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In THE SECRET LIVES OF DORKS, Payton (Gaelan Connell) is a pathetic dork, a comic book geek whose high school career is one hopeless faux pas after another. Yet he’s a dreamer and madly in love with the head cheerleader Carrie (Riley Voelkel), who he is determined to win over. But she is wise to his desperate advances, so to get off his radar she creates a plan to push him into the arms of a dorkette at the school, Samantha (Vanessa Marano).
In this high school equation: Peyton wants Carrie Carrie wants Peyton to instead hook up with Samantha Samantha wants Peyton. But even the simplest formula can equal disaster when a cheerleader tries to play matchmaker to a dork and a dorkette. After a chance encounter with Carrie’s football player boyfriend Clark (Beau Mirchoff), Payton is brought into their social circle and doesn’t really care about their motives he’s just happy to be near Carrie. She tries to improve his social skills in order to ask Samantha out and her plan just might work, but this is Payton we’re talking about.
With adult wisdom imparted by the likes of Payton’s dad (Jim Belushi), his teacher (Jennifer Tilly), and NFL Hall of Famer Mike Ditka, who offers his own brand of "Ditka On…" self-help lessons, Payton’s life shifts into high gear from lonely misery to utter disaster.
Original Release
09/27/2013
US Release
09/27/2013
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Gaelan Connell | Payton |
Vanessa Marano | Samantha |
Riley Voelkel | Carrie / Carrie Smith |
Beau Mirchoff | Clark |
Jim Belushi | Bronko |
Jennifer Tilly | Ms. Stewart |
William Katt | Mr. Thomas Gibson / Mr. Gibson |
Kay Lenz | Mrs. Susie Gibson / Mrs. Gibson |
Seymour Cassel | Principal |
Charlie Stewart | Ollie |
Directors
Writers
Nicholas David Brandt, Johnny Severin
Cast
Name | Character |
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Gaelan Connell | Payton |
Vanessa Marano | Samantha |
Riley Voelkel | Carrie / Carrie Smith |
Beau Mirchoff | Clark |
Jim Belushi | Bronko |
Jennifer Tilly | Ms. Stewart |
William Katt | Mr. Thomas Gibson / Mr. Gibson |
Kay Lenz | Mrs. Susie Gibson / Mrs. Gibson |
Seymour Cassel | Principal |
Charlie Stewart | Ollie |
Mark Daugherty | Chester / Chester Summers |
Escher Holloway | Matt Kinsella |
Andrea Bogart | Jessica |
Daina Gozan | Anya |
Emily Wilson | Karen |
Tyler Steelman | Herbie |
Kara Taitz | Bernice |
Fortune Feimster | Janitor |
Nikki Hahn | Gale Sara Ralph |
Matthew Von Der Ahe | Andy |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Emma Collin | Executive Producer |
David Lawley | Executive Producer |
Stephen Margolis | Executive Producer |
David Tice | Executive Producer |
Rob Deege | Producer |
Chris Hazzard | Producer |
Scott Hyman | Producer |
Dominic Ianno | Producer |
Stephen Israel | Producer |
Jason James | Producer |
Chris Mirosevic | Producer |
Jethro Rothe-Kushel | Producer |
Steven J. Wolfe | Producer |