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Jawbreaker is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Darren Stein released in USA on 30 january 1999 with Rose McGowan
Jawbreaker (1999)
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Add to a movie listJawbreaker is a 1999 American black comedy film written and directed by Darren Stein. The film stars Rose McGowan, Rebecca Gayheart, Julie Benz, and Judy Greer as girls in an exclusive clique in their high school. Charlotte Ayanna has a non-speaking cameo role as a murdered prom queen. The film was inspired by the film Heathers, and is often compared to it, particularly the plot involving a popular female clique, and the accidental murder of one of its members. It also holds similarities to Carrie.
Of his concept for the film, Stein has stated "The jawbreaker just came to represent the duality of the poppy sweetness of the girls, of high school and of youth, versus the whole idea that this thing could break your jaw". The film was released on February 19, 1999 and was a critical and financial failure, though it has come to gain a cult following. Similarities have drawn between Jawbreaker and the 2004 film Mean Girls.
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The "Flawless Four" are the most beautiful and popular girls in Reagan High School in Los Angeles. The clique consists of Courtney Shayne (Rose McGowan), Marcie Fox (Julie Benz), Julie Freeman (Rebecca Gayheart), and Elizabeth Purr (Charlotte Ayanna), the "Princess Di of Reagan High." Of the four, only Liz is genuinely kind-hearted to everybody regardless of their social rankings and loved by the entire school; Julie was popular because of her beauty and being best friends with Liz, while cold-blooded queen bee Courtney and her airheaded right-hand girl, Marcie, demanded respect through terror.Actors
Rose McGowan
(Courtney Shayne)
Rebecca Gayheart
(Julie Freeman)
Julie Benz
(Marcie Fox)
Judy Greer
(Fern Mayo)
Ethan Erickson
(Dane Sanders)
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