The New Guy is a 2002 American teen comedy directed by Ed Decter. The film tells the story of high school loser Dizzy Gillespie Harrison. Dizzy is an unpopular, high school band geek going through a hellish senior year. In an attempt to make a new identity for himself, Dizzy gets himself expelled from his high school, learns how to be cool from a prison inmate, and enrolls at a new high school under the alias Gil Harris. He is quick to make new friends and soon gains respect from jocks and geeks alike, uniting a once divided school and greatly improving its football team. Eventually, Gil has... to face his demons from his old school when they face each other in a football game. The movie begins with a prison inmate, Luther , speaking directly to the camera to an unseen individual, telling the story of Dizzy Gillespie Harrison , an 18-year-old high school senior and nerd. Dizzy is friends with Nora , Kirk and Glen , who together started a funk rock band and are addicted to video games. They attend Rocky Creek High School, where Dizzy is picked on by basically everyone, but especially star football player Barclay.
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| Release date: | May 10, 2002 |
| Directed by: | Ed Decter |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 89 Minutes |
| Producer: | Greg Silverman, Todd Garner, John J. Strauss |
| Editor: | David Rennie |
| Cinematography: | Michael D. O'Shea |
| Screenplay by: | David Kendall |
| Estimated budget: | $13,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |