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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...
...nominated documentary “Spellbound,” the gripping tale of eight spelling whiz kids as they make their way to the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Since that critically acclaimed debut, Blitz has worked on a new project—the narrative fiction film “Rocket Science,” opening nationwide...
...described his most recent experience as one radically different from “Spellbound.” In contrast with the Picturehouse and HBO Films-produced “Rocket Science,” his first movie involved a very small production team with producer Sean Welch and was largely financed using credit cards...
Also unlike “Spellbound,” Blitz says that “Rocket Science” is not a film about winning, or even competition. Instead, he says that his new film “uses the backdrop of debate to give you a window into the life of this kid, but you know in the end, ‘Rocket Science’ isn’t hanging its hat on the competition...