Overview
Genre: Drama
Language: English
Country of Origin: USA
Format: 35 mm
Production Status: Completed
Running Time: 89 minutes
Year of Production: 2000
Synopsis
George only wanted greatness. He didn’t get it.
Set in a small town in North Carolina, George Washington is the story of a tight-knit multiracial group of working-class kids caught in a tragic lie. After a 12-year-old girl breaks up with her boyfriend for a sensitive, deeply introspective 13-year-old boy named George, a bizarre series of events and an innocent cover-up launches their insular group on individual quests for redemption.
Cast + Crew
Screenplay: David Gordon Green
Director: David Gordon Green
Producer: David Gordon Green, Sacha W. Mueller, Lisa Muskat
Cast: Candace Evanofski, Donald Holden, Arly Jover, Damian Jewan Lee
Director of Photography: Tim Orr
Production Designer: Richard Wright
Score: Michael Linnen, David Wingo
Editor: Zene Baker, Steven Gonzales
Distributors
US Distributor: Cowboy Booking International and Criterion Collection (DVD)
Festivals
Toronto Film Festival, Canada, 2000: David Gordon Green won Discovery Award
Atlanta Film Festival, USA, 2000: David Gordon Green won the South-eastern Media Award
New York Film Critics Circle Awards, USA, 2000: David Gordon Green Won best first film
Hawaii Film Festival, USA, 2000: David Gordon Green nominated for best feature film
Newport International Film Festival USA, 2000: Candace Evanofski, Donald Holden, Curtis Cotton III, Eddie Rouse and Rachel Handy won best Actor Award for their ensemble performance, David Gordon Green won Best Director Award and Best Dramatic Film Jury Award
Stockholm Film Festival, Sweden, 2000: Tim Orr won Best Cinematography
Torino International Festival of Young Cinema, Italy, 2000: David Gordon Green won CinemAvvenire Best Feature Film Award.
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Award, 2000, USA: David Gorgon Green nominated for best male newcomer
Independent Spirit Award, 2001, USA: nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Debut Performance, Best Feature and Best first screenplay
Mar del Plata Film Festival, 2001, Argentina: film screening
Film credits are not contractual
