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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 · 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.
- James Mangold
- 490
- 2 min
Girl, Interrupted is a best-selling 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.
- United States
- Susanna Kaysen
- English
- Memoir
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.
- 127
- James Mangold
- 1999
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.
Jan 14, 2000 · 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 at a renowned mental institution...
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- Drama
- R
Jan 14, 2000 · Although mental illness is real and terrifying, the movie argues that perfectly sane people like Susanna can become institutionalized simply because once they're inside the system there is the assumption that something must be wrong with them.
