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The Dead Girl

Year:

2007

Duration:

USA:85 min | Netherlands:93 min (theatrical version) | Argentina:110 min

Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

IMDB rate:

6.8

Director:

Karen Moncrieff

Awards:

2 wins & 4 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2007-04-26

Filming Locations: Acton, California, USA

Earnings

Opening Weekend: €9,026 (Netherlands) (27 May 2007)

Gross: $17,311 (USA) (7 January 2007)

Cast

Actor

Character

Giovanni Ribisi

The Dead Girl

Toni Collette

Arden

Piper Laurie

Arden's Mother

Donnie Smith

Cop 1

Michael Raysses

Cop 2

Earl Carroll

Reporter

Dorothy Beatty

Grocery Checker

Eva Loseth

Grocery Store Customer

Rose Byrne

Leah

Joanie Tomsky

Therapist

James Franco

Derek

Christopher Allen Nelson

Murray

Mary Steenburgen

Leah's Mother

Bruce Davison

Leah's Father

Kate Mulligan

Party Girl

Mary Beth Hurt

Ruth

Nick Searcy

Carl

Dan Callahan

Storage Customer #1

Gus Buktenica

Storage Customer #2

Marcia Gay Harden

Melora

Bobby Hosea

Detective

Lee von Ernst

Del

Kerry Washington

Rosetta

Carla Jimenez

Ashley's Caretaker

Gillian Pernoll

Ashley

Elizabeth Pernoll

Ashley

Brittany Murphy

Krista

Daniel Leavitt

Candy Store Boy

Lea Nicole Carranza

Candy Store Girl

Amy Benedict

Candy Store Mom

Josh Brolin

Tarlow

Stephanie Mace

Mother

Paige Pelletier

Food Court Girl

Madison Pelletier

Food Court Girl

Dennis Keiffer

Tom

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Trivia

In the final segment, "The Dead Girl", Krista tells Rosetta over the phone that they will run away together the next day, to some place with "trees and grass". In the first segment, "The Stranger", Arden tells her date the last thing the dead girl saw was "trees... and sky".

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The name on the Missing Persons report for Brittany Murphy's prostitute character reads "Krista Kutcher." Murphy dated actor Ashton Kutcher after they starred together in the movie Just Married (2003).

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The dead girl that the film centers on is played by Brittany Murphy, who died 3 years later, at age 32.

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Goofs

When Melora meets Rosetta, her face is beaten up. When she takes Rosetta out to eat, her face looks normal. When she drops Rosetta back at the motel, her face is a mess again.

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Quotes

Melora: Did she tell you why she ran away?

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Rudy: You're not kissing me. You're just lying there like you want me to rape you!

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Arden: There's a dead girl.

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