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Not Like Everyone Else is a american film of genre Drama directed by Tom McLoughlin released in USA on 10 july 2006 with Alia Shawkat
Not Like Everyone Else (2006)
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Add to a movie listNot Like Everyone Else is a 2006 TV movie that aired on Lifetime Television and starred Alia Shawkat, Illeana Douglas and Eric Schweig. It is based on a true story of events that happened to Brandi Blackbear in 1999–2000. This telefilm was shot in Shreveport, Louisiana.
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Shortly after the Columbine High School massacre, Union Intermediate High School (in Tulsa, Oklahoma) was one of many schools around the country increasing security measures to prevent school shootings. Brandi Blackbear wrote horror stories similar to those of Stephen King, dressed in a slightly Gothlike way, and was not afraid to be herself, or to stand up to bullying by popular kids. Her defiance engendered hostility toward her from certain segments of her school's culture. False stories of threats of violence were circulated, and the combination of her writing and authorities' natural hyperawareness following Columbine led to her being suspended. When some of her fellow students later saw her checking out a book on world religions, including Wicca (as research for her stories), they immediately branded her a witch, and eventually accused her of casting a spell that made a teacher sick. Fear of her spread through much of the school, and she was once again suspended.Actors
Alia Shawkat
(Brandi Blackbear)
Illeana Douglas
(Toni Blackbear)
Eric Schweig
(Tim Blackbear)
Gary Grubbs
(John Mack Butler)
Lucas Till
(Kyle Kenney)
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