This article is about the film. For the musical adaptation, see Heathers: The Musical. For the TV series, see Heathers (TV series). For other uses, see Heather (disambiguation).
Heathers
Theatrical release poster
Directed by
Michael Lehmann
Written by
Daniel Waters
Produced by
Denise Di Novi
Starring
Winona Ryder
Christian Slater
Shannen Doherty
Cinematography
Francis Kenny
Edited by
Norman Hollyn
Music by
David Newman
Production company
Cinemarque Entertainment
Distributed by
New World Pictures
Release dates
January 21, 1989 (1989-01-21) (Sundance)[1]
March 31, 1989 (1989-03-31) (United States)[2]
Running time
103 minutes[3]
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$3 million[4]
Box office
$1.1 million[5]
Heathers is a 1988[6] American teen black comedy film written by Daniel Waters and directed by Michael Lehmann, in both of their respective film debuts.[7][8] The film stars Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk, Kim Walker, and Penelope Milford. Its plot portrays four teenage girls—three of whom are named Heather—in a clique at an Ohio high school, one of whose lives is disrupted by the arrival of a misanthrope intent on murdering the popular students and staging their deaths as suicides.[2]
Waters wrote Heathers as a spec script and originally wanted Stanley Kubrick to direct the film, out of admiration for Kubrick's own black comedy film Dr. Strangelove. Waters intended the film to contrast the optimistic teen movies of the era, particularly those written by John Hughes, by presenting a cynical depiction of high school imbued with dark satire.[9]
Filmed in Los Angeles from February to March of 1988, Heathers premiered in Milan, Italy, in the fall of 1988[10] before making its way to the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 1989, then New World Pictures theatrically released the film in the United States on March 31, 1989. It went on to win the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature, and for his screenplay, Waters received the Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay.[11] It has since become popular and is regarded in polls as one of the greatest coming-of-age films of all time.[12][13][14]Heathers has since been adapted into a musical and a television reboot.
^Hicks, Christopher (January 20, 1989). "United States Film Festival". Deseret News. p. 28.
^ abMaslin, Janet (March 31, 1989). "Review/Film; When a Not-So-Bad Girl Turns Very, Very Bad". The New York Times. Archived from the original on April 26, 2022.
^"Heathers (15)". British Board of Film Classification. July 26, 1989. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
^"'Heathers' Anthology Series Gets Pilot Order at TV Land". TheWrap. September 6, 2016. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2022.
^Cite error: The named reference mojo was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Good Reads: HEATHERS Edition". March 28, 2019.
^"Heathers (1989)". AllMovie. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
^Hyler, S. E.; Moore, J. (December 1996). "Teaching Psychiatry? Let Hollywood Help!" (PDF). Academic Psychiatry. 20 (4): 213–214. doi:10.1007/BF03341883. ISSN 1042-9670. PMID 24442743. S2CID 43706355.
^Myers, Scott (May 22, 2016). "Interview: Daniel Waters on "Heathers"". Go into the Story. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
^"Good Reads: HEATHERS Edition". March 28, 2019.
^"Edgar Awards 2014: Congrats to Winners". Paul-Levine.com. May 2, 2014. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
^"25 Essential Cult Movies". EW.com. Archived from the original on February 25, 2021.
^"50 Best High School Movies". Entertainment Weekly. August 28, 2015. Retrieved April 23, 2023.
^"The 500 Greatest Movies Of All Time". Empire. October 3, 2008. Archived from the original on October 26, 2011. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
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