To Die For

1995
R
1h 46m

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6.8/10

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A beautiful but naïve aspiring television personality films a documentary on teenagers with a darker ulterior motive.A beautiful but naïve aspiring television personality films a documentary on teenagers with a darker ulterior motive.A beautiful but naïve aspiring television personality films a documentary on teenagers with a darker ulterior motive.

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IMDb RATING

6.8/10

55K

YOUR RATING

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3,239

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Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
- 7 wins & 17 nominations total

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Trivia
After working in this movie, Casey Affleck brought director Gus Van Sant a screenplay by his brother Ben Affleck and Ben's friend Matt Damon; it became Good Will Hunting (1997).

Goofs
At Larry Maretto's burial, the Catholic priest says "in nominis patris et filius et spiritus sanctus", getting most of the endings wrong; correct is "in nomine patris et filii et spiritus sancti", which any priest would know.

Quotes
Jimmy Emmett: Any time it rains, or when there's thunder and lightning, or when it snows, I have to jack off.

Crazy credits
A scene plays out behind the end credits where Janice skates on the ice at the location where a significant moment in the story took place.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Showgirls/Canadian Bacon/Se7en/The Run of the Country/A Month by the Lake (1995)

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Written by Eleanor Broadwater, Dale Hawkins and Stan Lewis (as Stanley J. Lewis)

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Featured review

7/10

Nicole Kidman's movie

Six years after Dead Calm, Nicole Kidman gets serious in To Die For, directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Buck Henry. The movie is also a meditation on news reporter celebrities and making it big from the local news stations to the networks for sure. It's not a perfect movie but still, Nicole Kidman chews the screen.