Paper Towns (film)

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Paper Towns
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Jake Schreier
Screenplay by
Based on Paper Towns
by John Green
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyDavid Lanzenberg
Edited by
Music by Son Lux
Production
companies
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date
  • July 24, 2015 (2015-07-24)
Running time
109 minutes [1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$12 million [2]
Box office$85.5 million [3]

Paper Towns is a 2015 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Jake Schreier from a screenplay by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, based on the 2008 novel of the same name by John Green. The film stars Nat Wolff and Cara Delevingne, with Halston Sage, Austin Abrams, and Justice Smith in supporting roles. The story follows the search by Quentin "Q" Jacobsen (Wolff) for Margo Roth Spiegelman (Delevingne), his childhood friend and object of affection. In the process, Quentin explores the relationship with his friends, including his compatibility with Margo.

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Paper Towns was released in the United States on July 24, 2015, by 20th Century Fox. [4] The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed over $85 million worldwide against a production budget of $12 million. [3] It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on October 20, 2015, and grossed over $9 million in total domestic video sales. [5]

Plot

Quentin "Q" Jacobsen lives across the street from Margo Roth Spiegelman in Jefferson Park, a subdivision of Orlando, Florida. She is a childhood friend from whom he has drifted over nine years after they discovered the corpse of a local lawyer, Robert Joyner, who killed himself after his divorce. Unbeknownst to Margo, Quentin has been infatuated with her since they became neighbors.

After reaching adolescence, Margo becomes one of the popular girls, with an adventurous reputation, at Jefferson Park High School. [lower-alpha 1] In contrast, Quentin is kind, unassertive, and unpopular. His friends are fellow outcasts Benjamin "Ben" Starling and Marcus "Radar" Lincoln.

One night, Margo climbs through Quentin's window and recruits him for an all-night, revenge adventure. She has discovered that her boyfriend, Jason "Jase" Worthington, is having sex with one of her friends, Rebecca "Becca" Arrington. After buying supplies, Margo and Quentin pull humiliating pranks on Jason, Rebecca, and their friends, including Margo's best friend, Lacey Pemberton.

Margo believes Lacey knew about but did not tell her about the infidelity. However, it is later revealed that Lacey was unaware until she was pranked. The event gives Quentin hope that he finally has a chance to develop a closer relationship with Margo. He begins to learn how to assert himself and to take chances.

The next day Margo does not come to school and, after a few days, some consider her missing, while others conclude she left for an undisclosed location. Her parents will not report her missing to the police as she has run away from home repeatedly before, and they believe their daughter will return eventually.

After seeing a recently attached Woody Guthrie poster on her bedroom wall, Quentin realizes that Margo deliberately left clues to let him know where she is going. Benjamin and Marcus start searching for other clues in hopes of finding Margo so that Quentin can confess his feelings to her. Quentin bribes Margo's sister Ruthie so they can look for clues in her room.

When Quentin, Benjamin, and Marcus attend a party at Jason's house, Lacey argues with Rebecca over her betrayal of Margo with Jason. Because of her loyalty to Margo and her revulsion towards Rebecca and Jason's affair, Lacey leaves in disgust. Quentin finds her in a bathroom and gets to know her. He discovers that, beneath her superficial exterior, she is an intelligent and compassionate person, and they become friends.

After finding more clues, Quentin and his friends are led to an old gift store at an abandoned strip mall. They find a map that Margo used, and discover that she has been hiding in Agloe, a paper town located in the state of New York. Quentin and his friends, including Marcus's girlfriend Angela, go on two-day road trip to find Margo. The group plans to be home in time for prom after they find her. They bond on the way, as Benjamin and Lacey decide to go to the prom together, and Marcus and Angela consummate their relationship.

When the group does not find Margo where they expect her to be, Quentin stays in Agloe while the others return home with his car. He finds her on the street and admits his romantic feelings for her, but she does not feel the same way. Margo ran away from home to escape her dysfunctional family life and figure out who she is. She left the clues to let Quentin know that she is safe, not to invite him to follow her.

Margo remains in Agloe. Quentin books a bus ticket home, and they share a farewell kiss. Before he leaves, she tells him that she has been in contact with Ruthie since leaving Orlando. Returning to Orlando, Quentin enjoys the company of his friends at the prom. After graduation, he continues spending time with them throughout the summer before they all leave for college.

Cast

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Left to right: Nat Wolff stars as Quentin "Q" Jacobsen and Cara Delevingne as Margo Roth Spiegelman in the film.

Production

Pre-production

The rights to the film had been optioned since at least 2008; [7] Green wrote the first draft of the screenplay himself. [8]

Although the novel features a scene set in SeaWorld the location was changed after the release of the CNN documentary Blackfish which was highly critical of the theme park keeping orcas. [9] [10] On March 24, 2014, Green announced via Twitter that Nat Wolff would be playing the protagonist Quentin "Q" Jacobsen. [11] Cara Delevingne's casting as Margo Roth Spiegelman was announced the following September. [12]

Filming

Although the novel is set primarily in Orlando, Florida, North Carolina's tax incentives for filmmakers made it the affordable choice for principal photography according to Green. The crew was encouraged to finish filming before December 31, 2014, the date when certain tax incentives would expire. [13]

Filming began on November 3, 2014, in and around Charlotte, North Carolina and concluded on December 19, 2014. [14] [15] [16] On November 17–18, filming was due to take place at the Mooresville Arts Depot in Mooresville, North Carolina but due to weather conditions the schedule was moved to November 18–19, when the film was shot on location both days. [17] Production was set to be moved to Wilmington, North Carolina on December 2 to film the high school scenes with extras, [18] but the venue was changed and filming took place in Cabarrus County, North Carolina outside of Charlotte instead. [19] Between December 2 through 8, the crew filmed at Central Cabarrus High School in Concord, North Carolina, which was transformed into "Jefferson Park High School". Cast members were dressed for warm weather even though it was cold. [6]

Release

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Cara Delevingne at premier of "Paper Towns"

The film was originally supposed to be released on July 31, 2015. [20] The release date was later changed to June 19 [4] and then to June 5, the day before the first anniversary of The Fault in Our Stars ' film release. [21] In March 2015, 20th Century Fox moved the release date to July 24, 2015, which was assigned to the release of Poltergeist . It was released on May 22 instead. [22] To tie in with the release of the film, an extra 1.5 million paperback copies of the book were printed. [23]

Music

The soundtrack for Paper Towns consists of new and previously released material from Twin Shadow, Santigold, Grouplove, Haim, Vampire Weekend, The Mountain Goats, The War on Drugs, Galantis as well as Nat Wolff and his brother Alex. Atlantic Records' President of Film and TV, and soundtrack producer, Kevin Weaver, and music supervisor Season Kent, (both of whom worked on the soundtrack for The Fault in Our Stars in 2014) served as the soundtrack's producers. [24]

Paper Towns – Music from the Motion Picture
Soundtrack album by
Various artists
ReleasedJuly 10, 2015 (2015-07-10)
Genre Soundtrack
Length60:51
Label Atlantic
Paper Towns – Music from the Motion Picture
No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistsLength
1."Radio" Amanda Lucille Warner; Jesse Shatkin; Santi White Santigold 3:09
2."To the Top"George Lewis Jr. Twin Shadow 3:16
3."Search Party" Al Shuckburgh; Tommie Lee McLoughlinSam and Samantha Kay Bruno3:48
4."Swingin' Party" Paul Westerberg Kindness 3:57
5."Great Summer"Vance Joy Vance Joy 3:42
6."Taxi Cab" Ezra Koenig Vampire Weekend 3:56
7."Lost It to Trying" (Paper Towns mix) Ryan Lott Son Lux 4:05
8."My Type"Aaron Dale Moore Sharp; Alexander Leonard Jackson; Chondrak Lerdamornpong; Greg Erwin Saint Motel 3:25
9."Runaway (U & I)" (Svidden & Jarly Remix)Anton Rundberg; Cathy Dennis; Christian Karlsson; Jimmy Koitzsch; Julia Karlsson; Linus Eklöw Galantis 3:22
10."Falling"Alana Haim; Danielle Haim; Este Haim; Morgan Nagler Haim 4:19
11."No Drama Queen"Grouplove Grouplove 2:43
12."Moments"Isaac Franco; Sean Guerin De Lux 6:11
13."Be Mine"Alice Boman; Tom Malmros Alice Boman 3:26
14."Used to Haunt" John Darnielle The Mountain Goats 2:43
15."Burning" Adam Granofsky The War on Drugs 5:45
16."Look Outside" Nat Wolff Nat and Alex Wolff 2:55
Total length:60:51

Charts

Chart (2015)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [25] 44
US Billboard 200 [26] 89
US Soundtrack Albums (Billboard) [27] 6

Reception

Box office

As of October 15,2015, Paper Towns has grossed $32 million in North America and $53.5 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $85.5 million, against a budget of $12 million. [3]

In the United States and Canada, the film opened at 3,031 theaters on July 24, 2015, alongside two other films, Pixels and Southpaw . Box office pundits projected the film would earn around $20 million in its opening weekend, facing direct competition with Pixels and the holdover of Ant-Man and Minions . Box office analysts also noted that it could have easily over-performed and had a higher debut, if teen girls – who are its primary target – had embraced the film and word-of-mouth had gone viral. [2] [28] [29] Paper Towns made $2 million from its Thursday night showings, which began at 9 p.m. at 2,500 theaters; [30] 500 of the screens had a live-streaming event before the film's screening. [30] It then earned $6.3 million on its opening day from 3,301 theaters. [31] [32] In its opening weekend, the film grossed $12.5 million and finished 6th at the box office, falling short of industry projections and earning much less than the $48 million opening weekend gross of The Fault in Our Stars, a 2014 adaption of John Green's novel of the same name. [33]

It had a major worldwide release on July 24, 2015, in 34 markets grossing $7.9 million from 3,905 screens in 39 markets. [34] It opened in Brazil on July 10, 2015 – the first country to release the film – and earned $2.38 million in its opening weekend, from 630 screens, debuting at third place at the Brazilian box office, behind Minions and Terminator Genisys . However, in terms of admissions, it was second behind the former film. [35] It had notable openings in Mexico ($1.54 million) and in Australia ($1.53 million). [34] [36] It was released in 18 additional countries in late July and early August, including Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands. [34]

It was released on Blu-ray and DVD on October 20, 2015, and grossed over $9 million in total domestic video sales. [5]

Critical response

Paper Towns received mixed reviews from film critics. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a 58% approval rating, based on 141 reviews, with a rating average of 5.8/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Paper Towns isn't as deep or moving as it wants to be, yet it's still earnest, well-acted, and thoughtful enough to earn a place in the hearts of teen filmgoers of all ages." [37] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 56 out of 100, based on 34 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [38] In CinemaScore polls conducted during its opening weekend, cinema audiences gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale. [32]

Accolades

AwardCategoryRecipient(s)ResultRef(s)
Teen Choice Awards Choice Summer MovieWon [39]
Choice Summer Movie Star: Male Nat Wolff Nominated
Choice Summer Movie Star: Female Cara Delevingne Won
Choice Movie: Breakout StarCara DelevingneWon
Young Artist Awards Best Performance in a Feature FilmHannah AlligoodNominated [40]

Notes

  1. In John Green's novel, it is Winter Park High School, but in the film adaptation, it is Jefferson Park High School. [6]

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