He's not your ordinary superhero.
A lonely metermaid has a psychotic reaction to his medication and becomes convinced he's a superhero. A very select group of people in life are truly gifted. Special is a movie about everyone else.
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Character
Contemporary, spare, classical in form and intimate.
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
- rawmeticulous
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“Does the smallness hold it back?”
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“Is the roughness the point?”
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“Is Michael Rapaport the best thing in Special?”
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Cast
- Michael RapaportLes Franken
- Paul BlackthorneJonas Exiler
- Josh PeckJoey
- Robert BakerEverett
- Jack KehlerDr. Dobson
- Alexandra HoldenMaggie
- Ian BohenTed Exiler
- Christopher DargaSteve
- Michael Shamus WilesCop
- Erich AndersonNewscaster
Crew
- Hal HabermanDirector
- Jeremy PassmoreDirector
- Hal HabermanScreenplay
- Jeremy PassmoreScreenplay
- Tom WolfeOriginal Music Composer
- Manish RavalOriginal Music Composer
- Mike SaenzEditor
- Edward ParksProducer
- Frank MeleProducer
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Pairings
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