| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| Hedy Burress |
Madeline 'Maddy' Wirtz
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| Angelina Jolie |
Margret 'Legs' Sadovsky
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| Jenny Lewis |
Rita Faldes
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| Sarah Rosenberg |
Violet Kahn
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| Jenny Shimizu |
Goldie Goldman
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| Peter Facinelli |
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| Dash Mihok |
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| Michelle Brookhurst |
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| Elden Henson |
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| Cathy Moriarty |
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| Hedy Buress |
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Drama |
| Director |
Annette Haywood-Carter; Annette Haywood Carter |
| Producer |
John Bard Manulis; Jeffrey Lurie |
| Writer |
Elizabeth White |
| Studio |
Columbia TriStar |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
R (Restricted) |
| Running Time |
102 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
| Angelina Jolie's strong-willed performance in Foxfire as Legs, the charismatic outsider based on the rebellious character from Joyce Carol Oates's novel, is a very good reason to see this 1996 drama. The film updates the story from the 1950s to the '90s, but for a while the air of teenage angst and confrontation is closer to the legacy of James Dean than gun-toting/body-piercing disaffection. Bold and larger-than-life, Legs quickly gathers a group of adolescent girls around her, each of whom has been sexually abused and is dealing in her own way with the emotional consequences. As expected, the girls plot out their revenge, but even more interesting is the intensity of their bond and rituals, the way they hang out in an abandoned house, their expressions of devotion. So tight and self-protective does this clique become that onlookers--fellow students, parents--become resentful. The final act loses faith somewhat with the mystique of this story, as a few hoary ideas (kidnapping, firearms) breach the film's originality. But what's good is good indeed, and Jolie's performance remains a harbinger of great things to come. --Tom Keogh |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
444 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Links |
Amazon US
DVD Empire
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| Product Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
Widescreen (16:9)
Fullscreen (4:3, Letterboxed) |
| Layers |
Single Side, Single Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
043396809925 |
| Chapters |
28 |
| Release Date |
6/6/2000 |
| Subtitles |
English; Spanish |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
Dolby Digital 5.1 [English] |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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Theatrical Trailers
Talent Files
Interactive Menus
Scene Selections |
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