Girl, Interrupted (film)
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| Directed by | James Mangold |
| Produced by |
Douglas Wick Cathy Konrad |
| Screenplay by | James Mangold Lisa Loomer Anna Hamilton Phelan |
| Based on |
Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen |
| Starring |
Winona Ryder Angelina Jolie Clea DuVall Brittany Murphy Elisabeth Moss Jared Leto Jeffrey Tambor Vanessa Redgrave Whoopi Goldberg |
| Music by | Mychael Danna |
| Cinematography | Jack N. Green |
| Edited by | Kevin Tent |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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127 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $40 million |
| Box office | $48.3 million |
Girl, Interrupted is a 1999 American psychological drama film, and a loosely based adaptation of Susanna Kaysen's 1993 memoir of the same name. The film chronicles Kaysen's 18-month stay at a mental institution. Directed by James Mangold, the film stars Winona Ryder (who also served as an executive producer on the film) as Kaysen, with a supporting cast that includes Angelina Jolie, Brittany Murphy, Clea DuVall, Whoopi Goldberg, Elisabeth Moss and Vanessa Redgrave.
Girl, Interrupted was released on December 21, 1999. Although the film received mixed reviews from film critics, Jolie received praise for her performance and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, a Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award.
The story surrounds 18-year-old Susanna Kaysen (Winona Ryder) who has a nervous breakdown and takes an overdose of pills with a bottle of vodka. While she denies she tried to kill herself claiming that the many pills were for a "headache", she does suffer from depression and lack of motivation. For her suicidal actions, she is checked into a psychiatric hospital and encounters a number of the patients on her journey to recovery.
Among those on the ward, she befriends Polly (Elisabeth Moss), who is a childlike schizophrenic who set herself on fire; Georgina (Clea DuVall), a pathological liar; and Daisy (Brittany Murphy), a sex abuse victim in an incestuous relationship with her dad who cuts herself, is obsessive-compulsive and has an eating disorder. But above all, Susanna is fascinated by the ward's long-time resident, Lisa (Angelina Jolie), who is a rebellious, hateful, manipulative, but charismatic girl considered to be a sociopath. The two form a bond and Lisa encourages Susanna to stop taking her meds and resist therapy.
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