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To Die For (1995)
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Synopsis
The price of fame is murder -- or at least it is in the mind of one woman in New Hampshire. Suzanne Stone (
Nicole Kidman
) has spent most of her life wanting to be famous; she's attractive, speaks well, and imagines herself to be intelligent ("imagines" is the key word here), so she has set her sights on becoming a TV anchorwoman. However, opportunities for female broadcasters are hard to come by in Little Hope, New Hampshire, and she's convinced that her husband, the once handsome but now flabby restaurant manager Larry Maretto (
Matt Dillon
), is just getting in her way. Suzanne gets herself a spot hosting a weather report on a local public access station, and is preparing a documentary called "Teens Speak Out," which puts her in touch with a trio of high school students -- Jimmy (
Joaquin Phoenix
), Russell (
Casey Affleck
), and Lydia (
Alison Folland
) -- who are even more desperate for attention than she is. When Suzanne hatches a plot to get Larry out of her life once and for all, she uses Jimmy, who has developed a serious crush on her, to do her dirty work, but Larry's sister Janice (
Illeana Douglas
), who has long believed there was something fishy about Suzanne, eventually begins to realize what happened to her brother.
Nicole Kidman
won a Golden Globe award for her work in this film, which represented something of a comeback for director
Gus Van Sant
after the commercial and critical disaster of
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
. Screenwriter
Buck Henry
plays a small role as a high school teacher. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
Cast
Matt Dillon
Larry Maretto
Illeana Douglas
Janice
Nicole Kidman
Suzanne Stone Maretto
Casey Affleck
Russell
Joaquin Phoenix
Jimmy
Alison Folland
Lydia Mertz
Production Crew
Joyce Maynard
Book Author
Howard Feuer
Casting
Eric Alan Edwards
Cinematographer
Danny Elfman
Composer (Music Score)
Beatrix Aruna Pasztor
Costume Designer
Gus Van Sant
Director
Curtiss Clayton
Editor
Jonathan Taplin
Executive Producer
Joseph M. Caracciolo, Jr.
Executive Producer
Patricia Green
Makeup
Danny Elfman
Musical Direction/Supervision
Jonathan Taplin
Producer
Joseph M. Caracciolo, Jr.
Producer
Laura Ziskin
Producer
Missy Stewart
Production Designer
Buck Henry
Screenwriter
Carol Lavoie
Set Designer
Year: 1995
Runtime: 106
Country: UK
MPAA Rating: R
for strong sexual content, and for language
Category: Feature
Genre
Comedy
Produced by
Columbia Pictures
Awards
1995 - Film Presented - Telluride Film Festival
© 2009 Spout LLC. Portions of content provided by All Movie Guide.