Beautiful Girls (film)
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| Directed by | Ted Demme |
| Produced by | Cary Woods |
| Written by | Scott Rosenberg |
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| Music by | David A. Stewart |
| Cinematography | Adam Kimmel |
| Edited by | Jeffrey Wolf |
| Distributed by | Miramax Films |
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112 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $10.6 million |
| Beautiful Girls: Music from the Motion Picture | |
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| Soundtrack album by Various artists | |
| Released | January 30, 1996 |
| Genre | Soundtrack |
| Length | 57:16 |
| Label | Elektra |
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Beautiful Girls is a 1996 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Ted Demme from a screenplay written by Scott Rosenberg, starring Matt Dillon, Lauren Holly, Timothy Hutton, Rosie O'Donnell, Martha Plimpton, Natalie Portman, Michael Rapaport, Mira Sorvino and Uma Thurman.
Willie Conway goes home for his high school class reunion in Knights Ridge, Massachusetts. He is at a crossroads in his life and cannot decide if he should marry his girlfriend. He cannot decide if he should quit his music and take a job as a salesman. Over the course of the film, he spends time with his old friends who are all at similar crossroads. By the end they all discover what it is that they want. (see character details, under "Cast" section below, for other plot developments)
The band The Afghan Whigs has a cameo appearance in the film. Greg Dulli, the band's lead singer, was close friends with Ted Demme.
Screenwriter Scott Rosenberg was living in Needham, MA, waiting to see if Disney would use his script for Con Air. He said in an interview, "It was the worst winter ever in this small hometown. Snow plows were coming by, and I was just tired of writing these movies with people getting shot and killed. So I said, 'There is more action going on in my hometown with my friends dealing with the fact that they cannot deal with turning 30 or with commitment'—all that became Beautiful Girls."
Originally, James L. Brooks was interested in directing the film, according to actress Leslie Mann, who auditioned for a role but was not cast.
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