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Writers (WGA):
Daniel Clowes (comic book)
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Release Date:
18 October 2001 (Germany) more
Tagline:
Accentuate the negative. more
Plot:
Enid and Rebecca are social outsiders who, after graduating from high school, play a mean prank on a middle-aged geek. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. Another 24 wins & 27 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(32 articles)
Comic book writer/artist Al Davison on what was wrong with The Dark Knight, Superman Returns and Watchmen
(From The Geek Files. 13 November 2009, 3:31 PM, PST)
Comic book writer/artist Al Davison on what was wrong with The Dark Knight, Superman Returns and Watchmen
(From The Geek Files. 13 November 2009, 3:11 PM, PST)
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An excellent parable about disaffected youth more (446 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Thora Birch | ... | Enid |
 | Scarlett Johansson | ... | Rebecca |
 | Steve Buscemi | ... | Seymour |
 | Brad Renfro | ... | Josh |
 | Illeana Douglas | ... | Roberta Allsworth |
 | Bob Balaban | ... | Enid's Dad |
 | Stacey Travis | ... | Dana |
| Charles C. Stevenson Jr. | ... | Norman |
 | Dave Sheridan | ... | Doug |
 | Tom McGowan | ... | Joe |
 | Debra Azar | ... | Melora |
 | Brian George | ... | Sidewinder Boss |
 | Pat Healy | ... | John Ellis |
| Rini Bell | ... | Graduation Speaker |
 | T.J. Thyne | ... | Todd |
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Rated R for strong language and some sexual content.
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111 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:14A (Alberta) | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:15 | Australia:M | Canada:14A | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Finland:K-7 | France:U | Germany:6 (w) | Ireland:15 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:11 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:13 | Sweden:7 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:15 | USA:R (certificate #37596)
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The cashier at Zine-O-Phobia who is talking about how to remove flesh from a corpse is also leafing through a supplemental catalog from Loompanics Unlimited, a company that sells controversial and unusual books. The book with the reddish cover on the counter in front of the cashier is "Secrets of a Super Hacker" (it's about computers, not machetes) which is available from Loompanics. more
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Factual errors: When Enid rips open the wrapper of the champagne/sparkling wine there is no metal wire around the cork. There is always a metal wire (because of the pressure that is inside the bottle). more
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Seymour: Let the machine get it, I have no desire to talk to anyone who might be calling me. more
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References The World of Henry Orient (1964) more
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Blueshammer Blues more
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Terry Zwigoff has created an excellent parable about disaffected youth in "Ghost World". The character of Enid (memorably played by Thora Birch) is a sardonic iconoclast, and a bit of a hero to me. She has her own style, speaks her razor sharp mind, and truly doesn't care what people think about her. Picture a female, proactive version of Holden Caulfield. I desperately wish I were more like Enid when I was in high school.
Enid's partner in crime is Rebecca (Scarlett Johannson), who has one foot in the offbeat world Enid inhabits, and the other foot in the mainstream world Enid loathes. Rebecca's one of those types who never seem to mean what they're saying, not because of dishonesty, but because of lack of self-knowledge and security. When these two pals start to drift apart after they graduate from high school, Enid latches on to champion loser Seymour (Steve Buschemi, who seems to live for these kinds of roles), a devoted record collector. Through one long, seemingly uneventful summer, Enid takes a good look at the world around her, and a painful series of events force her to find her own place in it.
I adored this anti-"teen movie", and it was so refreshing to see a heroine who wasn't a blandly blonde, pool cue shaped cheerleader who spouted out adorable one-liners. Enid is a proud loner and rebel, who wears her crazy wardrobe and Truman Capote glasses with pride. Zwigoff never allows the movie to be Hollywood saccharine or indie film depressing. It's full of realistic, human characters we've all known at one time or another. I was further amazed by how true to life "Ghost World" is. Nothing in the film turns out the way you expect it to, but, really, isn't that just the same as life?