Heathers (1988)

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In order to get out of the snobby clique that is destroying her good-girl reputation, an intelligent teen teams up with a dark sociopath in a plot to kill the cool kids.

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Director:

Michael Lehmann

Writer:

Daniel Waters
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Awards

3 wins & 11 nominations.

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15 September 2003 | sparklecat
Wicked Funny
Unlike many of the teen movies that have enjoyed enduring appeal, "Heathers" survives not due to nostalgia, but because of its intelligence and searing, midnight-black wit.

Winona Ryder is Veronica, the disillusioned popular girl who falls in with a dangerous loner - Christian Slater as the malefic J.D. The two attempt to right their high school's social wrongs and end up on a killing spree.

Released on the cusp of the 1980s, the film feels strikingly prescient and more disturbing than ever today.

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Trivia

Johnny Depp was considered for the role of J.D.

Quotes

Heather McNamara: Damn. It's your turn, Heather.

Goofs

Moby Dick does not contain the word "Eskimo" in that spelling, but does contain "Esquimaux" which is the French Canadian spelling.

Alternate Versions

Also deleted was a scene right after the two Heathers interrupt Betty Finn and Veronica's croquet game, in which the two Heathers begin and play their own game of croquet, with a more social and political conversation than before. And more dialogue between Veronica and Heather McNamera.

Soundtracks

Teenage Suicide Don't Do It
Performed by Big Fun
Produced and Written by Don Dixon
Published by Lava Head Music / La Rana Music
Courtesy of Enigma Records

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Plot Summary

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Genres

Comedy | Crime

Details

Release Date:

31 March 1989

Language

English

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

Church of the Angels - 1100 Avenue 64, Pasadena, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$177,247 (USA) (2 April 1989)

Gross:

$1,108,462 (USA)

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