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''Paper Towns'' is a 2015 American mystery comedy-drama film, directed by Jake Schreier, and based on the 2008 novel of the same name by John Green. The film was adapted to screen by Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, the same team that wrote the first film adaption of one of Green's novels, ''The Fault in Our Stars''. The film stars Nat Wolff and Cara Delevingne and was released on July 24, 2015 in the United States by 20th Century Fox. ==Plot== In Orlando, Florida, Quentin "Q" Jacobsen (Nat Wolff) lives next door to his childhood friend Margo Roth Spiegelman (Cara Delevingne). Quentin has been fascinated with Margo ever since she moved in across the street. As young children, Quentin and Margo one day discover the corpse of a man who has committed suicide. Following this incident, the movie flashes forward to present-day Quentin and Margo, who are now high school seniors. While they have drifted apart, Quentin still has feelings for her. One night, Margo appears at Quentin's bedroom window with a plan to take revenge on her high school friends and boyfriend, who she feels have betrayed her. She convinces Quentin to help her as she needs a getaway driver and some assistance. Margo and Quentin shop for a list of items needed for their mission. They then visit Margo's ex-boyfriend, Jase, who has been cheating on her with her best friend Becca. Margo has Quentin call Becca's parents to inform them that their daughter is currently having sex with Jase in their basement. As a naked Jase attempts to escape the house, Quentin takes a picture of him on his cell phone. Margo and Quentin then break into Becca's home, graffiti a blue "M" for Margo on her wall, and leave a dead catfish in her basement to symbolize her betrayal. They then visit Lacey (Halston Sage), one of Margo's best friends. Margo assumes Lacey knew about Jase's affair with Becca and is hurt that she never told her. Margo and Quentin cover Lacey's parked car with Saran Wrap and Margo leaves a note stating their friendship is over. They also visit Chuck Parson, the high school bully and Lacey's boyfriend. Quentin is hesitant about seeking revenge on him, but when Margo tells him that he was responsible for embarrassing him at an eighth grade dance, Quentin agrees to the revenge plan. They sneak into his house, remove one of his eyebrows with hair removal cream, graffiti a blue "M" on the door and slather Vaseline on the door handle before running away as he is awaken from his sleep. They then sneak into the SunTrust Center and enter a conference room on one of the higher floors to see a panorama of Orlando. Here, Margo, for the first time, refers to Orlando and their subdivision as a "paper town". She describes it as "fake" and "not even hard enough to be made of plastic". They both return home and Margo hugs him, telling him that maybe things would have been different if they had spent more time together. As the day ends, Quentin wonders if things will be different between them in the morning. However, Margo does not show up to school that morning, or for the next several days. Quentin realizes she is missing, while others including her parents presume that she has run away from home. She has done this at least four other times, only to come back home later. Quentin and his friends, Ben (Austin Abrams) and Radar (Justice Smith) notice a poster of Woody Guthrie taped to the back of Margo's bedroom shades. They bribe her little sister, Ruthie, to let them in while her parents are not home, so that they can search through Margo's room. They believe that Margo has left clues behind for Quentin to find her. He soon finds a small piece of paper in his door hinge with an address. Hoping it will lead them to where Margo is, Quentin and his friends decide to skip school the following day to visit the address on the piece of paper. At this location, they find an abandoned souvenir store that contains evidence of her recent presence. Quentin eventually discovers how to find Margo's location. He matches up the holes from the tacks in the store wall to a page in an old atlas. This leads him to discover that Margo has been hiding in Agloe, New York, a fictional town that mapmakers use as a copyright trap ("paper town"). Quentin, Radar, Ben, Radar's girlfriend, Angela (Jaz Sinclair) and Lacey who still cares for Margo, decide to drive to New York to search for her. The group is put under a time constraint as they want to make it back in time for prom. Once they reach Agloe, they discover an old barn—but no sign of Margo. With not much time left before prom, the group decides to head back to Orlando. Quentin, however, is determined to find Margo and stays behind. Eventually, Quentin hitches a ride to a nearby town where he purchases a bus ticket back to Florida. There, he sees Margo walk by and chases after her. Margo is surprised to see him, which shocks Quentin. Margo tells him that she has no intention of returning to Orlando and that the clues she left for him weren't supposed to be taken literally. Quentin suddenly confesses his love for Margo, but she tells him that he doesn't even know her. They walk to a nearby diner, and Margo tells Quentin how she was going to run away right after graduation, but decided to change her plan when she found out Jase was cheating on her. Margo explains that she's tired of living a fake life and that a paper town is the perfect place to live for a "paper girl" like her. She further tells him that going to college, getting married, and having kids isn't who she is. Realizing that he has created a fake impression of her all along, Quentin begins to understand Margo's decision to stay behind. Margo walks Quentin to the bus station and apologizes for ruining his last few weeks of high school. However, Quentin states that the past few weeks have turned out to be the best of his life. He snuck out for the first time, went to his first college party, and got to go on a road trip with all his friends. Margo encourages him to get out of his comfort zone more. Quentin then tells Margo to call her sister as she misses her, but Margo reveals that her sister has always been aware of her whereabouts and that they've been talking on the phone every day. Margo tells Quentin that he can stay with her if he wants, but Quentin decides to go back home to his friends and family. He then shares a brief kiss with Margo. As Quentin gets on the bus, he promises Margo that he'll see her soon. The scene flashes forward to Quentin joining his friends at prom, and then to graduation day. In the last scene, a voice-over is heard of Quentin as he parts ways with Radar and Ben as they all leave for college. He talks about the various rumors people say regarding Margo's whereabouts, but that he tends to ignore them all. Quentin smiles, knowing that wherever Margo is, she's happy. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Paper Towns (film)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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