I Know What You Did Last Summer (1997)

Four teens are in great danger one year after their car hits a stranger whose body they dump in the sea.

Director:

Jim Gillespie

Writers:

Lois Duncan (novel), Kevin Williamson (screenplay)

Stars:

Jennifer Love Hewitt, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe

3 wins & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jennifer Love Hewitt	...	Julie James
Sarah Michelle Gellar	...	Helen Shivers
Ryan Phillippe	...	Barry William Cox
Freddie Prinze Jr.	...	Ray Bronson
Bridgette Wilson-Sampras	...	Elsa Shivers (as Bridgette Wilson)
Anne Heche	...	Melissa 'Missy' Egan
Johnny Galecki	...	Max Neurick
Muse Watson	...	Benjamin Willis
Stuart Greer	...	Officer David Caporizo
J. Don Ferguson	...	Emcee
Deborah Hobart	...	Mrs. James
Mary McMillan	...	Mrs. Cox
Rasool J'Han	...	Deb
Dan Albright	...	Sheriff
Lynda Clark	...	Pageant Official

Storyline

Adaptation of Lois Duncan's thriller about four teenagers trying to cover up a hit-and-run. Love Hewitt plays Julie, a high school senior who goes trip with her friends and accidently hits a fisherman. They think he is dead and dump him into the waters. But later they get a strange letter that says "I know what you did last summer."

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Plot Keywords:

letter | beach | corpse | revenge | teen | 

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Taglines:

Someone knows their secret, someone knows they're scared, and someone knows what they did last summer.

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong horror violence and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 October 1997 (USA)

Also Known As:

Sé lo que hicieron el verano pasado

Filming Locations:

Bodega Bay, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$17,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

DEM 1,931,033 (Germany) (20 March 1998)

Gross:

$72,219,395 (USA) (10 April 1998)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation, Mandalay Entertainment, Summer Knowledge LLC

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min 99 min (cut)

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR SDDS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

"Hush" from the soundtrack (played fully over the end credits) is heard briefly on the radio of Barry's car.

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Goofs

Although the action takes place on the east coast of the USA in North Carolina, at the very beginning of the movie we see the sun setting over the ocean.

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Quotes

Ray: I never knew her breasts were so... ample.

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Connections

Referenced in Peep Show: The Party (2009)

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Soundtracks

"Hush"
Written by Joe South
Performed by Kula Shaker
Courtesy of BMI Records

User Reviews

Entertaining

I Know What You Did Last Summer is an obvious attempt to cash in on the big success of the Scream movies. Compared to them and many of the other horror classics (Halloween most notably), this movie just does not measure up, but it is still entertaining. There is a sense of mystery here that really hasn't existed in slasher movies since the first Nightmare on Elm Street. You don't know who the killer is and he's always hiding in the shadows until... you know. This movie is far from perfect but entertaining.