The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) on Netflix
In 1991, Charlie begins his freshman year at a Pittsburgh high school, shy and friendless. Two seniors, stepsiblings Patrick and Sam, take him into their circle of friends.
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Charlie has struggled with clinical depression since he was a child, and he leaves a psychiatric hospital uneasy about his freshman year at a Pittsburgh high school in 1991. He is painfully shy, and his English teacher is the only person he manages to connect with. After a homecoming dance, two seniors, stepsiblings Patrick and Sam, invite him along to a party with their friends. There Charlie sees Patrick kissing Brad, the school quarterback, and agrees to keep it to himself, since Patrick says Brad is closeted. Charlie also tells Sam that his best friend took his own life the year before, and she and Patrick draw him into their group.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
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- After learning from her agent that no one in Hollywood wanted to fund the film because of its subject matter, Emma Watson flew to Los Angeles and pitched it to executives from the major studios. In January 2011 she pitched it to Erik Feig, who gave the greenlight, which led to Summit acquiring the distribution rights.
- The Rocky Horror Picture Show scenes were filmed at the Hollywood Theater in Dormont after Chbosky learned that the theater was re-opening; he had seen The Rocky Horror Picture Show there himself when he was younger.
- The film originally received an R rating from the MPAA for "teen drug and alcohol use, and some sexual references". The filmmakers appealed, and the MPAA changed it to PG-13 for mature thematic material, drug and alcohol use, sexual content including references, and a fight, all involving teens.
