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If I Stay

Tuesday, 14 October 2014, 15:46 Last update: about 11 years ago

Gayle Forman's best-selling novel comes to the big screen in New Line Cinema's and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures' drama If I Stay, starring Chloë Grace Moretz (Carrie, the Kick-Ass films), Mireille Enos (TV's The Killing, World War Z); Joshua Leonard (Higher Ground); Jamie Blackley (Snow White and the Huntsman); and Stacy Keach (Nebraska).     Mia Hall (Moretz) thought the hardest decision she would ever face would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at Juilliard or follow a different path to be with the love of her life, Adam (Blackley). But what should have been a carefree family drive changes everything in an instant, and now her own life hangs in the balance. Caught between life and death for one revealing day, Mia has only one decision left, which will not only decide her future but her ultimate fate. Also starring are Mireille Enos and Joshua Leonard as Mia's parents, Kat and Denny, and Stacy Keach as Gramps. Rounding out the main cast are Jakob Davies as Mia's little brother, Liana Liberato as her best friend, Gabrielle Rose as Gran, and Aisha Hinds as Nurse Ramirez.R.J. Cutler (The September Issue, TV's Nashville) directed the film from a screenplay by Shauna Cross (Whip It) based on Forman's novel. If I Stay was produced by Alison Greenspan (The Lucky One), with Denise Di Novi, Forman and Brad Van Arragon serving as executive producers.Cutler's behind-the-scenes team included cinematographer John de Borman (An Education), production designer Brent Thomas (The Big Year), editor Keith Henderson (TV's Justified), costume designer Monique Prudhomme (TV's Bates Motel, Juno) and composer Heitor Pereira (the Despicable Me films).
Classification 12A
Films are released by KRS Releasing Ltd 

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