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A Friend to Die For is a american film of genre Drama directed by William A. Graham released in USA on 24 september 1994 with Kellie Martin
A Friend to Die For (1994)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 24 september 1994
Length 1h27
Directed by William A. Graham
OriginUSA
Themes L'adolescence, Dance films, Films about education, Films about children, Films about religion, Sports films, Films about school violence
Rating60%
A Friend to Die For (also known as Death of a Cheerleader in the UK and during Lifetime television airings) is a 1994 American TV movie directed by William A. Graham. Written by Dan Bronson, the film is based on Randall Sullivan's Rolling Stone magazine article concerning the real-life murder of a high school girl by her jealous classmate. Kirsten Costas, a fifteen-year-old cheerleader at Miramonte High School, was killed by less popular classmate Bernadette Protti in 1984. The film was the highest-rated TV movie of 1994.
^ Spelling, Tori (2008). Stori Telling. Simon Spotlight Entertainment. p. 50. ISBN 1-4169-5073-7.
^ Girl, 16, Convicted in Classmate's Slaying Teen-ager Feared Victim `Was Going to Tell People I Was Weird'.
Synopsis
Angela Delvecchio (Kellie Martin) is a shy high school sophomore who aspires to be popular, beautiful and perfect in everything. She performs well academically in school, attends Mass regularly, and sets high goals for herself. She idolizes Stacy Lockwood (Tori Spelling), who is the most popular girl at school, as well as a cheerleader. One of the reasons why Angela admires Stacey is because one of Angela's goals is to become a cheerleader. When Angela is accepted into the "Larks," the school's popular clique, she tries to forge a friendship with the rich, snobbish and self-centered Stacy, who rejects her.Actors
Kellie Martin
(Angela Delvecchio)
Tori Spelling
(Stacy Lockwood)
Valerie Harper
(Mrs. Delvecchio)
Margaret Langrick
(Jill Anderson)
Marley Shelton
(Jamie Hall)
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