Heathers - Wikipedia. This article is about the film Heathers. For other uses of . It stars Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, and Shannen Doherty. The film portrays four teenage girls—three of whom are named Heather—in a clique at an Ohio high school.

Heathers is a 1988 American black comedy film written by Daniel Waters and directed by Michael Lehmann. It stars Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, and Shannen Doherty. Our film critics on blockbusters, independents and everything in between. Ni no Kuni II: Revenant Kingdom will be out on November 10, 2017. It’s coming to PS4 and PC, unlike the first game, which was a PS3 exclusive. Hopefully combat. Daily updated digital multimedia news, covering DVD, next generation optical storage formats, P2P, legal issues and much more.

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Daniel Waters also gained recognition for his screenplay, which won a 1. Edgar Award. Despite high critical praise, the film was not a big hit in the box office but went on to become a cult film, with high rentals and sales business. In 2. 01. 5, it was ranked number 5 on the Entertainment Weekly list of the .

In addition to Veronica, the popular clique consists of three wealthy and beautiful girls with the same first name: Heather Chandler, Heather Duke, and Heather Mc. Namara. Though they are the most popular students, the Heathers are feared and hated. Veronica has had enough of their behavior and longs to return to her old life and her . When Veronica attends a frat party with Heather Chandler, but refuses to have sex with a frat brother and throws up, Heather vows to destroy her reputation. The next morning, Veronica and J. D. Heather Duke soon steps into Heather Chandler's former role as clique leader and begins wearing a red scrunchie that had belonged to Chandler. Several days later, Kurt and Ram spread a false rumor about Veronica giving them oral sex, ruining her reputation.

Veronica realizes the bullets are real; J. D. At their funeral, the boys are made into martyrs against homophobia. Although she keeps dating J.

D., Veronica is increasingly disturbed by his behavior. Martha Dunnstock, an obese student known as . She survives, but is badly injured and mocked for trying to . Mc. Namara attempts to take her life by overdosing on pills in the girls' bathroom but is saved by Veronica. Veronica tells J. D. He climbs into her room with a revolver to kill her, but Veronica has used a harness to make it look like she has hanged herself.

Assuming she is dead, he rambles about his plan to blow up the school during a pep rally. A petition he has been circulating to get the band Big Fun to perform on campus, which most of the students have signed, is actually a mass suicide note.

Veronica confronts J. D. She shoots him when he refuses to stop the bomb. Veronica walks out through the pep rally with everyone cheering. The severely injured J. D. Martha and Veronica walk down the hallway while Heather Duke watches.

Production. Early choices for Veronica and J. D. Pitt auditioned for the role of J.

D. Winona Ryder, who was sixteen at the time of filming and badly wanted the part, begged Waters to cast her. Eventually she was given the role with Christian Slater being signed shortly thereafter. Heather Graham, then seventeen, was offered the part of Heather Chandler but turned it down. Graham was then cast as Heather Mc. Namara, but her mother wouldn't allow her to accept the role. On the film's DVD commentary, Di Novi mentions that the filmmakers wanted to use the original Doris Day version of the song, but Day would not lend her name to any project using profanity.

The song . The song is included on Dixon's 1. If) I'm A Ham, Well You're A Sausage. The film's electronic score was composed and performed by David Newman and a soundtrack CD was subsequently released. Release. It earned $1.

The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 9. The site's critical consensus reads: . On the other hand, the cultural life of high school operates as the central training ground in the ruthlessly competitive values and viciously hierarchical social structure of American capitalism. Through a series of homologies, Westerberg High School becomes a metaphor for American life and culture during the Reagan and George Herbert Bush administrations.

The conflict between democratic values and the social brutalities of 1. American life. Heathers ends with Veronica’s establishment, not of a school social structure devoid of hierarchy, but of a kinder, gentler monarchy with the protagonist in charge. In fact, Heathers may be the nastiest, cruelest fun you can have without actually having to study law or gird leather products. If movies were food, Heathers would be a cynic's chocolate binge.

It was released again on Laserdisc on September 1. This widescreen edition was digitally transferred from Trans Atlantic Pictures interpositive print under the supervision of cinematographer Francis Kenny. The sound was mastered from the magnetic sound elements. The film was first released onto DVD on March 3. In 2. 00. 1, a multi- region special edition DVD was released from Anchor Bay Entertainment in Dolby Digital 5.

The DVD was released in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Europe to high sales. In 2. 00. 4, a limited edition DVD set was released, and only 1. The set contained an audio commentary with director Michael Lehmann, producer Denise Di Novi and writer Daniel Waters, a 3. Swatch Dogs and Diet Cokeheads, featuring interviews with Ryder, Slater, Doherty, Falk, Lehmann, Waters, Di Novi, Director of Photography Francis Kenny and Editor Norman Hollyn.

It also includes a theatrical trailer, screenplay excerpt, original ending, biographies, 1. The DVD features a new documentary, Return to Westerburg High. On November 1. 8, 2. Anchor Bay released a Blu- ray with all the special features from the 2. Anniversary DVD and a soundtrack in Dolby True.

HD 5. 1. Related projects. Mark Rizzo was hired to write the series, and Jenny Bicks was to co- produce with Lakeshore Entertainment. The storyline was to pick up twenty years after the events of the film when Veronica returns home to Sherwood, Ohio with her teenage daughter, who had to contend with the next generation of mean girls, all named . They were to all be the daughters of the two surviving Heathers. Neither Ryder nor Slater were attached to the project.

The series will be written by Jason Micallef and Tom Rosenberg, and Gary Lucchesi will executive produce for Lakeshore Entertainment. The Heathers musical, which opens with a number depicting Veronica's acceptance into the Heathers' clique, received several readings in workshops in Los Angeles and a three- show concert presentation at Joe's Pub in New York City on September 1.

The cast of the Joe's Pub concert included Annaleigh Ashford as Veronica, Jenna Leigh Green as Heather Chandler, and Jeremy Jordan as J. D. The musical played at off- Broadway’s New World Stages with performances beginning March 1. March 3. 1. Film School Rejects. Retrieved July 2. The New York Times. British Board of Film Classification. July 2. 6, 1. 98.

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