TY - ADVS AU - Arnold,Dylan AU - Campbell,William AU - Galvin,Michael M.B. AU - Going,K.L. AU - Lillard,Matthew AU - O'Leary,Matt AU - Rosenthal,Rick AU - Simmons,Lili AU - Speakman,Peter AU - Wysocki,Jacob ED - ARC Entertainment (Firm) ED - Buffalo Bulldog Films. ED - Whippany Park Productions. ED - Whitewater Films. TI - Fat kid rules the world PY - 2012///] CY - Santa Monica, CA PB - distributed by ARC Entertainment KW - Going, K. L. KW - Obesity in adolescence KW - Washington (State) KW - Seattle KW - Drama KW - Problem youth KW - Rock music KW - Social aspects KW - Rock musicians KW - Seattle (Wash.) KW - Comedy films KW - lcgft KW - Coming-of-age films KW - Feature films KW - Fiction films KW - Film adaptations KW - Video recordings for the hearing impaired N1 - Based on the novel by Kelly L. Going; Special features: Behind-the-scenes featurettes and trailer; Director of photography, Noah M. Rosenthal ; editor, Michelle M. Witten ; music, Mike McCready; Jacob Wysocki, Matt O'Leary, Lili Simmons, Dylan Arnold, Billy Campbell; MPAA rating: R; for sexual and drug content, and brief violent images N2 - A story for everybody who has ever needed to find their inner rock star. Set against the backdrop of the Seattle music scene, it is a coming-of-age story about two dysfunctional teenagers searching for something more out of their completely hopeless existence. Troy Billings is fat. His life sucks. He's about to end it all by jumping in front of a bus, when Marcus Macrae, a charismatic punk rock superstar, tackles him to the ground and changes his life forever ER -