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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...
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...
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...
...usual clichés and plot developments that we’d expect from Hollywood’s high school romance/coming of age genre (think of it as the anti-Ferris Bueller). Unfortunately, in its ambitious attempt to be many things to many people, “Rocket Science?? is weighed down by a cringe-inducing narrative voiceover that adds cheese to an otherwise refined performance by the cast, and a bloated resolution that leaves us feeling slightly unsatisfied...
...Medical School’s new curriculum, which was drafted under Martin. Flier also said that he will make many decisions on the Allston expansion and the future of biological research, and that he would like to “accelerate the integration of fundamental science and social science?? with medicine...