Saved!

The debut feature from writer/director Brian Dannelly, Saved! is a dark comedy set in a strict Baptist high school. Leading up an ensemble cast that also includes Macaulay Culkin and Patrick Fugit, Jena Malone (Donnie Darko, The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys) stars as Mary, a teenager who, in a desperate attempt to convert her gay boyfriend, ends up getting pregnant with his child. Her rapidly swelling stomach sends shockwaves through the school, where Mary learns first-hand the hypocracy of some of her peers. Squeaky-clean, pop songstress Mandy Moore bucks her image, playing Mary's overzealous best friend who is bent on converting a Jewish friend. Saved! was produced by R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe, who also had a hand in Spike Jonze's Being John Malkovich.