Little Hope, New Hampshire. Larry (Matt Dillon) can’t believe his luck when he marries Suzanne (Nicole Kidman), the prettiest girl in town. Not only that: she’s going to be a star, the next Barbara Walters, because “You’re not anybody in America unless you’re on TV”! He never quite comprehends that her ambitions are much too big for the domestic life he offers. Suzanne’s first step toward her celebrity destiny is weather girl for a local cable station. Next, she picks up a camera to make a documentary about local disaffected youth (impersonated by a hilariously dim Joaquin Phoenix and Casey Affleck). Sadly Suzanne’s documentary ethics prove sorely wanting…
Ironically Kidman’s note perfect personification of a ruthless starlet catapulted her into the big league. Buck Henry (The Graduate; Catch 22) wrote the acidic screenplay, based on a novel by Joyce Maynard, itself based on the true story of a 22-year-old who seduced a teen into murdering her husband.
Staff Pick: Nate
A smart black comedy that skewers America’s fatal fascination with television and celebrity, it employs an unerring nasty touch to parody our omnipresent culture of fame.
Kenneth Turan, LA Times
A smart and wicked delight.
David Ansen, Newsweek
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Gus Van Sant
Nicole Kidman, Joaquin Phoenix, Matt Dillon, Casey Affleck, Illeana Douglas
USA
1995
English
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Credits
Producer
Laura Ziskin
Screenwriter
Buck Henry
Cinematography
Eric Alan Edwards
Editor
Curtiss Clayton
Original Music
Danny Elfman
Production Design
Missy Stewart
90s, Baby!
Ten years. 11 weeks. 90 films from the 1990s. This summer, 90’s Baby! takes a deep dive into a defining decade of cinema.