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10 Things I Hate About You
On the first day at his new school, Cameron instantly falls for Bianca, the gorgeous girl of his dreams. The only problem is that Bianca is forbidden to date until her ill-tempered, completely un-dateable older sister Kat goes out, too. In an attempt to solve his problem, Cameron singles out the only guy who could possibly be a match for Kat: a mysterious bad boy with a nasty reputation of his own.
1999 · Directed by Gil Junger · 97 min · Comedy · Romance · Drama · Screenplay in the scene database · 17 frames
Tagline
How do I loathe thee? Let me count the ways.
Plot
Cameron James, a new student at Padua High School in the Seattle area, becomes smitten with beautiful and popular sophomore Bianca Stratford. Geeky Michael Eckman warns him she is vapid and conceited, and that her overprotective single father Walter, an obstetrician worried about teenage pregnancy, has forbidden her or her shrewish older sister Kat, a senior, to date until they graduate. Frustrated by Bianca's insistence and Kat's rebelliousness, Walter declares that Bianca may date only when Kat does, knowing Kat's unsocial attitude will make it very difficult.
When Cameron asks Bianca out, she informs him of her father's new rule and suggests he find someone willing to date Kat; unbeknownst to Cameron, Bianca wants to date affluent senior Joey Donner.
Cameron selects Australian "bad boy" Patrick Verona. Michael convinces Joey to pay Patrick to ask out Kat. Patrick agrees, but Kat rebuffs his first few advances. After Michael and Cameron probe Bianca for information on Kat's likes and dislikes, he begins to win Kat's interest. Kat goes to a party with Patrick, enabling Bianca and her best friend Chastity Church to tag along.
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Crew
- Written by: Kirsten Smith, Karen McCullah
- Cinematography: Mark Irwin
- Edited by: O. Nicholas Brown
- Music: Richard Gibbs
- Production design: Carol Winstead Wood
- Produced by: Andrew Lazar
Cast
- Heath Ledger as Patrick Verona
- Julia Stiles as Katarina Stratford
- Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Cameron James
- Larisa Oleynik as Bianca Stratford
- David Krumholtz as Michael Eckman
- Andrew Keegan as Joey Donner
- Susan May Pratt as Mandella
- Gabrielle Union as Chastity
- Larry Miller as Walter Stratford
- Daryl Mitchell as Mr. Morgan
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, French
- Studios: Mad Chance, Jaret Entertainment
- Budget: $16,000,000
- Box office: $53,478,166
- Themes: high school, seattle, washington, deception, based on play or musical, coming of age, teen movie, shrew, teen comedy, valentine's day, opposites attract
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