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A 25th anniversary look at Girl, Interrupted covers the cast, the Oscars, and why this film still holds up.
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In this episode
- Why the casting of Girl, Interrupted deserves a second look
- The story behind that polarizing Oscar win and what it meant
- How this film stands apart from other psychiatric ward stories
- The small character details that make the movie memorable
About this episode
When you're alone, and life is making you lonely, you can always go... to Release Date Rewind! Mark welcomes film fan Rudy Valdez from the west coast on the show to take a trip to Claymoore Psychiatric Hospital and celebrate the 25th anniversary of Girl, Interrupted. Move over, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest guys, it's the girls' turn! Mark and Rudy rave about this powerful cast (great job, casting director Lisa Beach!), Angelina's microbangs and weird Oscar win, Whoopi's side eye, shaggy Jared Leto, and Brittany Murphy's chicken addiction.
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About Release Date Rewind
Movie nerd, filmmaker, and anniversary celebrator Mark J. Parker brings a friend on each episode to discuss movies (and sometimes TV shows) that are hitting milestone anniversaries of release that month. Think 20th anniversary, 25th, 30th, 40th, 50th, you get it!
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