an amazing nonprofit organization that helps those dealing with depression,addiction,suicide,and self injury. its a wonderful cause that can potentially save lives to write love on her arms, the story, ...Renee is 19. When I meet her, cocaine is fresh in her system. She hasn't slept in 36 hours and she won't for another 24. It is a familiar blur of coke, pot, pills and alcohol. She has agreed to meet us, to listen and to let us pray. We ask Renee to come with us, to leave this broken night. She says she'll go to rehab tomorrow, but she isn't ready now. It is too great a change. We pray and say goodbye and it is hard to leave without her. She has known such great pain; haunted dreams as a child, the near-constant presence of evil ever since. She has felt the touch of awful naked men, battled depression and addiction, and attempted suicide. Her arms remember razor blades, fifty scars that speak of self-inflicted wounds. Six hours after I meet her, she is feeling trapped, two groups of "friends" offering opposite ideas. Everyone is asleep. The sun is rising. She drinks long from a bottle of liquor, takes a razor blade from the table and locks herself in the bathroom. She cuts herself, using the blade to write "FUCK UP" large across her left forearm...
by google face August 16, 2007
Get the to write love on her arms mug.an organization dedicated to helping people that are suffering through addictions and depression; an organization that has saved my life;
also known as TWLOHA, which is an abbreviation
girl one: what does your shirt say?
gril two: to write love on her arms.
girl one: what's that?
girl two: an amazing organization that's dedicated to people who are "troubled"
by TWLOHA supporter July 14, 2008
to write love on her arms ( twloha ) is clothing line disguised as an intensly pretentious "non profit" organization against depression, self harm, suicide, ect. it has some sort of obsession with a story (which isnt very interesting or even well written)about a "troubled" girl who finds god before going to rehab which helps her have the strenth to recover. the organizations biggest accomplishment appears to be its clothing collection, most notably its t-shirts. their slogan is "love is the movement" and appears on most of their clothing items.
these t shirts are primarily worn by fans of the emo pop bands that act as musical billboards for the organization, such as paramore and the academy is... and can be seen at nearly every concert/show of the genre. the organization goes hand in hand with the exploding evangelical emo sub sub genre (bands like underoath...and half of the 2007 vans warped tour line up).
girl1: ooooh! thats a cute shirt, what does it say? girl2: love is the movement.
girl1: ohhh thats CUTE!
girl2: not really, its the slogan this lame organization thing called to write love on her arms that does basically nothing for the cause it was created to battle and once again just calls more attention to self harm and depression and the obsession the current emo genre has with it. girl1: damn. girl2: yea, its a shame too, cause their shirts would be totally awesome if it wasnt so played out.
by ghettostarchild August 21, 2007
Get the to write love on her arms mug.A lame organization with no other purpose but to sell overpriced t-shirts to emo faggots in eyeliner. Kids buy the shirts thinking they are making a difference, but they're only wasting their money. If you want to get help for cutting a better option is the SAFE alternatives organization. They aren't affiliated with any religion and there isn't any emo bullshit. TWLOHA's t-shirts don't stop people from cutting or killing themselves. They only draw negative attention to it. To be honest, when I firtst heard about this organization I thought it was a joke. That story about that girl sounded made-up and overly dramatic. Plus the only people I've seen wearing these shirts are ugly fat girls who want to feel like they are making a difference.
To Write Love on Her Arms sounds like a fake organization. Wearing one of their shirts isn't going to stop people from cutting or killing themselves.
by You_don't_need_therapy September 22, 2010
Get the To Write Love on Her Arms mug.To Write Love on Her Arms (also known as Day One; formerly Renee) is a 2012 American biographical drama film written and directed by Nathan Frankowski and starring Kat Dennings, Chad Michael Murray, Rupert Friend, Mark Saul, Juliana Harkavy, and Corbin Bleu. The film is based on the life of troubled teenager Renee Yohe and the founding of To Write Love on Her Arms by Jamie Tworkowski, after he and others helped Yohe to overcome her challenges enough to be able to enter rehab. The film premiered at the Omaha Film Festival on March 11, 2012, and was eventually released on DVD on March 3, 2015.[1] DVD cover
- Kat Dennings
- Chad Michael Murray
- Rupert Friend
- Mark Saul
- Juliana Harkavy
- Corbin Bleu
- Nathan Frankowski
- Gordon Grinberg
- Robbie Bronnimann
- Andy Hunter
Production
companies
- Two Streets Entertainment
- Birchwood Pictures
- Noble Pictures
- Valencia Motion Pictures
Release dates
- March 11, 2012 (2012-03-11) (Omaha Film Festival)
- March 3, 2015 (2015-03-03) (United States)
Running time
102 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishBudget$3.4 million (est.)It is 2006, and 19-year-old Renee Yohe has always loved fairy tales: the idea of a princess, a hero and a happily ever after. However, her life is that of a darker tale. As she battles with drug addiction, bipolar disorder, self-harm and other life issues, she receives love and support from numerous friends and new acquaintances, including Jamie Tworkowski and David McKenna. When Yohe is turned away from drug rehabilitation, with open wounds from self-cutting making her too great a treatment risk, McKenna takes her into his home for five days of detox, while Tworkowski posts an article on Myspace, titled "To Write Love on Her Arms" (in contrast to Yohe having written "Fuck Up" on her arm, with a razor blade), to fundraise the cost of rehab.[2] Their efforts for Yohe are successful, and leads to Tworkowski founding the charity group To Write Love on Her Arms, offering similar support to other people who have depression, suicidal thoughts, addictions, or struggles with self-harm.[3]
- Kat Dennings as Renee Yohe
- Lindsey Riesen as young Renee
- Isabella Iannuzzi as little Renee
- Chad Michael Murray as Jamie Tworkowski
- Rupert Friend as David McKenna
- Juliana Harkavy as Jessie, Renee's best friend
- Samantha Castro as young Jessie
- Corbin Bleu as Mackey
- Mark Saul as Dylan
- Drayton Ball as young Dylan
- Rus Blackwell as Conrad Willard
- Sri Charan as Robert
- Brian Patrick Clarke as Tom Yohe
- West DeLarosa as Michael
- Kristi Engelmann as Amanda
- Whitney Goin as Dena Yohe
- Katherine Shepler as April Yohe
- Ryan Kirkland as Kirkland
- Michelle LaBret as Nikki
- J. LaRose as Echo
- Steve Robertson as label rep Stevo
- Brianna McCoy as Lacey
- William Peltz as Sean
- Juan Santos as Michael's father
- Michael Sapp as Trappy
- Chelsea Talmadge as Sarah
Josh Lujan Loveless, Bob Massey, Jamie Tworkowski, and Renee Yohe all served as story consultants for the film, collaborating with Frankowski for the script. The film is produced by David Blair McKenna, a long time friend of Yohe's who provided her his home as a place to get sober, as depicted in the film, so she could enter rehab.[4]
Filming
Principal photography started on February 23, 2011, exactly five years after Yohe and Tworkowski first met.[5] Filming went until March 29, 2011, and was shot entirely in Yohe's home town of Orlando, Florida. Various scenes were shot at Valencia Community College, The DAVE School, Full Sail University and Wall Street Plaza.[4]
The film features songs from Travis McCoy, Paper Route, Rachael Yamagata, Dead Man's Bones, Corbin Bleu, Between the Trees, Kye Kye, Flint Eastwood, Flagship, Gatlin Elms, Duologue, Danny Leggett, Civilian, Savannah, Alex Bennett, and Bearcat.[6]
The film opened the 21st Florida Film Festival on April 13, 2012, playing at the Regal Winter Park Village.[7] The film was released directly to DVD three years later, on March 3, 2015.[1]
Piracy
On November 27, 2014, the film was leaked onto several peer-to-peer file sharing websites four months ahead of its intended public release. The film was one of five Sony Pictures films leaked, though fewer than 20,000 people downloaded To Write Love on Her Arms, compared to the 1.6 million combined downloads of Fury, Annie, Still Alice, and Mr. Turner.[8]
| 2012 | Won | Omaha Film Festival | Encore Award | Nathan Frankowski, Kim Dawson, David McKenna, Two Streets Entertainment |
| Nominated | Visual Effects Society Awards | Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project | Syrena Edmonds, Zack Heimbegner, Brian Mullen, Nathaniel Skinner | |
| Won | Crystal Reel Awards | Best Actress | Kat Dennings | |
| Won | Best Casting | Amy Severson | ||
| Won | Cinematography | Stephen Campbell | ||
| Won | Best Sound / Sound Mixing – Feature Film | Michael Orlowski, Dave Chmela | ||
| Won | Best Special Effects (CGI) | Lee Stringer | ||
| Nominated | Best Director | Nathan Frankowski | ||
| Nominated | Best Picture | Kim Dawson |
- ^ a b Unreleased Sony movies leak after hack; Sony may suspect North Korea. Network World. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
- ^ Jamie Tworkowsk (2006). "To Write Love on Her Arms". TWLOHA. Retrieved September 5, 2015.
- ^ Goldberg, Matt (February 12, 2012). "First Image and Set Photo from RENEE Starring Kat Dennings". Collider. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
- ^ a b Chitwood, Adam (February 24, 2011). "Filming Begins on RENEE Starring Chad Michael Murray, Kat Dennings and Rupert Friend". Collider. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
- ^ "TWLOHA's "Renee" (Movie) Press Release". TWLOHA. February 25, 2011. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
- ^ "Renee The Movie – Soundtrack". Renee The Movie. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
- ^ Mathur, Samir. "Florida Film Festival 2012: RENEE". The Daily City. Retrieved September 24, 2012.
- ^ "Sony's New Movies Leak Online Following Hack Attack". Variety. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
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