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56-745: The film premiered on January 21, 2013 at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and was screened in competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival . The film was released November 15, 2013 in the United States was released on October 31, 2014 in the United Kingdom. Chicago native Charlie Countryman is greeted in a hospital by his deceased mother after she is taken off life support . She requests him to go to Bucharest, Romania , and he complies despite his initial reservations. During his flight he bonds with Victor,

112-523: A Daytime Emmy Award for hosting the Netflix travel show Down to Earth with Zac Efron (2020–2022). Zachary David Alexander Efron was born on October 18, 1987, and grew up in Arroyo Grande, California . His father, David Efron, is an electrical engineer at Diablo Canyon Power Plant , and his mother, Starla Baskett, is an administrative assistant who also works at Diablo Canyon. Efron has

168-464: A Romanian man who is returning home after attending a Chicago Cubs game. Hours later, Victor dies in his sleep; his spirit asks Charlie to deliver a gift and final message to his daughter, Gabi. At the airport, Charlie meets Gabi and is immediately smitten by her. He consoles her before they part ways, only to cross paths again in the city when Charlie is traveling by taxi and sees her in her parked car, distressed. After he offers to help her catch up to

224-616: A drug-addled libertine in the Harmony Korine film The Beach Bum . He also starred as serial killer Ted Bundy in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile . The film premiered at Sundance in early 2019 and was released by Netflix on May 3. In 2020, Efron voiced Fred Jones in Warner Bros.' Scooby-Doo animated film, Scoob! In 2021, he won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Daytime Program Host for

280-493: A fall at home. He revealed in 2022 that he almost died during this incident, and that it was responsible for his facial swelling, apparent in a viral 2021 video for Bill Nye 's Earth Day Musical. In December 2019, Efron contracted a serious and potentially life-threatening illness, a "form of typhoid or similar bacterial infection ", while filming his adventure series Killing Zac Efron in Papua New Guinea . He

336-469: A girl from the scholastic decathlon team. The film became a major success and helped Efron gain recognition among teenage audiences. The film's soundtrack was certified quadruple platinum by the RIAA , and was one of the best-selling albums of the year in the United States. However, Efron's recordings of the film's songs were not included in the final cut, and the majority of his parts were sung by Drew Seeley ;

392-588: A long period to prepare for his role in Baywatch . In August 2024, Efron was rushed to hospital after being found unconscious in a swimming pool in Ibiza. According to TMZ, he was discovered by two villa employees who pulled him out of the water. The hospitalization was described as a "precautionary measure" and the incident as "minor". Efron aspirated a significant amount of water into his lungs and had x-rays taken to ensure his lungs were clear before being discharged

448-725: A major commercial and critical success upon its release in July 2007. Later that year, he reprised his role of Troy Bolton in High School Musical 2 (2007), which aired on the Disney Channel in August 2007. Efron again reprised his role in High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008), the first film in the High School Musical franchise to receive a theatrical release. The film became a major blockbuster at

504-465: A memorial is being held for Victor. Charlie and Gabi share the kiss she promised him, and he tells her he met Darko. Nigel barges in and threatens Charlie, but Gabi forces him to leave at gunpoint. Once they are alone, she explains to Charlie how she met Nigel, realizing he was a violent criminal after they married, and that her father forced Nigel to leave Bucharest with the threat of an incriminating videotape that Darko wants to obtain. Charlie confesses he

560-532: A moderate commercial success despite receiving mostly negative reviews from critics. Later in 2014, Efron was seen in the adult comedy Neighbors (2014). The film revolved around a young couple who struggle to raise their baby daughter while living next to the house of a wild fraternity led by its president, played by Efron. The film became a major commercial success and earned mostly positive reviews from critics, who also added that he had successfully shed his "Disney pretty boy" image. Efron's only release in 2015

616-466: A movie zigzags drunkenly between action-adventure and surreal comedy with some magical realism slopped over it like ketchup." Robert Abele of the Los Angeles Times wrote, "Pulpy dross of surpassing dumbness, Charlie Countryman takes the blender approach to mixing dark adventure, doofus comedy and pie-eyed romance, but forgets to put the lid on when pulsed." Damon Wise of Empire gave

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672-592: A positive review, stating "Bond's use of music is excellent and his vision of eastern Europe both hellish and magical." 2013 Sundance Film Festival The 2013 Sundance Film Festival took place from January 17, 2013, until January 27, 2013, in Park City, Utah , United States , with screenings in Salt Lake City, Utah , Ogden, Utah , and Sundance , Utah . The festival had 1,830 volunteers. A record 12,146 films were submitted, 429 more films than

728-516: A post made from their official Twitter account. Some YouTube users accused the platform of promoting a mainstream celebrity's account, which they feared would overshadow lesser known creators. Efron was on the Forbes Celebrity ;100 list in 2008 at number 92, with estimated earnings of $ 5.8 million from June 2007 to June 2008. In April 2009, his personal wealth equaled about $ 10 million. In May 2015, Efron's net worth

784-511: A recurring character in the first season of the WB series Summerland . For the show's second season, which aired in 2005, he was promoted to the main cast. He also appeared in some films, including the Lifetime television film Miracle Run (2004), for which he earned a Young Artist Award nomination for his performance as one of two autistic twins. Efron's career reached a turning point with

840-628: A series of holiday vignettes of different groups of characters. The film received almost unanimously negative reviews from critics, but became a major success at the box office. He also played a supporting role in the critically successful Liberal Arts (2012), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2012 and received a limited release later that year. He also starred in The Paperboy (2012), which premiered at

896-464: A wide release in late 2009. The film earned mostly positive reviews from critics. He then played the title role in the supernatural romantic drama Charlie St. Cloud (2010), which became a moderate success at the box office despite receiving mostly negative reviews from critics. Efron appeared as a part of the large ensemble cast in Garry Marshall 's New Year's Eve (2011), which depicted

952-475: A younger brother, Dylan, and had, as he has described, a "normal childhood" in a middle-class family. His surname originates from Hebrew . His paternal grandfather is Jewish . Efron has described himself as Jewish, though he was raised agnostically and did not practice religion as a child. He has said that he would "flip out" if he got a "B" and not an "A" in school, and was a class clown there. Efron subsequently worked at The Great American Melodrama and

1008-808: Is an American actor. Efron began acting professionally in the early 2000s and rose to prominence as a teen idol for his leading role as Troy Bolton in the High School Musical trilogy (2006–2008). During this time, he also starred in the musical film Hairspray (2007) and the comedy film 17 Again (2009). Efron had starring roles in the films New Year's Eve (2011), The Lucky One (2012), The Paperboy (2012), Neighbors (2014), Dirty Grandpa (2016), Baywatch (2017), and The Greatest Showman (2017). He played Ted Bundy in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019) and Kevin Von Erich in The Iron Claw (2023). In 2021, he won

1064-504: Is dropped off at the hostel to collect his belongings, but the owner warns him that men are waiting for him. Pursued by Darko’s henchmen, Charlie escapes to Gabi’s house only to find the tape missing. He is confronted by Darko, who has kidnapped and interrogated Karl and Luc. Gabi calls Darko to arrange a meeting, and he knocks Charlie unconscious. Gabi finds Charlie outside the Athenaeum and tells him that he will never see her again. With

1120-783: Is here and what my intention was to begin with." Kristopher Tapley wrote the film "was nurtured through the Sundance Institute 's system every step of the way", mentioning the Screenwriters Lab, the Directors Lab, and funding at the Creative Producing Summit. Regarding the festival, Redford said "I never dreamed when we started — we didn't even know that we would last — and then when it lasted and grew, it became huge. I never anticipated that it would get to this size." Kenneth Turan mentioned

1176-644: Is in love with her, and they have sex. Waking up alone, Charlie finds a tape in Victor’s VHS collection labeled “Cubs Win World Series - 1995”, revealed to be security footage of Nigel and Darko murdering a group of people. A shocked Charlie finds Gabi at a café with Nigel and impulsively reveals he watched the tape. Nigel nearly kills him and escapes before the police arrive, while Charlie is taken into custody. Bela arranges to have Charlie sent to Budapest , bluntly stating that Gabi doesn't want to see him. Charlie

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1232-413: The 2012 festival. 4,044 feature films were submitted and 119 were selected (with 103 of them being world premieres). 8,102 short films were submitted and 65 were selected. The festival had films representing 32 countries, from 51 first-time filmmakers, 27 of which had films in competition. For the first time in the festival's history, half of the films featured were made by women and half by men. In

1288-542: The 85th Academy Awards (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Actress). He wrote, "we're living in a post- Beasts world where a Sundance unknown can end a year-long journey at the Best Directors table." He said "studios are looking to Sundance for recommendations." Robert Redford said Beasts of the Southern Wild "is probably one of the great examples that we have of why Sundance

1344-569: The Cannes Film Festival in May 2012 and received a wider release later that year. The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics. After lending his voice to the animated film The Lorax (2012), he appeared as the male lead in the romantic drama The Lucky One (2012), based on the novel of the same name by Nicholas Sparks . The film became a major box office success despite negative reviews from critics. He also starred in

1400-664: The Netflix web documentary series Down to Earth with Zac Efron . In 2022, he starred in the survival thriller Gold , directed by Anthony Hayes and headlined the horror film Firestarter , a remake of the 1984 film based upon the novel of the same name by Stephen King , directed by Keith Thomas. Also that year, he starred in Peter Farrelly 's Vietnam War–set comedy The Greatest Beer Run Ever , which received mixed reviews. In 2023, he starred as Kevin Von Erich in Sean Durkin 's The Iron Claw , about

1456-546: The Von Erich family of wrestlers. In 2010, Efron started his own production company under Warner Bros. , Ninjas Runnin' Wild. The company played a part in the production of his films Dirty Grandpa , That Awkward Moment , and Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile . In 2019, Efron's brother Dylan, who also plays a role in the company, stated that Ninjas Runnin' Wild has started to produce more digital content in addition to their traditional film work. Efron announced

1512-563: The television series of the same name , released in May. Also in 2017, Efron had a supporting role in two biographical films released in December: The Disaster Artist , a comedy-drama directed by and starring James Franco , and as Phillip in the musical The Greatest Showman . Both films were nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy . In 2019, Efron played

1568-478: The Documentary Film Program, which "really came here in 2002." Linsanity , a documentary about the rise of Asian American basketball player Jeremy Lin , premiered to a sold-out screening on January 20. The Los Angeles Times wrote that it received a "rousing response, easily making it one of the most crowd-pleasing documentaries to play the festival this year." The awards ceremony

1624-503: The Troy Bolton role had been intended for a tenor before Efron's casting and Efron was a baritone. In his subsequent musical films, Efron did his own singing. Efron was next seen as Link Larkin in the musical comedy film Hairspray (2007), based on the 2002 Broadway musical of the same name . Production conflicted with the High School Musical concert tour , which prevented Efron from joining; Drew Seeley filled in. The film became

1680-1084: The U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize, and the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award. Blood Brother also won both top prizes in the U.S. Documentary competition, the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award. Nineteen of the jury members, which award prizes to films, were announced on December 19, 2012. The 5 members of the Alfred P. Sloan Jury, which would also take part in the Science in Film Forum Panel, were announced on January 17, 2013. Presenters of awards are followed by asterisks: U.S. Documentary Jury U.S. Dramatic Jury World Documentary Jury World Dramatic Jury Alfred P. Sloan Jury Short Film Jury Others who presented awards included Barbara Kopple , Joseph Gordon-Levitt , and Mariel Hemingway . On January 31, 2013,

1736-531: The U.S. dramatic competition, 8 directors were women and 8 were men. In the U.S. documentary competition, 8 directors were women and 8 were men. In the dramatic premieres category, however, only 3 of the 18 films were directed by women. Cara Mertes, director of the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program and Sundance Documentary Fund, said that of the 40 documentaries at this year's festival, 12 of them came through

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1792-644: The Vaudeville theaters, and began taking singing lessons. He performed in shows such as Gypsy ; Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up ; Little Shop of Horrors ; and The Music Man . He was recommended to an agent in Los Angeles by his drama teacher, Robyn Metchik, the mother of actor Aaron Michael Metchik . Efron was later signed to the Creative Artists Agency . Efron graduated from Arroyo Grande High School in 2006 and

1848-611: The acid to really get into the head of his character and to emulate some of his acting heroes. "There's a way to do an acid trip like Harold & Kumar and there's a way to be on acid. What I know of acting, Sean Penn actually strapped up to that electric chair in Dead Man Walking . These are the guys that I look up to." Wood criticised the American censors for insisting that a scene be cut in which her character receives oral sex from LaBeouf, while taking no issue with

1904-469: The ambulance transporting her father's body, they nearly collide with the van and it crashes. Gabi then accompanies her father's corpse in a different ambulance, leaving her car with Charlie, who finds a revolver in her purse with an inscription from “Nigel”. He drives to the Romanian Athenaeum where Gabi performs as a cellist, and she calls him with instructions to deliver her instrument to

1960-535: The best doc festival in the world." At the 85th Academy Awards , four of the five nominated documentary features premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival , and the fifth, The Gatekeepers , was shown at this year's festival. Acquisitions at the festival included the following: Domestic Rights International Rights [REDACTED] Media related to 2013 Sundance Film Festival at Wikimedia Commons Zac Efron Zachary David Alexander Efron ( / ˈ ɛ f r ɒ n / ; born October 18, 1987)

2016-574: The box office, and received mixed to positive reviews from critics. He followed this with the commercially successful comedy 17 Again (2009) about a 37-year-old man who is transformed into his 17-year-old self (Efron) after a chance accident. Efron's next release was Richard Linklater 's period drama Me and Orson Welles , which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2008 and received

2072-475: The comedy sequel Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising , which became a commercial and critical success upon its release in May 2016. The film followed the same couple who team up with their former rival (Efron) to take down a hard-partying sorority led by a freshman. His third 2016 comedy, released in July, was Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates . In 2017, Efron starred in Baywatch , an action comedy film version of

2128-545: The conductor, Bela. Following an orchestral performance, Gabi is confronted by her estranged husband, Nigel, who meets Charlie and expresses resentment towards him. After arriving at a hostel , Charlie parties with his British roommates Karl and Luc at night after they dose him with ecstasy , and is unexpectedly menaced by Nigel in the bathroom. Spotting Gabi out and about, Charlie insists on accompanying her and they spend time together, sharing memories of their parents. Before Gabi departs, she promises to kiss him if he can find her

2184-639: The creation of his YouTube channel in March 2019. The video sharing platform hosts two weekly series. "Off the Grid" follows Efron and his brother Dylan as they participate in outdoor activities and trips without electronic devices—with the exception of a video camera in order to document their experiences. "Gym Time" spotlights fitness and nutrition, with Efron informing his viewers that he plans to "train with celebrities, athletes, and interesting people". YouTube received backlash for promoting Efron's new channel in

2240-522: The drama At Any Price , which premiered at the 2012 Venice International Film Festival , and the historical drama Parkland , which premiered at the 2013 Venice International Film Festival . Both films received mixed reviews from critics. Efron's first release of 2014 was the romantic comedy That Awkward Moment , for which he also served as an executive producer. The film, which starred Efron as one of three bachelors in New York City, became

2296-480: The festival sent 10 filmmakers to 10 cities across the US to screen and discuss their films. The cities and films were: Matt Patches of Hollywood.com wrote that the festival is more important than ever after Beasts of the Southern Wild , which debuted at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival , winning the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and the U.S. Dramatic Cinematography Award, and going on to garner four Oscar nominations at

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2352-675: The many violent scenes: The scene where the two main characters make 'love' was altered because someone felt that seeing a man give a woman oral sex made people 'uncomfortable', but the scenes in which people are murdered by having their heads blown off remained intact and unaltered... [Society] wants to shame women and put them down for enjoying sex, especially when (gasp) the man isn't getting off as well... Accept that women are sexual beings, accept that some men like pleasuring women. Accept that women don't just have to be fucked and say thank you. We are allowed and entitled to enjoy ourselves. It's time we put our foot down." The official soundtrack album

2408-521: The movie's shallow script and overstuffed direction." Metacritic , which assigns a normalized score, rated it 31/100 based on 20 reviews. John Anderson of Variety called it "a profoundly unnecessary film" with "strained attempts at magic realism ". Justin Lowe of The Hollywood Reporter describe it as "an atmospheric feature that sets out to tackle big questions of love and destiny." Stephen Holden of The New York Times wrote, "this catastrophe of

2464-422: The next day. After Karl takes an overdose of Viagra , Charlie and Luc bring him to a strip club. They receive a bill for 9,900 Romanian leu ($ 2379.81) and are threatened by the manager, Darko, who catches Charlie eyeing photos of Gabi and Nigel on his wall. Despite initially demanding to know Nigel’s whereabouts, Darko lets them go. Charlie then waits for Gabi at the Athenaeum until Bela drives him to her home as

2520-467: The nonpareil launching pad for tiny films that would never reach maximum altitude otherwise", saying that "without the heat generated by this festival", there is no way Beasts of the Southern Wild would have gotten four Oscar nominations. He praised the New Frontier exhibitions. Turan wrote, "As always, the spectrum in documentary was most impressive." And said Sundance "is looking more and more like

2576-412: The number of films submitted and the few selected, saying "the sameness of those chosen from year to year is disheartening." He wrote "it almost feels as if programmers are filling specific, pre-ordained slots", and mentioned there are always too many teenage coming-of-age films. He said the festival is "inevitably a mixed bag, where excitement combines with frustration..." Turan wrote that "Sundance remains

2632-490: The tape in her possession, she prepares to leave with Nigel to meet Darko. Encouraged by another vision of his mother, Charlie tries to stop Nigel but is knocked out again. He is taken to a wharf and hung by his ankle above the water, while Nigel burns the tape. Nigel forces Gabi to shoot Charlie, but she spares him as the police arrive. Darko and his men flee, dropping Charlie into the water, while Nigel realizes Gabi loves Charlie and commits suicide by cop . Charlie emerges from

2688-480: The teen musical television film High School Musical (2006), which premiered on the Disney Channel in January 2006. The film, which has been described as a modern adaptation of Romeo and Juliet , saw Efron playing the male lead Troy Bolton, a high school basketball player who feels conflicted when he finds himself interested in participating in the school musical with Gabriella Montez ( Vanessa Hudgens ),

2744-703: The water alive and reunites with Gabi. John Hurt was a brief narrator for the film's original version released at Sundance, but his narration was edited out and is included on its Blu-ray release as an extra. In early development, LaBeouf dropped out of the project and the title role was briefly given to Zac Efron before LaBeouf returned to the project in August 2010. Dante Ariola was originally attached as director but left before filming began. Filming took place between May and June 2012 and filmed on location in Romania . LaBeouf reportedly tripped on acid while filming acid scenes. According to LaBeouf, he had to trip on

2800-604: The way home. Not while driving, but when you're shooting a movie, one thing we can afford is a ride home, so on the way home I just do some TM and try to phase out of it." Efron moved to Australia after selling his Los Angeles home in early 2021 and purchased a property in Byron Bay while working on a number of projects there. Efron sought treatment in early 2013 after struggling with alcoholism and substance abuse . He has been sober since June 2013. In November 2013, Efron had to have his jaw wired shut after breaking it in

2856-418: Was $ 18   million. In March 2014, Efron engaged in a fight with a homeless man on Skid Row . Law enforcement officials did not make any arrests because they viewed it as mutual combat . Efron turned to transcendental meditation (TM) to help decompress after struggling to separate himself from his role as serial killer Ted Bundy in his movie. "I really love TM, transcendental meditation. I did TM on

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2912-591: Was flown to St Andrews War Memorial Hospital in Brisbane , Australia, and was treated before flying back home on December 25. He recovered with little issue. Efron was a vegan for two years until 2022, when he began intermittent fasting , and reintroduced meat into his diet after undergoing a series of food sensitivity tests. In 2022, Efron opened up about his struggles with mental illnesses including insomnia , agoraphobia , and depression . He developed insomnia and depression after taking diuretics for

2968-577: Was held on January 26, 2013, a few miles north of Park City, Utah at Kimball Junction at the Basin Recreation Fieldhouse, and was hosted by Joseph Gordon-Levitt . Additional awards were presented at separate ceremonies. The Shorts Awards were presented January 22, 2013 at the Jupiter Bowl at Redstone Square. For the first time since 2009 , the same film won the top awards from judges and audiences. Fruitvale won both

3024-547: Was released digitally on Feb 11, 2014, by Psychedelic Records. The soundtrack album featured 14 songs of score music composed by Christophe Beck and Deadmono. Charlie Countryman received negative reviews from critics. Review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reports a 27% approval rating, based on 66 reviews with an average rating of 3.93/10; the site's consensus reads: "Shia LaBeouf clearly relishes his role in Charlie Countryman , but his efforts can't salvage

3080-448: Was the moderately successful We Are Your Friends (2015), in which he played a struggling DJ. In January 2016, he starred in the adult comedy Dirty Grandpa as a straitlaced young man who begrudgingly indulges his grandfather's unhinged personality by taking him on a vacation to Florida. The film received mostly negative reviews from critics for its crude humor but became a commercial success upon its release. He subsequently starred in

3136-657: Was then accepted into the University of Southern California but did not enroll. He also attended Pacific Conservatory of the Performing Arts , a theater company operating out of Allan Hancock College , a community college located in Santa Maria, California , where he performed in 2000 and 2001. Efron began acting in the early 2000s with guest roles on several television series including Firefly , ER , and The Guardian . In 2004, he began appearing as

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