Short Term 12
Support them. Take care of them. But don't become their friend.
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Budget
$1 000 000
Box office
$1 645 164
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Scenario
Producer
Joshua Astrachan, Asher Goldstein, Ron Najor, Maren Olson, Frederick W. Green, Douglas R. Stone, David Kaplan
Camera operator
Brett Pawlak
Composer
Joel P. West
Artist
Rachel Myers
Audition
Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee, Rich Delia
Editing
Nat Sanders
Whole Team (21)
Whole Team (21)
Short description
Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior begins eroding.
What's left behind the scenes
- Brie Larson and John Gallagher Jr. were cast after auditions held via Skype.
- Almost all of the actors were cast through an open casting call. The only one who reprised his role from the 2008 short film "Short Term 12" was Lakeith Stanfield. He had already left acting and didn't even have a cell phone, so director Destin Daniel Cretton had to go to great lengths to find him.
- Brie Larson and John Gallagher Jr. landed their roles after auditions conducted via Skype.
- To convince director Destin Cretton to cast her, Brie Larson told him that she had joined volunteers working with disadvantaged children after reading the script to research the role. Cretton was impressed and cast her. It was only later that it became known that Larson had been rejected by every organization she approached.
- Nat Sanders was the film's editor. Both the original version and the director's cut ran for over two hours, while the director insisted the film be under 100 minutes. Ultimately, the film was cut down to 96 minutes.
- To convince director Destin Cretton to cast her, Brie Larson told him that after reading the script, she had joined volunteers working with underprivileged children to research the role. Cretton was impressed and cast her. It only became known some time later that Larson had been rejected by every organization she had contacted.
- The film was edited by Nat Sanders. Both the original version and the shorter director's cut ran over two hours, while the director insisted that the film needed to be under 100 minutes. In the end, the film was cut down to 96 minutes.
- Almost all the performers were recruited through casting calls; the only person to reprise their role from the short film 'Short Term 12' (2008) was Lakeith Stanfield. He had already left the acting profession and didn't even have a cell phone, so director Destin Daniel Cretton had to work hard to find him.
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