Word: blitz
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...Blitz acknowledges that the premise of “Rocket Science” was inspired from his own background. Like the main protagonist Hal Hefner, Blitz struggled with stuttering growing up and joined the debate team in high school. However, he says that he drew most from his own memories from the “emotional reality” of stuttering, rather than any specific autobiographical details...
...developing the distinctively playful-yet-disturbing sound for “Rocket Science,” Blitz says he elicited the services of musician Eef Barzelay. He listened to the songs of the New Jersey musician while writing, and “I felt that the spirit of the music seeped into the script,” he says...
With two films under his belt, Blitz jumps right back into filming after the “Rocket Science” promo tour. After wrapping up production on another documentary about jackpot winners and the lottery, he plans to return to directing episodes of the Emmy-winning NBC comedy “The Office...
Still flush from the success of his critically acclaimed documentary “Spellbound,” writer and director Jeffrey Blitz turns from the spelling bee to high school debate in the quirky and dark drama-comedy “Rocket Science...
...lead, Thompson does a credible job as this troubled character, who must deal with an apathetic world that defies Hal’s every attempt to gain some control over his life. Hal’s faltering speech comes across as genuine, although some credit should go to Blitz, who was had a stuttering problem himself in childhood...