Product Information
A period comedy set in the 1980s, Jonathan Glatzer's What Goes Up tells the poignant story of a morally challenged New York reporter who connects with a group of high school outcasts while in New Hampshire covering the story of Christa McAuliffe, the first civilian astronaut. Arriving in McAullife's hometown, reporter Campbell Babbitt (Steve Coogan) is distraught to learn that an old college friend has recently committed suicide. Meanwhile, as Babbitt attempts to craft an unsung hero story about his old friend by gravitating toward the teacher's misfit students, local teacher (Molly Shannon) scrambles to cover up a looming scandal. When Babbitt discovers that the motley crew of teens is comprised of a self-absorbed seductress (Hilary Duff), a timid voyeur (Josh Peck), and a manipulative pregnant teen (Olivia Thirlby), he becomes obsessed with our need to create heroes where none exist. Over time, the roles are reversed and Babbitt learns that the traits he is currently projecting onto his fallen friend's students may in fact be traits possessed by he and other adults. Increasingly at ease around the students as he relates to them on their own terms, Babbitt gradually begins to form a fixation on the very student rumored to have had an affair with his deceased friend.Product Identifiers
ProducerJonathan Glatzer, Jack Nasser
EAN5060020701528
eBay Product ID (ePID)114715495
Product Key Features
ActorHilary Duff, Josh Peck, Molly Price, Olivia Thirlby, Molly Shannon, Steve Coogan
Film/TV TitleWhat Goes Up
DirectorJonathan Glatzer
Release Year2012
GenreDrama, Comedy
Run Time111 Mins
Additional Product Features
Certificate15
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Number of Discs1
ScreenwriterJonathan Glatzer
Sound sourceDolby Digital
EditorJonathan Glatzer
Movie/TV TitleWhat Goes Up