Art School Confidential is a 2006 comedy-drama film directed by Terry Zwigoff, loosely based on the comic of the same name by Daniel Clowes. The film is Zwigoff's second collaboration with Clowes, the first being 2001's Ghost World . The cast includes Max Minghella, Sophia Myles, John Malkovich, Jim Broadbent, Michael Lerner and Anjelica Huston. The movie was partially filmed at the Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. Otis Foundation Professor Gary Garaths worked as a consultant on the film. The movie has since received mixed reviews, with 37 percent out of 100 on the... review-aggregate site Rotten Tomatoes, and 54/100 on Metacritic. Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, young Jerome pursues his true obsession to art school. Jerome enrolls in Strathmore, an urban college. His roommates include aspiring film maker, Vince , and closeted-gay fashion major Matthew . Jerome looks for love amongst the coeds, but is turned off by them all, before falling in love with the art model, Audrey .
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| Release date: | 2006 |
| Directed by: | Terry Zwigoff |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 102 Minutes |
| Producer: | John Malkovich, Lianne Halfon, Russell Smith |
| Editor: | Robert Hoffman |
| Music by: | David Kitay |
| Cinematography: | Jamie Anderson |
| Screenplay by: | Daniel Clowes |
| Estimated budget: | $5,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | Art School Confidential |
| Genre: | Comedy |