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Line 1: {{work}} {{Needs Image}} A'''''Angus''''' is a 1995 coming-of-age teen movie based on Chris Crutcher's short story ''"A Brief Moment in the Life of Angus Bethune"'', starring Charlie Talbert and a young [[Dawson's Creek\|James Van]] [[Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back\|Der Beek]] in their first film roles. Talbert stars as Angus Bethune, who in his own words is "a fat kid who's good at science and fair at football." He's also got a vicious rivalry with pretty-boy [[Jerk Jock]] Rick Sanford (Van Der Beek), who decides to play a cruel prank on Angus by rigging an election that nominates Angus as the Winter Ball King opposite Rick's girlfriend, Melissa LeFevre (Ariana Richards). On one hand, Angus knows he's being set up for humiliation and doesn't want to play along, but on the other hand, he's had a crush on the (in his mind) unattainable Melissa for years, leaving him unsure of what to do. Helping him along are his geeky best friend Troy (Chris Owen), his loving and slightly unorthodox mom (Kathy Bates) and his equally loving and much less orthodox grandpa, Ivan (George C. Scott). Much like the similar movie ''Lucas'', this film is one of those extremely rare teen movies starring an awkward social outcast who's not portrayed as an object of ridicule for the audience, and like ''Lucas'', the protagonist pursues much more noble and sympathetic ends than the stock teen-flick goal of simply "getting laid." Roger Ebert loved the film for precisely these reasons. The movie was officially unavailable on DVD for a long time, but can now{{when}} be purchased as a made-to-order DVD from Warner Bros. {{tropelist}} * [[Adaptation Expansion]]: The source material was a short story, so obviously there's a lot of this going on, although it stays true to the original premise. Line 41 ⟶ 42: [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Comedy Films]] [[Category:~~Comic Books~~Film]]