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The Virgin Suicides

Year:

2000

Duration:

97 min | Germany:90 min (TV version)

Genres:

Drama | Romance

IMDB rate:

7.2

Director:

Sofia Coppola

Awards:

3 wins & 11 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 2000-04-26

Filming Locations: Los Angeles, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $6,000,000

Opening Weekend: $235,122 (USA) (23 April 2000)

Gross: $4,859,475 (USA) (27 August 2000)

Cast

Actor

Character

Giovanni Ribisi

Hanna Hall

The Virgin Suicides

Suki Kaiser

James Woods

Ronald Lisbon

Kathleen Turner

Mrs. Lisbon

Kirsten Dunst

Lux Lisbon

Josh Hartnett

Trip Fontaine

Michael Paré

Adult Trip Fontaine

Scott Glenn

Father Moody

Danny DeVito

Dr. Horniker

A.J. Cook

Mary Lisbon

Leslie Hayman

Therese Lisbon

Chelse Swain

Bonnie Lisbon

Anthony DeSimone

Chase Buell

Lee Kagan

David Barker

Robert Schwartzman

Paul Baldino

Noah Shebib

Parkie Denton

Jonathan Tucker

Tim Weiner

Joe Roncetti

Kevin Head

Hayden Christensen

Jake Hill Conley

Chris Hale

Peter Sisten

Joe Dinicol

Dominic Palazzolo

Dawn Greenhalgh

Mrs. Scheer

Allen Stewart-Coates

Mr. Scheer

Sherry Miller

Mrs. Buell

Jonathan Whittaker

Mr. Buell

Michèle Duquet

Mrs. Denton (as Michelle Duquet)

Murray McRae

Mr. Denton

Roberta Hanley

Mrs. Weiner

Paul Sybersma

Joe Larson

Susan Sybersma

Mrs. Larson

Peter Snider

Trip's Dad

Gary Brennan

Donald

Charles Boyland

Curt Van Osdol

Dustin Ladd

Chip Willard

Kristin Fairlie

Amy Schraff (as Kirsten Fairlie)

Melody Johnson

Julie

Sheyla Molho

Danielle

Ashley Ainsworth

Sheila Davis

Courtney Hawkrigg

Grace

François Klanfer

Doctor

Mackenzie Lawrenz

Jim Czeslawski (as MacKenzie Lawrenz)

Tim Hall

Kurt Siles

Amos Crawley

John

Andrew Gillies

Principal Woodhouse

Mairlyn Smith

Mrs. Woodhouse

Sally Cahill

Mrs. Hedlie

Tracey Ferencz

Nurse

Scot Denton

Mr. O'Conner (as Scott Denton)

Catherine Swing

Mrs. O'Conner

Timothy Adams

Buzz Romano (as Tim Adams)

Michael Michaelessi

Parks Department Foreman (as Michael Miglessi)

Sarah Minhas

Wanda Brown

Megan Kennedy

Cheerleader

Sandi Stahlbrand

Meredith Thompson

Neil Girvan

Drunk Man in Pool

Jaya Karsemeyer

Gloria

Leah Straatsma

Rannie

Mark Polley

Cemetery Worker #1

Kirk Gonnsen

Cemetery Worker #2

Marianne Moroney

Teacher (as Marianne Maroney)

Anne Wessels

Woman in Chiffon (as Ann Wessels)

Derek Boyes

Football 'Grieving Teacher' (uncredited)

John Buchan

John (Lydia's Boss) (uncredited)

Mandy Lee Jones

Student (uncredited)

Thomas Mars

Guest at the Prom Night (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Scott Glenn, Danny DeVito and Kirsten Dunst had all previously appeared in film directed by Francis Ford Coppola: Apocalypse Now (1979), The Rainmaker (1997) and New York Stories (1989), respectively.

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Thurston Moore of the band Sonic Youth originally gave the book to Sofia Coppola. After reading it she decided to make it into a movie.

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Alicia Silverstone was offered the role of Mary Lisbon, but turned it down.

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Goofs

When the girls' father takes a picture of them, we hear the whine of a flash charging, but dad's Instamatic doesn't have an electronic flash - it uses a flashcube.

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As the sisters and their dates drive home from the dance in the Cadillac, a white (1988-'91) Honda Civic hatchback appears parked on a driveway in the background.

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The city Grosse Pointe is misspelled "Gross Point" on the tree removal notice.

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Quotes

Narrator: Collecting everything we could of theirs, the Lisbon girls wouldn't leave our minds but they were slipping away. The color of their eyes was fading along with the exact locations... of moles and dimples. From five, they had become four, and they were all the living and the dead, becoming shadows. We would have lost them completely if the girls hadn't contacted us.

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Tim Weiner: What we have here is a dreamer. Someone completely out of touch with reality.

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Doctor: Tell me what these remind you of

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Faq

Why did they...?

Why did they commit suicide? The movie (and novel) do not really answer this question, though clearly the deteriorating family life plays a large measure. It leaves viewers (and the book's readers) in the dark, in particular, about why the remaining four girls chose the particular timing, group suicide, and why they wanted the boys to be an audience.

Is the movie an adaptation or an original screenplay?

The movie is based on a novel by the same name, authored by Jeffrey Eugenides. Sofia adapted it to a screenplay.

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