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Reality Bites
A small circle of friends suffering from post-collegiate blues must confront the hard truth about life, love and the pursuit of gainful employment. As they struggle to map out survival guides for the future, the Gen-X quartet soon begins to realize that reality isn't all it's cracked up to be.
1994 · Directed by Ben Stiller · 98 min · Drama · Romance · Comedy · 8 frames
Tagline
A comedy about love in the '90s
Crew
- Screenplay: Helen Childress
- Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki
- Edited by: Lisa Zeno Churgin, John Spence
- Music: Karl Wallinger
- Production design: Sharon Seymour
- Produced by: Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg
Cast
- Winona Ryder as Lelaina Pierce
- Ethan Hawke as Troy Dyer
- Janeane Garofalo as Vickie Miner
- Steve Zahn as Sammy Gray
- Ben Stiller as Michael Grates
- Swoosie Kurtz as Charlane McGregor
- Harry O'Reilly as Wes McGregor
- Susan Norfleet as Helen Anne Pierce
- Joe Don Baker as Tom Pierce
- Renée Zellweger as Tami
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Universal Pictures, Jersey Films
- Budget: $11,500,000
- Box office: $33,351,557
- Themes: yuppie, roommates, generations conflict, cohabitant, cabriolet, unemployed
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