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Mtv Films Present: Better Luck Tomorrow (widescreen) (special Edition) - Dvd - Karin Anna Cheung,jerry Mathers,parry Shen,jason Tobin,kang Sung,roger Fan,john Cho,justin Lin - Fighting The System,kids In Trouble,drug Trade,high School Life,innocence Lost,faltering Friendships
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A group of unlikely high school students take up crime as an extracurricular activity in this independent drama. Ben (Parry Shen) is a 16-year-old high school student who is the living embodiment of the stereotypical Asian overachiever. Ben obsessively studies even though he gets straight A's, takes part in a dizzying variety of school activities and community volunteer work, which he thinks will look good on his resume to colleges, and is even a member of the basketball team, even though he spends...
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Flags: Adult Humor, Adult Situations, Profanity, Sexual Situations, Substance Abuse (Alcohol, Drugs), Violence
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Format: DVD: Value Line Widescreen, Better Luck Tomorrow
BETTER LUCK TOMORROW the first feature film from director and screenwriter Justin Lin is a dark comedy about Asian-American high school students in suburban Los Angeles. High school student Ben Manibag Parry Shen is an overachiever. The polite 16-year-old does well in class studies diligently for the SATs works in a fast food restaurant and is involved with extracurricular activities that will enhance his college applications. Essentially he is an ideal Ivy League candidate. But when he is befriended by senior Daric Loo Roger Fan--class valedictorian and captain of the academic decathlon team--his life changes. Bit by bit Ben his best friend Virgil Jason Tobin and Virgil's cousin Han Sung Kang are drawn from their boring suburban high school life to Daric's increasingly risky propositions and into a world of petty crime drugs and sex. Eventually the foursome's activities begin to spin out of control culminating in shocking events that none of them could anticipate.
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MTV Films Present: Better Luck Tomorrow Parry Shen / R / 2002 Used Price
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Never underestimate an over achiever. To his classmates and teachers, high-schooler Ben Manibag (Perry Shen) appears to be the "model" student: a perfectionist and overachiever, destined for nothing less than graduating at the top of his class and then attending a prestigious college. But underneath this persona is a darker side -- Ben and his bored high-school buddies lead double lives, flying high in a world of petty crime and material excess in order to ease the pressures of being perfect. It...
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A group of seemingly "perfect" high school buddies lead double lives, flying high in a world of petty crime and material excess. A free wheeling lifestyle that soon takes a downward spiral, leading to an unexpected, violent end.
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BETTER LUCK TOMORROW, the first feature film from director and screenwriter Justin Lin, is a dark comedy about Asian-American high school students in suburban Los Angeles. High school student Ben Manibag (Parry Shen) is an overachiever. The polite 16-year-old does well in class, studies diligently for the SATs, works in a fast food restaurant, and is involved with extracurricular activities that will enhance his college applications. Essentially, he is an ideal Ivy League candidate. But when he is...
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BETTER LUCK TOMORROW, the first feature film from director and screenwriter Justin Lin, is a dark comedy about Asian-American high school students in suburban Los Angeles. High school student Ben Manibag (Parry Shen) is an overachiever. The polite 16-year-old does well in class, studies diligently for the SATs, works in a fast food restaurant, and is involved with extracurricular activities that will enhance his college applications. Essentially, he is an ideal Ivy League candidate. But when he is...
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Description A group of unlikely high school students take up crime as an extracurricular activity in this independent drama. Ben (Parry Shen) is a 16-year-old high school student who is the living embodiment of the stereotypical Asian overachiever. Ben obsessively studies even though he gets straight A's, takes part in a dizzying variety of school activities and community volunteer work, which he thinks will look good on his resume to colleges, and is even a member of the basketball team, even though...
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A group of over-achieving Asian-American high school seniors engage in some extra curricular crime. Genre: Feature Film-Drama Rating: R Release Date: 1-MAR-2004 Media Type: DVD
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Never underestimate an over achiever. To his classmates and teachers, high-schooler Ben Manibag (Perry Shen) appears to be the "model" student: a perfectionist and overachiever, destined for nothing less than graduating at the top of his class and then attending a prestigious college. But underneath this persona is a darker side -- Ben and his bored high-school buddies lead double lives, flying high in a world of petty crime and material excess in order to ease the pressures of being perfect. It's a free-wheeling lifestyle that soon takes a downward spiral, leading to an unexpected end.
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Stars: Parry Shen, Jason J. Tobin, Sung Kang, Roger Fan, John Cho, Karin Anna Cheung, Jerry Mathers, Aaron Takahashi
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MTV Films Present: Better Luck Tomorrow
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Description: BETTER LUCK TOMORROW, the first feature film from director and screenwriter Justin Lin, is a dark comedy about Asian-American high school students in suburban Los Angeles. High school student Ben Manibag (Parry Shen) is an overachiever. The polite 16-year-old does well in class, studies diligently for the SATs, works in a fast food restaurant, and is involved with extracurricular activities that will enhance his college applications. Essentially, he is an ideal Ivy League candidate....
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It??s a sunny day in suburbia. Aren??t they all? Ben Manibag (Parry Shen) is a high-school junior determined to ramp up his grades, extracurricular stats and test scores so that every prestigious college will want him. He and his best friend Virgil (Jason Tobin) are kicking it in the backyard, catching some rays, when a cell phone goes off: not Ben??s, not Virgil??s. The sound emanates loudly from under the grass. They dig frantically until they find it, beeping in the dirt, clutched in the hand...
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Better Luck Tomorrow 27 x 40 Movie Poster - Style A
Better Luck Tomorrow 27 x 40 Movie Poster - Style A
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A group of seemingly "perfect" high school buddies lead double lives, flying high in a world of petty crime and material excess. A free wheeling lifestyle that soon takes a downward spiral, leading to an unexpected, violent end.
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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 07/14/2009 Rating: R
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