10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

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Info:

• Date: March 31, 1999
• Genre: Teen Steam
• Producers: Gil Junger (director), Karen McCullah (writer)

Plot:

• Teenaged termagant Kat has sworn off men for a very good reason. Enter bad boy Patrick and a handful of scheming friends and siblings, and you have yourself a semi-clever retelling of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew

Cast:

• Julia Stiles as Katarina Stratford
• Heath Ledger as Patrick Verona
• Larisa Oleynik as Bianca Stratford
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Cameron James
• Andrew Keegan as Joey Donner
• Gabrielle Union as Chastity
• David Krumholtz as Michael Eckman
• Allison Janney as Mrs. Perky
• Chill as Mr. Morgan
• Larry Miller as Walter Stratford

Thoughts:

• Seattle and Tacoma have never looked better on film. Stadium High School was an inspired place to film. Although I seriously doubt anyone is ever allowed to have a paintball fight at Gasworks Park.
• Early roles for both Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger. Julia makes some interesting acting choices.
• Love, love, love the adults here: Allison Janney and Daryl Mitchell. Nice work, you two.
• Karen McCullah also wrote House Bunny

Links:

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