The Battle of Shaker Heights is a 2003 American English-language Drama Romance motion picture starring Shia Labeouf, Elden Henson, Amy Smart, Shiri Appleby, Kathleen Quinlan, William Sadler and Courtney Vine. A young war reenactor makes a friend on the battlefield who helps him use strategy to take on his high school enemy.. LivePlanet was the production house involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. The Battle of Shaker Heights is written by Erica Beeney and directed by Efram Potelle and Kyle Rankin. Miramax Films acquired the distribution rights for the film. The film has a running time of 77 minutes. The Battle of Shaker Heights was made on a budget of $1 million and at the box office it grossed only $0 million. Cinematography was done by Thomas E. Ackerman and editing by Richard Nord. The music was composed by Richard Marvin.