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To Die For
To Die For is a 1995 satirical black comedy film directed by Gus Van Sant, and written by Buck Henry based on the novel of the same name by Joyce Maynard, which in turn was inspired by the story of Pamela Smart. It stars Nicole Kidman, Joaquin Phoenix, and Matt Dillon, with Illeana Douglas, Wayne Knight, Casey Affleck, Kurtwood Smith, Dan Hedaya, and Alison Folland as supporting cast. Kidman was nominated for a BAFTA, and won a Golden Globe Award and a Best Actress Award at the 1st Empire Awards for her performance. Her character has been described as suffering from narcissistic personality disorder in the scientific journal BMC Psychiatry.
Plot
In the fictional town of Little Hope, New Hampshire, Suzanne Stone is a glamorous and ambitious young woman who has always been obsessed with being on television, aspiring to become a world-famous broadcast journalist. She begins a passionate romance with Larry Maretto, an Italian American, whom her parents disapprove of, and the two quickly marry. Despite the differences between their families, the two seemingly settle into married life happily, and Larry promises to support her career ambitions. She uses his family restaurant business to keep herself financially stable and takes a job as an assistant at WWEN, a local cable station, in hopes of climbing the network ladder. Through relentless persistence, she is eventually promoted to doing the station's evening weather report.
More details
| author | Buck Henry Joyce Maynard |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New Hampshire |
| director | Gus Van Sant |
| editor | Curtiss Clayton |
| genre | comedy drama |
| keywords | arrest bail break in burglary claim climb cocaine connect crime scene entrapment even figure skating help hitman italian-american mafia life in prison married life movie studio murder obsess one night probation skate studio executive weather report wire wiretap young woman |
| musicBy | Danny Elfman |
| producer | Laura Ziskin |
| productionCompany | Columbia Pictures Laura Ziskin Productions Rank Film Distributors |
| publisher | BBFC Sony Pictures Releasing |
| recordedAt | Ontario |
| theme | black comedy high school mafia satirical |