Grow Up, Tony Phillips

Grow Up, Tony Phillips (2013)

A comedy about a Halloween-obsessed high school senior who doesn’t think childhood passions should have an expiration date.

Date of release
2013-03-12
TMDB
5.0 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Director
Emily Hagins

Casting

Interesting facts

Grow Up, Tony Phillips is a 2013 comedy film by American director Emily Hagins and her fourth feature film. It was first released on October 31, 2013, at the South by Southwest film festival and stars Tony Vespe as Tony Phillips, a young teenager's love for Halloween. Unlike her prior feature-length films, Grow Up, Tony Phillips does not feature any supernatural elements seen in past films such as Pathogen or My Sucky Teen Romance.

Production

Funding for Grow Up, Tony Phillips was partially raised through a successful Kickstarter campaign, which raised $75,000. While writing the script, Hagins wanted to focus on the transition between adult and child that occurs with Halloween, which she felt was often overlooked in many films. The script was a departure the genre from her previous films, as the dark tones depressed her and Hagins wanted to "a movie that had no genre at all".

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