
The United States of Leland
- Ryan as:
Leland P. Fitzgerald - Directed by:
Matthew Ryan Hoge - Produced by:
Kevin Spacey, Bernie Morris, Palmer West , Jonah Smith - Written by:
Matthew Ryan Hoge - Other cast:
Don Cheadle, Chris Klein, Jena Malone - Genre:
Drama - Release Date:
January 18, 2003 - Runtime:
1 hour 48 minutes
Storyline
After seemingly ordinary 15-year-old Leland stuns his quiet suburban community with a chilling crime, he is sent to juvenile hall where he meets Pearl, a teacher and aspiring writer who dreams of making Leland’s compelling story into a book. As Pearl digs deeper into Leland’s life and the people caught up in it – his mother, his famous writer-father, and his troubled girlfriend – he uncovers Leland’s disturbing motive. The tables soon turn when the enigmatic teen forces Pearl to examine his own morally questionable behaviour. Climaxing with a shocking collision of violence, understanding, and hope, Leland will take you to states you never imagined.