Winona Ryder
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Summaries. A directionless teenager, Susanna, is rushed to Claymoore, a mental institution, after a supposed suicide attempt. There, she befriends a group of troubled women who deeply influence her life. In 1967, Susanna Kaysen had a headache and chased a bottle of aspirin with a bottle of vodka.
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Girl, Interrupted is a 1999 American biographical psychological drama film written and directed by James Mangold, from a screenplay by Mangold, Lisa Loomer, and Anna Hamilton Phelan, and based on the 1993 memoir of the same name by Susanna Kaysen.
Jan 14, 2000 · Girl, Interrupted: Directed by James Mangold. With Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Clea DuVall, Brittany Murphy. A directionless teenager, Susanna, is rushed to Claymoore, a mental institution, after a supposed suicide attempt.
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- Biography, Drama
- James Mangold
- 2000-01-14
A movie based on Susanna Kaysen's memoir of her two years in a psychiatric institution in 1967. Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie star as Susanna and Lisa, two women who form a friendship and challenge the system.
Synopsis Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, "Girl, Interrupted" is the searing true story of Susanna Kaysen (Winona Ryder), a young woman who finds herself...
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- James Mangold
- R
- Winona Ryder
A memoir of Susanna Kaysen's time as a teenage psychiatric patient in McLean Hospital in the late 1960s. She explores the murky definitions of mental health and illness, and the subjective nature of personality, behavior, and disorder.
In "Girl, Interrupted," Ms. Ryder (who served as an executive producer) digs hungrily into the role of a neurotic young woman who, in today's therapeutic parlance,...
