Movie
Fat Kid Rules The World
Overview
A dropout comes to the aid of a chubby and suicidal high-school kid by recruiting him as the drummer for his upstart punk-rock band.
Details
- Release date
- 2012-10-05
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Whitewater Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jacob Wysocki as Troy
- Lili Simmons as Isabel
- Matt O'Leary as Marcus
- Billy Campbell as Mr. Billings
- Vivan Dugré as Waitress
- Brian Sutherland as Dino
- Dylan Arnold as Dayle
- Julian Gavilanes as Matt
- Jeffrey Doornbos as Mr. Sherman
- Russell Hodgkinson as Marcus' Stepfather
- Tyler Trerise as Manoj
- Ian Lesage as Reedy
Crew
- Matthew Lillard - Director
- Michael M.B. Galvin - Writer
- Peter Speakman - Writer
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