Eighth Grade (2018)
Eighth Grade (2018)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Currently Eighth Grade is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video, YouTube, Microsoft Store, Fandango At Home
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Cast & Crew.
Elsie Fisher
Kayla Day
Josh Hamilton
Mark Day
Emily Robinson
Olivia
Jake Ryan
Gabe
Daniel Zolghadri
Riley
Fred Hechinger
Trevor
Imani Lewis
Aniyah
Luke Prael
Aiden
Catherine Oliviere
Kennedy
Nora Mullins
Steph
Gerald Jones
Tyler
Missy Yager
Mrs. Graves
Shacha Temirov
Mason
Greg Crowe
Mr. McDaniel
Thomas J O'Reilly
Edmund
Frank Deal
Officer Todd
J. Tucker Smith
Mr. Graves
Tiffany Grossfeld
Babs
Trinity Goscinsky-Lynch
Dylan
Natalie Carter
Mrs. Roach
Kevin R. Free
Mr. Denkert
Keith Maurice Davis
High School Boy
Deborah Unger
Mrs. Nolan
William Alexander Wunsch
Brave Boy
Marguerite Stimpson
Puberty Video Instructor
Tristan Wheeler
Andrew Fields
Kylie Seaman
Kristen S.
Dylan Vonderhorst
Dawn Ringlehein
Luke Mulligan
Jed Goodwin
Louisa Rose Guarasci
Jackie S.
Brenna Parker
Missy Bytel
William Koo
Garrett
Andrew Geher
Crazy Dancing Boy
Faith Kelly
Student
Jalesia Martinez
High School Student
Blair Seaman
High School Student
Phoebe Amirault
Middle School Student
Veronica Bikowicz
Middle School Student
Castor Feinberg
Middle School Student
Molly Forman
Middle school student
Vivek Nickolas Mathews
Middle School Student
Olivia Galligan
Middle School Student
Kendall Seaman
Middle School Student
Nina Victoria Mathews
Middle School Student
Kaileen Quinones
Middle School Student
V. Rocco Russell
Middle School Student
Heidi Pakdel
Makeup Department Head
Mitchell Travers
Costume Design
Grace McNay Graham
Key Costumer
Hassan Boone
Costumer
Rob Koch
First Assistant 'B' Camera
Chris Wiesehahn
Best Boy Grip
Jessica Padilla
Makeup Artist
Bernadette Pino
Art Department Coordinator
Diana Sikes
Hair Department Head
Stephenie Mohamed
Production Secretary
Gary Malouf
'A' Camera Operator
Ted Goodwin
Best Boy Electric
Jack Lewars
Colorist / Digital Intermediate Colorist
John Carbonara
Music Editor
Graham Burt
First Assistant 'B' Camera
Skip Lievsay
Supervising Sound Editor / Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Joe Facey
Craft Service
Patricia Grande
Key Hair Stylist
Anna Tringali
Costume Supervisor
Jessie Ng
Production Coordinator
Patrick Sokley
First Assistant 'A' Camera
Lee Salevan
Assistant Sound Editor
Nathan Whiteside
First Assistant Editor
Fiona Tyson
Key Makeup Artist
Suzana Peric
Music Editor
Bill Saxelby
Camera Operator
Sean P. Gilbert
Underwater Camera
Isabel Henderson
Post Production Supervisor
Edward Drohan IV
Special Effects Coordinator
Eli Bush
Producer
Bo Burnham
Screenplay / Director
Lila Yacoub
Producer
Scott Rudin
Producer
Christopher Storer
Producer
Sam Lisenco
Production Design
Anna Meredith
Original Music Composer
Jennifer Lilly
Editor
Linda Källérus
Still Photographer
Matt McLarty
Sound Mixer
Pete Olshansky
Production Manager
Betsy Fippinger
Casting Associate
Tatiana Forster
Assistant Location Manager
Allison Jones
Casting
Vic Coram
Second Assistant Director
Elizabeth Krekel
Location Manager
Joshua Davy
Production Assistant
Abraham Friedman
Production Assistant
Tom Ishizuka
Associate Producer
William J. Hopper
Graphic Designer
Lawrence Zipf
Sound Effects Editor / Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Jamin O'Brien
Executive Producer
Sam Evoy
Script Supervisor
Jay Fisher
ADR Mixer
Paul Goodstein
Key Grip
Timothy Donovan
First Assistant Editor
Emily Buntyn
Casting Assistant
Dann Fink
ADR Voice Casting
Rob L. Hubbard
Boom Operator
Sarah Guenther
Second Assistant 'A' Camera
Evelyn Fogleman
Second Second Assistant Director
Daniel Fisher
Property Master
Edward Cohen
Gaffer
Brian Gackowski
Extras Casting Assistant
Josh Olive
Colorist
Meredith Tucker
Casting
Greg DeCellio
Boom Operator
Paul Stula
Sound Mixer
Reynaldy Andre
Grip
Mark DeSimone
ADR Mixer
Michael Feuser
Dialogue Editor
Dan Taggatz
First Assistant Director
Tammy Douglas
Sound Mixer
Matthew Haasch
Foley Editor
Andrew Rice
ADR Mixer
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 19, 2018
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 34m
Budget$2,000,000
Box Office$13,539,709
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
Eighth Grade is a 2018 American independent coming-of-age comedy-drama film written and directed by Bo Burnham in his feature-length directorial debut. It stars Elsie Fisher as Kayla, a teenager attending middle school who struggles with anxiety but strives to gain social acceptance from her peers during their final week of eighth grade. She copes by publishing vlogs as a self-styled motivational guru but spends much of her time obsessing over social media, frustrating her otherwise supportive father Mark (Josh Hamilton), whom she alienates despite his wish to be present in her life as her sole parent.
Burnham began writing the screenplay in 2014, initially in an attempt to reflect on his own anxiety and onstage panic attacks he experienced during his career in stand-up comedy. Deciding to convey his experience through Kayla, he also wanted to explore how her generation copes with mental illness, grows up with the presence of social media, navigates sexuality and consent, relates to their parents and develops their sense of self. Burnham aimed for realism, casting actual eighth graders—including Fisher—who informed his script and directing. For research, he watched vlogs from teenagers on YouTube, where he also discovered Fisher. On a budget of $2 million, production took place in 2017 in Suffern, New York.
Eighth Grade premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 19, 2018. It was given wide theatrical release in the United States by A24 on July 13, 2018. Instead of appealing the Motion Picture Association of America's R (Restricted) rating of the film, A24 and Burnham arranged free all-ages theatrical screenings in every U.S. state to let their intended audience see it.
Upon release, the film was a critical and commercial success, grossing $13.5 million domestically. The filmmakers won many awards and nominations, with Burnham winning both Writers Guild and Directors Guild of America Awards, and Fisher nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actress and winning the Gotham Award for Breakthrough Actor. At year's end, the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute each chose Eighth Grade as one of the 10 best films of 2018, with the former also naming it the year's best directorial debut.