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Killing Mrs. Tingle

Teaching Mrs. Tingle
Teaching Mrs Tingle.jpg
Theatrical film poster
Directed by Kevin Williamson
Produced by Cathy Konrad
Julie Plec
Bob Weinstein
Harvey Weinstein
Written by Kevin Williamson
Starring
Music by John Frizzell
Cinematography Jerzy Zielinski
Edited by Debra Neil-Fisher
Production
company
Distributed by Miramax Films
Release date
  • August 20, 1999 (1999-08-20)
Running time
96 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $13 million
Box office $8.9 million
Teaching Mrs. Tingle: Music from the Dimension Motion Picture
Soundtrack album by various artists
Released August 17, 1999
Genre Post-grunge
Length 44:37
Label Capitol
EMI
Teaching Mrs. Tingle: Original Score From the Dimension Motion Picture
Soundtrack album by John Frizzell
Released August 24, 1999
Genre Soundtrack
Length 30:21
Label Varése Sarabande

Teaching Mrs. Tingle is a 1999 American dark comedy thriller film and the directing debut of the film's screenwriter Kevin Williamson. The film follows a trio of seniors who must prove their innocence to their vindictive history teacher, who accuses them of cheating their exams. Williamson originally shelved the script, before the success of his later projects, including Dawson's Creek, Scream, and its sequel. Following this, the script was eventually picked up.

The film stars Helen Mirren, Katie Holmes, Marisa Coughlan, Barry Watson, and Jeffrey Tambor and was released on August 20, 1999. It was originally titled Killing Mrs. Tingle, but was delayed and re-titled due to the uproar over teen violence in films after the Columbine High School massacre. The film received mostly negative reviews from critics and was a box office bomb. It has since gained a small cult following.

Leigh Ann Watson is a high school student living in a small sleepy town of Grandsboro in Northern California with her single mother Faye who works as a waitress. Leigh Ann's aim is to achieve top grades to become valedictorian and leave the rather dead end town. However, her grade in history class is threatened by her sadistic and thoroughly vindictive teacher, Mrs. Eve Tingle. Mrs. Tingle has a special dislike for Leigh Ann and down-grades Leigh Ann's well-designed, though slightly misfired, project.


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