{{short description|2014 film by Charlie Shackleton}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2022}} {{Infobox film | name = Beyond Clueless | image = Beyond_Clueless_poster.jpg | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Charlie Shackleton | producer = {{Plainlist| * Anthony Ing * Billy Boyd Cape * Charlie Shackleton * Catherine Bray }} | music = Summer Camp | editing = Charlie Shackleton | runtime = 89 minutes<!--Theatrical runtime: 88:45--><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/beyond-clueless-2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607022355/http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/beyond-clueless-2014 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 7, 2015 |title=''Beyond Clueless'' |publisher=British Board of Film Classification |date=27 October 2014 |accessdate=11 September 2015}}</ref> | released = {{Film date|2014|03|10|SXSW|2015|01|23|UK|2015|04|29|France|df=yes}} | country = United Kingdom | language = English }}
'''''Beyond Clueless''''' is a 2014 British documentary film about teen movies, directed by Charlie Shackleton, narrated by Fairuza Balk and with an original soundtrack by Summer Camp.
==Summary== The film features extracts from over 200 teen movies,<ref name="mubi">{{cite web |url=https://mubi.com/films/beyond-clueless |title=''Beyond Clueless'' |publisher=MUBI |accessdate=12 September 2015}}</ref> with a particular emphasis on those released between 1995 and 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/interviews/beyond-clueless-charlie-lyne-american-teen-movie |title=''Beyond Clueless: a golden age of the American teen movie'' |date=July 30, 2014 |publisher=British Film Institute |accessdate=12 September 2015}}</ref>
==Production== The film was funded on Kickstarter in January 2013<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/charlielyne/beyond-clueless |title=''Beyond Clueless'' |publisher=Kickstarter |accessdate=12 September 2015}}</ref> and edited in Shackleton's bedroom.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thedebrief.co.uk/things-to-do/tv-and-film/beyond-clueless-might-be-our-favourite-documentary-ever-so-we-talked-to-it-s-maker-charlie-lyne-20150132059 |title=''Beyond Clueless might be our favourite documentary ever, so we talked to its maker Charlie Lyne'' |publisher=The Debrief |accessdate=12 September 2015 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063854/http://www.thedebrief.co.uk/things-to-do/tv-and-film/beyond-clueless-might-be-our-favourite-documentary-ever-so-we-talked-to-it-s-maker-charlie-lyne-20150132059 |url-status=dead }}</ref> It premiered at SXSW 2014<ref>{{cite web |url=http://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_FS15225 |title=''Beyond Clueless'' |publisher=South by Southwest |accessdate=13 September 2015}}</ref> and went on to play at film festivals including International Film Festival Rotterdam,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iffr.com/en/films/beyond-clueless/ |title=''Beyond Clueless'' |publisher=International Film Festival Rotterdam |accessdate=13 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912002927/https://www.iffr.com/en/films/beyond-clueless/ |archive-date=12 September 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> CPH:DOX<ref name="mubi"/> and Hot Docs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://boxoffice.hotdocs.ca/WebSales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=22729~446634ba-e848-4237-9b3c-72aceddb5263& |title=''Beyond Clueless'' |publisher=Hot Docs |accessdate=13 September 2015}}</ref>
The title cards were designed by British artist Hattie Stewart.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Steven.|first=Wiedemann, Julius. Heller|url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1128205131|title=The illustrator : 100 best from around the world|date=2019|publisher=Taschen|isbn=978-3-8365-7337-5|oclc=1128205131}}</ref>
==Films featured== {{div col}} * ''10 Things I Hate About You'' (1999) * ''13 Going on 30'' (2004) * ''40 Days and 40 Nights'' (2002) * ''100 Girls'' (2000) * ''Aardvark'' (2002) * ''A Cinderella Story'' (2004) * ''All I Wanna Do'' (1998) * ''Alpha Dog'' (2006) * ''American Beauty'' (1999) * ''American Girl'' (2002) * ''American History X'' (1998) * ''American Pie'' (1999) * ''American Pie 2'' (2001) * ''American Pie Presents: Band Camp'' (2005) * ''American Pie Presents: The Naked Mile'' (2006) * ''American Psycho 2'' (2002) * ''American Virgin'' (2000) * ''Animal Room'' (1995) * ''Another Day in Paradise'' (1998) * ''Antitrust'' (2001) * ''Apt Pupil'' (1998) * ''Bang Bang You're Dead'' (2002) * ''The Basketball Diaries'' (1995) * ''The Believer'' (2001) * ''The Blair Witch Project'' (1999) * ''Blue Crush'' (2002) * ''Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2'' (2000) * ''The Book of Stars'' (1999) * ''Borstal Boy'' (2000) * ''Boys'' (1996) * ''Boys and Girls'' (2000) * ''Boys Don't Cry'' (1999) * ''Bring It On'' (2000) * ''Bring It On Again'' (2004) * ''Bringing Rain'' (2003) * ''Bubble Boy'' (2001) * ''Bully'' (2001) * ''But I'm a Cheerleader'' (1999) * ''Cabin Fever'' (2002) * ''Can't Hardly Wait'' (1998) * ''Cherry Falls'' (2000) * ''Clockstoppers'' (2002) * ''Clueless'' (1995) * ''Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen'' (2004) * ''The Craft'' (1996) * ''Crazy/Beautiful'' (2001) * ''Crime and Punishment in Suburbia'' (2000) * ''Crossroads'' (2002) * ''Cruel Intentions'' (1999) * ''Cruel Intentions 2'' (2001) * ''Cruel Intentions 3'' (2004) * ''The Crush'' (1993) * ''The Curve'' (1998) * ''The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys'' (2002) * ''Dear Wendy'' (2004) * ''Dirty Girls'' (2000) * ''Disturbing Behavior'' (1998) * ''Don's Plum'' (2001) * ''Donnie Darko'' (2001) * ''The Doom Generation'' (1995) * ''Down to You'' (2000) * ''The Dreamers'' (2003) * ''Drive Me Crazy'' (1999) * ''Election'' (1999) * ''Elephant'' (2003) * ''Empire Records'' (1995) * ''EuroTrip'' (2004) * ''Excess Baggage'' (1997) * ''The Faculty'' (1998) * ''Fear'' (1996) * ''Final Destination'' (2000) * ''Frat House'' (1998) * ''Freaky Friday'' (2003) * ''Freeway'' (1996) * ''Freeway II: Confessions of a Trickbaby'' (1999) * ''Get Over It'' (2001) * ''Ghost World'' (2001) * ''Ginger Snaps'' (2000) * ''Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed'' (2004) * ''Girl'' (1998) * ''The Girl Next Door'' (2004) * ''The Glass House'' (2001) * ''Good Burger'' (1997) * ''Good Will Hunting'' (1997) * ''Gossip'' (2000) * ''Gummo'' (1997) * ''Hackers'' (1995) * ''Halloween H20: 20 Years Later'' (1998) * ''Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers'' (1995) * ''Happy Campers'' (2001) * ''Here on Earth'' (2000) * ''Highway'' (2002) * ''Home Room'' (2002) * ''House of Wax'' (2005) * ''How to Deal'' (2003) * ''Human Traffic'' (1999) * ''I Know What You Did Last Summer'' (1997) * ''I Love You, I Love You Not'' (1996) * ''I Still Know What You Did Last Summer'' (1998) * ''Idle Hands'' (1999) * ''Imaginary Crimes'' (1994) * ''The In Crowd'' (2000) * ''It's a Boy Girl Thing'' (2006) * ''Jawbreaker'' (1999) * ''Jeepers Creepers'' (2001) * ''Jeepers Creepers II'' (2003) * ''John Tucker Must Die'' (2006) * ''Josie and the Pussycats'' (2001) * ''Joy Ride'' (2001) * ''Ken Park'' (2002) * ''Kids'' (1995) * ''L.I.E.'' (2001) * ''The Laramie Project'' (2002) * ''Loser'' (2000) * ''Love Don't Cost a Thing'' (2003) * ''Masterminds'' (1997) * ''Mean Creek'' (2004) * ''Mean Girls'' (2004) * ''Murder by Numbers'' (2002) * ''Mysterious Skin'' (2004) * ''Napoleon Dynamite'' (2004) * ''Never Been Kissed'' (1999) * ''New Best Friend'' (2002) * ''Not Another Teen Movie'' (2001) * ''Nowhere'' (1997) * ''O'' (2001) * ''The Opposite of Sex'' (1998) * ''Orange County'' (2002) * ''Paradise Lost 2: Revelations'' (2000) * ''Pleasantville'' (1998) * ''The Princess Diaries'' (2001) * ''Prozac Nation'' (2001) * ''Pumpkin'' (2002) * ''The Rage: Carrie 2'' (1999) * ''Road Trip'' (2000) * ''Roger Dodger'' (2002) * ''Romeo + Juliet'' (1996) * ''The Rules of Attraction'' (2002) * ''Rushmore'' (1998) * ''Save the Last Dance'' (2001) * ''Saved!'' (2004) * ''Scary Movie'' (2000) * ''Scooby-Doo'' (2002) * ''Scream'' (1996) * ''S.F.W.'' (1994) * ''Slap Her, She's French!'' (2002) * ''She's All That'' (1999) * ''She's the Man'' (2006) * ''The Skulls'' (2000) * ''Slackers'' (2002) * ''SLC Punk!'' (1998) * ''Slums of Beverly Hills'' (1998) * ''Spider-Man'' (2002) * ''Spun'' (2002) * ''Storytelling'' (2001) * ''SubUrbia'' (1996) * ''Summer Catch'' (2001) * ''Swimfan'' (2002) * ''Tangled'' (2001) * ''Tart'' (2001) * ''Teaching Mrs. Tingle'' (1999) * ''The Texas Chainsaw Massacre'' (2003) * ''Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation'' (1994) * ''Thirteen'' (2003) * ''Totally Fucked Up'' (1993) * ''Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me'' (1992) * ''The United States of Leland'' (2003) * ''The Unsaid'' (2001) * ''Urban Legend'' (1998) * ''Urban Legends: Final Cut'' (2000) * ''Valentine'' (2001) * ''Van Wilder'' (2002) * ''Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj'' (2006) * ''Varsity Blues'' (1999) * ''The Virgin Suicides'' (1999) * ''Virtual Sexuality'' (1999) * ''Wasted'' (2002) * ''Whatever It Takes'' (2000) * ''Wicked'' (1998) * ''Wild Things'' (1998) * ''Y Tu Mama Tambien'' (2001) * ''Zero Day'' (2003) {{div col end}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.beyondclueless.co.uk/}} * {{IMDb title|3254656|Beyond Clueless}} * {{rotten-tomatoes|beyond_clueless_2014|Beyond Clueless}}
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