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Paper Towns
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Paper Towns is a 2015 American romance, mystery, and comedy drama film directed by Jake Schreier. The screenplay was written by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, based on the work by John Green, who also served as an executive producer. The cast includes Nat Wolff, Cara Delevingne, Halston Sage, and Cara Buono. John Debney composed the score for the English-language production, which was filmed in North Carolina.
The film was produced by 20th Century Studios, Fox 2000 Pictures, and Temple Hill Entertainment. It was distributed by 20th Century Studios and Netflix in video on demand format. The narrative is set in Orlando and Agloe, Pennsylvania. With a runtime of 109 minutes, the film received a PG-13 rating.
Review scores include a 6.2 rating on IMDb based on 111,801 votes, a 58% score on Rotten Tomatoes, and a 56/100 Metacritic score. The film had a budget of 12,000,000 and generated 85,500,000 in revenue. It has received 4 wins and 3 nominations.
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6.2Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life dressed like a ninja and summoning him for an ingenious campaign of revenge, he follows. After their all-nighter ends and a new day breaks, Quentin arrives at school to discover that Margo, always an enigma, has now become a mystery. But Quentin soon learns that there are clues, and they're for him. Urged down a disconnected path, the closer Quentin gets, the less he sees of the girl he thought he knew.
Cast
- Nat Wolff as Quentin
- Cara Delevingne as Margo
- Austin Abrams as Ben
- Justice Smith as Radar
- Halston Sage as Lacey
- Jaz Sinclair as Angela
Themes
- high school
- florida
- friendship
- based on novel or book
- affectation
- classmate
- candid
- orlando florida
- philosophical
- based on young adult novel
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Ratings
IMDb
6.2/10
110,882 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
58%
Metacritic
56/100
- Year
- 2015
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 4 wins & 3 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Jake Schreier
- Screenplay by
- Scott Neustadter Michael H. Weber
- Based on
- Paper Towns , by John Green
- Produced by
- Wyck Godfrey Marty Bowen
- Starring
- Nat Wolff Cara Delevingne Halston Sage Justice Smith Austin Abrams
- Cinematography
- David Lanzenberg
- Edited by
- Jacob Craycroft Jennifer Lame
- Music by
- Ryan Lott
- Production companies
- Fox 2000 Pictures Temple Hill Entertainment
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox
- Release date
- July 24, 2015 ( 2015-07-24 )
- Running time
- 109 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $12 million
- Box office
- $85.5 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Paper Towns is a 2015 American teen comedy drama film directed by Jake Schreier from a screenplay by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, based on the 2008 novel of the same name by John Green. The film stars Nat Wolff and Cara Delevingne, with Halston Sage, Austin Abrams, and Justice Smith in supporting roles. The story follows the search by Quentin "Q" Jacobsen (Wolff) for Margo Roth Spiegelman (Delevingne), his childhood friend and object of affection. In the process, Quentin explores the relationship with his friends, including his compatibility with Margo.
Paper Towns was released in the United States on July 24, 2015, by 20th Century Fox. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed over $85 million worldwide against a production budget of $12 million. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 20, 2015, and grossed over $9 million in total domestic video sales.
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