Brick

Set in a high-school environment, 'Brick' follows Brendan Frye, a teenage loner who embarks on a mission to track down his ex-girlfriend's killer. His investigation leads him into a complex network of lies, deceit, and danger.

• The film was shot in just 20 days.
• Director Rian Johnson’s debut feature film.
• No school scenes despite being set in a high school.
• The term 'brick' is never used to describe drugs in the movie.
• Lucas Haas's character name 'The Pin' stands for 'The Person in Need.'

• Throw one at me if you want, hash head. I've got all five senses and I slept last night, that puts me six up on the lot of you.
• I've got knives in my eyes, I'm going home sick.
• She's been gone two days, she called to say sorry.
• You got a cigarette? No, I don't smoke. I've seen you smoke. I don't smoke cigarettes.
• A very bad cop on the take, a high school weakness.