New Port South is a 2001 drama film. The film is set in the fictional town of New Port, near Chicago. It stars Will Estes, Todd Field, and Blake Shields, was written by James Hughes and directed by Kyle Cooper. The soundtrack is by Telefon Tel Aviv. James Hughes is the son of John Hughes, who produced the movie . Will Maddox has a theory about students not liking the idea of school and authority and thinking that it is a prison. He tests this theory and examines the boundaries of authority and his friendships. A few years before, a student, John Stanton was committed to an insane asylum,... reasons unknown to most everybody except the principal. One day he escapes, releasing everyone else from the asylums around. Maddox sees this defiance which is the start of his anarchy. Maddox wants to "help him" and understand him more so they start a correspondence and Stanton tells him what to do and how to do them. This is includes the erasing of student grades, posting posters/fliers, locking part of the student body in a room among other things.
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| Release date: | 2001 |
| Directed by: | Kyle Cooper |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 95 Minutes |
| Producer: | John Hughes |
| Cinematography: | Juan Ruiz Anchia |