)
   Event: Writers Guild of America, USA
   Result: Nominated
   Category: Children's Script - Long Form
   Recipient(s): Jessica Sharzer