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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. Starring Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Clea DuVall, Brittany Murphy, Elisabeth Moss, Jared Leto ...
- $40 million
- Mychael Danna
- December 21, 1999 (United States)
Jan 14, 2000 · Based on a true story, the film follows Susanna, a teenager who is diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and sent to a mental institution. There, she befriends and clashes with other patients, such as Lisa, a sociopath who controls the ward.
- James Mangold
- 490
- 2 min
A movie based on the memoir of Susanna Kaysen, a teenager who spent 18 months in a mental institution in 1967. She befriends and clashes with other patients, especially Lisa, a sociopath who manipulates and abuses her.
Jan 14, 2000 · A film adaptation of Susanna Kaysen's memoir about her stay in a mental hospital in the 1960s. Critics and audiences are divided on its quality, but Angelina Jolie's performance as a fellow patient is praised.
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- James Mangold
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- Winona Ryder
Girl, Interrupted is a best-selling [1] 1993 memoir by American author Susanna Kaysen, relating her experiences as a young woman in an American psychiatric hospital in the 1960s after being diagnosed with borderline personality disorder . The memoir's title is a reference to the Johannes Vermeer painting Girl Interrupted at Her Music. [2]
- United States
- Susanna Kaysen
- English
- Memoir
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Watch Girl, Interrupted | Netflix. An 18-year-old checks into a psychiatric hospital in the late 1960s and finds unexpected connections with the other women receiving treatment. Watch trailers & learn more.
Girl, Interrupted. Winona Ryder and Academy Award (r)-winner Angelina Jolie are the certifiable stars of Claymoore Hospital's South Bell ward in this wry adaptation of Susanna Kaysen's best-selling memoir. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started.
