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:

Lori Heuring, Susan Ward, 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:

three word title | female frontal nudity | title directed by female | female protagonist | villainess | 

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Taglines:

Sometimes, being popular can be murder!

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

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

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sarah Michelle Gellar's stunt double from Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997), Michele Waitman performed the stunts for the character that Gellar was to play in this movie, now played by Susan Ward

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Goofs

When Brittany is putting on her lip gloss while talking, she is putting it on with her right hand and the gloss is in her left, when cutting back to her she is applying it with her left hand.

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Quotes

Bobby: What are we gonna do? We don't have any proof. We don't have any cards left to play.
Adrien Williams: What do you do if you want to stay in the game, and you've got nothing in your hand?

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Alternate Versions

The European Special Edition DVD is 12 minutes longer than the original version of the movie which was released in theaters and in the American DVD/video, and contains several scenes which were originally cut for nudity, sex or violence (so the movie could obtain a 'PG13' rating). The four main scenes in the Euro edition that are not in the original version are:

• 1. A sex scene between Brittany (Susan Ward) and the doctor (Daniel Hugh Kelly). Susan Ward strips fully nude, the doctor performs oral sex on her, then they have sex.
• 2. A lesbian sex scene between Brittany (Susan Ward) and Kelly (Laurie Fortier). Susan strips Laurie to her underwear and performs oral sex on her, before murdering her.
• 3. A topless scene where Brittany (Susan Ward) goes to Adrien's (Lori Heuring) room to change her shirt. The two girls have a conversation while Susan Ward is topless, then she is seen getting dressed.
• 4. A longer and more violent version of the catfight scene between Brittany (Susan Ward) and Adrien (Lori Heuring).

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Connections

References Baywatch (1989)

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Soundtracks

Learn How To Fly John
Performed by The Julie Band
Written by Julie Staines (as J. Staines) and Steve Ennever (as S. Ennever)
Courtesy of The Julie Band

User Reviews

A suprisingly effective thriller

From its opening sequence in a hospital for the mentally unstable to the final,nailbiting,confrontation, The In Crowd delivers. The plot revolves around, Adrien, a young woman who is released from the aforementioned hospital, and as a condition of her release gets a job at a posh beach club for the rich and spoiled. Susan Ward, formerly of Sunset Beach, delivers an excellent performance as Brittany Foster, the defacto leader of a group of rich kids who have nothing better to do than party. Brittany befriends Adrien and slowly weaves a spell around the former mental patient, soon Adrien will come to regret knowing Brittany, to say anymore would spoil this movie, which is a suprisingly enteratining movie.

Details

Official Sites:

Official In Crowd Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 July 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

In Crowd

Filming Locations:

Charleston, South Carolina, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$24,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,505,551, 23 July 2000

Gross USA:

$5,280,035

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$5,280,035

Company Credits

Production Co:

Morgan Creek Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Black and White Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1