The In Crowd (2000)

A mentally disturbed young woman takes a job at a posh country club and falls in with a clique of wealthy college kids where she's taken under the wing of the clique's twisted leader, who harbors some dark secrets too terrifying to tell.

Director:

Mary Lambert

Writers:

Mark Gibson, Philip Halprin

Stars:

Susan Ward, Lori Heuring, Matthew Settle

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Susan Ward	...	Brittany
Lori Heuring	...	Adrien
Matthew Settle	...	Matt
Nathan Bexton	...	Bobby
Tess Harper	...	Dr. Amanda Giles
Laurie Fortier	...	Kelly
Kim Murphy	...	Joanne
Jay R. Ferguson	...	Andy
A.J. Buckley	...	Wayne
Katharine Towne	...	Morgan
Charlie Finn	...	Greg
Ethan Erickson	...	Tom
Erinn Bartlett	...	Sheila
Peter Mackenzie	...	Bob Mead
Daniel Hugh Kelly	...	Dr. Henry Thompson

Storyline

Adrien Williams enters the "in crowd" when she is hired by a posh East Coast country club and befriended by Brittany Foster, the charismatic leader of a clique of wealthy college students who are home for the summer. Brittany takes Adrien under her wing, attempts to show her the benefits of the good life and introduces her to other members of her inner circle, including the object of Brittany's affection, tennis pro Matt Curtis. When Matt shows an interest in Adrien, Brittany begins to reveal her dark side and Adrien slowly starts to learn that Brittany and her pack of friends will do anything to protect their circle and the dark secrets they harbor.

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Plot Keywords:

clique | country club | party | billiard room | lesbian kiss | 

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Taglines:

Sometimes, being popular can be murder!

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller | Mystery

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violence, sexuality, language and drug content

Details

Official Sites:

Official In Crowd Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 July 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Cercle fermé

Filming Locations:

Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$15,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$1,505,551 (USA) (21 July 2000)

Gross:

$5,217,498 (USA) (11 August 2000)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Morgan Creek Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Black and White Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Susan Ward sprained her left ankle in the scene where she rushes inside the maintenance room after a victim. The scene was put together from two different location with the actresses actually rushing inside a small storage room later to be spliced with another location. When Ward ran into the room, her heel got snagged on a rubber mat inside the door, twisting her ankle. Some of her scenes afterward do not show her walking or only standing.

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Goofs

When Kelly falls off her bike after the lug nuts are loosened, she falls onto her left shoulder. Later she comes back to the club on crutches, her bruise and cast are on her right side, the opposite of which she fell on.

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Quotes

Adrien Williams: You know Doc, we still never had that talk about this whole knocking a little ball into a hole obsession of yours.

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Connections

References Baywatch (1989)

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Soundtracks

"Lounging Around"
Performed by Nancy Hieronymus
Written by Nancy Hieronymus and Marc Ferrari
Used by Permission of Tabby Tunes and Red Engine Music
Courtesy of Don Great Music Library

User Reviews

* * * out of 4.

A recently released mental patient lands a job at a posh country club with the assitance of her doctor. She is immediately token under the wing of rich, pampered, and extremely popular Britanny Foster (Susan Ward), but then mysterious accidents begin to occur and people are now showing up dead. Is Britanny responsible for the occurances and for her sister disappearing years earlier or is the supposedly cured ex mental patient??

Extremely entertaining and sexy teen thriller that covers old and new ground, features a perfectly casted Susan Ward who has terrific and intense chemistry with the other lead. Besides being sexy and entertaining, the film is stylish, very fast paced, tightly edited and is pretty well directed with a sensational finale. The only thing that weakens this interprise is a few poor performances in the supporting catergory and a script that doesn't stand to close scurtney. Still well worth viewing though.

Rated PG-13; Sexual Situations, Adult Themese, Drug Use and Referneces throughout film, Nudity, Profanity, Violence, and Attempted Rape.