At Westerburg High where cliques rule, jocks dominate and all the popular girls are named Heather, it's going to take a Veronica and mysterious new kid to give teen angst a body count.At Westerburg High where cliques rule, jocks dominate and all the popular girls are named Heather, it's going to take a Veronica and mysterious new kid to give teen angst a body count.At Westerburg High where cliques rule, jocks dominate and all the popular girls are named Heather, it's going to take a Veronica and mysterious new kid to give teen angst a body count.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 11 nominations
Renée Estevez
- Betty Finn
- (as Reneé Estevez)
Andrew Benne
- Fat Cynic
- (as Andy David)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaOriginally, the book that suicidal students supposedly underline "meaningful" passages from was "The Catcher in the Rye." The producers could not get permission from J.D. Salinger to use the book. It was changed to "Moby Dick" because Herman Melville's works are in the public domain.
- GoofsMoby Dick does not contain the word "Eskimo" in that spelling, but does contain "Esquimaux" which is the French Canadian spelling.
- Quotes
Heather Chandler: Well, fuck me gently with a chainsaw. Do I look like Mother Teresa?
- Alternate versionsThere was a scene scripted, shot but not included in the final film, in which after Veronica steps into the shower with her clothes on, the other girls in the shower room get excited and follow her "cue" and get in the shower fully dressed as well. This leads to every girl with clothes on in the shower room. The jocks peer in and see the fully clothed girls, and are disgusted. Finally afterward, Veronica, and Heather McNamara and Heather Duke walk outside and spot the T.V. cameras coming to the school. The scene ends when the two Heathers run toward the T.V. camera and Veronica stands still, in guilt. A still from this scene can be seen on the Anchor Bay DVD.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: Breakthrough Stars of 1991 (1991)
- SoundtracksQue Sera, Sera
Written by Jay Livingston & Ray Evans
Published by Jay Livingston Music - St. Angelo Music
Performed by Syd Straw
Arranged by Van Dyke Parks
Featured review
darkly funny
from the moment it begins with the three heathers playing croquet, you know that you will be in for an odd, cruel, and un-john hughes alike teen film. It's black as coal, and as sour as lemons. Although Christian Slater is jack nicholson with a facelift, it's still the most memorable performance in the movie. And winona ryder is also appealing as the lost and complex veronica. Some fantastically witty lines, humurously sick set pieces, and some truly great/cack 80's music make this a classic, more of a classic cult movie.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Lethal Attraction
- Filming locations
- Verdugo Hills High School - 10625 Plainview Avenue, Tujunga, Los Angeles, California, USA(Westerburg High School, Sherwood, Ohio)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,108,462
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $177,247
- Apr 2, 1989
- Gross worldwide
- $1,165,467
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