This article is about the 1999 film. For the memoir the film is based on, see Girl, Interrupted. Girl, Interrupted is a 1999 drama film about a woman's 18-month stay at a mental institution, starring Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie. It was adapted from the original memoir Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen and directed by James Mangold. The screenplay was written by James Mangold, Lisa Loomer, and Anna Hamilton Phelan. The original music score was composed by Mychael Danna. The film is rated R by the MPAA, for strong language and content relating to drugs, sexuality and suicide. This article is about the book. ...
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James Mangold (born December 1964) is an American film director born in New York City, New York best known for the independent film Heavy, winner of the best directing prize at Sundance; Cop Land starring Sylvester Stallone, Robert DeNiro, Harvey Keitel and Ray Liotta; Girl, Interrupted, which won the Best...
Winona Ryder (born October 29, 1971) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning American actress. ...
Susanna Kaysen (born 11 November 1948) is an American author. ...
James Mangold (born December 1964) is an American film director born in New York City, New York best known for the independent film Heavy, winner of the best directing prize at Sundance; Cop Land starring Sylvester Stallone, Robert DeNiro, Harvey Keitel and Ray Liotta; Girl, Interrupted, which won the Best...
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Winona Ryder (born October 29, 1971) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning American actress. ...
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Plot summary
Susanna Kaysen (Winona Ryder), eighteen years old in April of 1967, voluntarily checks herself into the fictitious Claymoore Hospital (based on McLean Hospital, the actual institution featured in the memoir), after an attempted suicide. Kaysen is diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, and her stay extends two years. Winona Ryder (born October 29, 1971) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning American actress. ...
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She befriends fellow patients Polly Clark (Elisabeth Moss), Lisa Rowe (Angelina Jolie), Georgina Tuskin (Clea DuVall), Daisy Randone (Brittany Murphy) and others, and forms a small troupe of troubled women in her ward. Susanna is enchanted in particular by the unruly Lisa, who encourages her to stop taking her medications and generally resist the influences of therapy. American actress, Elisabeth Moss, in her role as Zoey Bartlet on The West Wing. ...
Angelina Jolie (born June 4, 1975) is an American film actress, a former fashion model and a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency. ...
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Time passes, and a night comes when Polly awakes screaming "My face, my face!" The nurses remove her and place her into solitary confinement with the intention of calming her down, but she continues sobbing. Troubled, Susanna (with the help of Lisa's keys) steals a guitar and they sit outside Polly's room, singing. Eventually, staff members notice. When an orderly (Susanna's friend) walks by, she pulls him to the ground and kisses him. This article is about orderlies in medical work. ...
The next morning, Susanna is called into the office, where she is analyzed once more. Lisa is moved to another ward, as is the orderly.
Lisa and Susanna break out of Claymoore with the intention of going to work in Disney World, (which did not open to the public until 1971). They spend the night at the house of the recently released Daisy, who kills herself the next morning after Lisa antagonizes her. Lisa runs away, while Susanna calls the police and returns to the hospital. In the next few weeks, she begins to cooperate with her doctor and the therapy seems to be helping. She is scheduled to be released. Cinderella Castle, at the center of the Magic Kingdom, is Walt Disney World Resorts most recognizable icon Introduction Owned and operated by The Walt Disney Company, the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, USA is home to four theme parks, three water parks, several resort hotels and golf courses...
However, Lisa eventually returns after overdosing on drugs and, upon finding out about Susanna's pending release, develops a vendetta against Susanna. On her last night, Susanna awakes to discover Lisa reading her diary to the other girls. In the ensuing dispute, Lisa threatens to kill Susanna, but in the process Susanna launches a pointed verbal attack upon her, calling her "dead". Lisa undergoes a mental breakdown. Susanna is released the next day.
At the end of the film, Susanna states that by the 1970s, most of her friends were released; it is left unclear whether this includes Lisa.
The film was shot at various locations in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, especially Harrisburg State Hospital in settings meant to resemble those of the grounds of McLean. [1] Location in Dauphin County and state of Pennsylvania Coordinates: , Country Commonwealth County Dauphin Incorporated 1791 Charter 1860 Government - Mayor Stephen R. Reed (D) Area - Total 11. ...
Harrisburg State Hospital in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, on North Cameron and Maclay Streets, was Pennsylvania’s first public facility to house the mentally ill and disabled. ...
Cast Winona Ryder (born October 29, 1971) is a two-time Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winning American actress. ...
Angelina Jolie (born June 4, 1975) is an American film actress, a former fashion model and a Goodwill Ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency. ...
Clea Helen DEtienne DuVall (born September 25, 1977 in Los Angeles, California) is an American movie and television actress known for playing characters outside the mainstream. ...
American actress, Elisabeth Moss, in her role as Zoey Bartlet on The West Wing. ...
Whoopi Goldberg (born November 13, 1955) is an American actress, comedian, radio presenter, host, and author. ...
Brittany Murphy (born Brittany Anne Bertolotti on November 10, 1977) is an American singer and actress. ...
Jeffrey Michael Tambor (born July 8, 1944) is a six-time Emmy-nominated American actor most recently noted for his on role as George Bluth Sr. ...
Vanessa Redgrave, CBE (born 30 January 1937) is an Academy Award winning English actress and member of the Redgrave family, one of the enduring theatrical dynasties. ...
Jared Joseph Leto (born December 26, 1971) is an American actor and musician. ...
Travis Lane Fine (born June 26, 1968 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American actor, writer, director and producer, perhaps best known for his roles on Girl, Interrupted and The Young Riders. ...
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Author opinion The author, Susanna Kaysen, was among the detractors of the film, angered by the "melodramatic drivel" Mangold used with the script by conjuring up many stories that never happened in the book (such as Lisa and Susanna running away together). [2]
Awards Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ...
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Filming Filming took place along Main Street in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, as well as in Harrisburg State Hospital in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Mechanicsburg was chosen for its old fashioned appearance and its old style drug store simply titled "Drugs," all of which gave the film its time-dated appearance. Mechanicsburg is a borough in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, USA, eight miles (13 km) west of Harrisburg. ...
Harrisburg State Hospital in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Dauphin County, on North Cameron and Maclay Streets, was Pennsylvania’s first public facility to house the mentally ill and disabled. ...
Location in Dauphin County and state of Pennsylvania Coordinates: , Country Commonwealth County Dauphin Incorporated 1791 Charter 1860 Government - Mayor Stephen R. Reed (D) Area - Total 11. ...
Soundtrack Merrilee Rush is probably best known as the singer of Angel of the Morning, a top-10 charting song which earned her a Grammy nomination for Female Vocalist Of The Year. ...
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Notes - ^ Information on the filming of Girl, Interrupted at Harrisburg State Hospital, including a studio press release on the building and Dorothea Dix.
- ^ *Danker, Jared. "Susanna Kaysen, without interruptions", The Justice, February 4, 2003.
Dorothea Lynde Dix (April 4, 1802 – July 17, 1887) was an American activist on behalf of the indigent insane who, through a vigorous program of lobbying state legislatures and the United States Congress, created the first generation of American mental asylums. ...
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