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64-409: Heathers is a 1988 American teen black comedy film written by Daniel Waters and directed by Michael Lehmann , in both of their respective film debuts. 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

128-560: A cameo appearance in the pilot. In March 2017, it was reported that the series was moved to the then upcoming Paramount Network . Selma Blair has a recurring role in the series. A trailer for the rebooted series was released in August 2017. The series stars Grace Victoria Cox as Veronica Sawyer, James Scully as J.D., Melanie Field as Heather Chandler, Brendan Scannell as Heather Duke, Jasmine Mathews as Heather McNamara, Birgundi Baker as Lizzy, and Cameron Gellman as Kurt. The series

192-406: A suicide pact . In the forest, J.D. shoots Ram, but Veronica's shot misses Kurt, who runs away. J.D. chases Kurt back toward Veronica, who, realizing that the bullets are in fact lethal, fatally shoots him in a panic. At their funeral, the boys are made into martyrs to homophobia . Disturbed by J.D.'s behavior, Veronica breaks up with him. J.D. blackmails Duke into getting every student to sign

256-404: A "big tantrum" and tossing his script in the trash after assuming he'd bombed his audition. He was signed to play J.D. shortly after Ryder was cast, stating later that he channeled Jack Nicholson in the film. Heather Graham , then 17, was offered the part of Heather Chandler but turned it down due to her parents' disapproval of the film. Kim Walker, who was dating Slater at the time, was offered

320-498: A 30-minute documentary titled Swatch Dogs and Diet Cokeheads , featuring interviews with Ryder, Slater, Doherty, Falk, Lehmann, Waters, Di Novi, director of photography Francis Kenny, and editor Norman Hollyn . The DVD was released in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Europe, and achieved high sales. Each release included a different front cover featuring Veronica, J.D., Chandler, Duke, and McNamara. The Anchor Bay DVD

384-416: A chainsaw to the conventions of the high school movie—changing the game for teen comedies to follow." Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 72 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews. Academics have likened Heathers to other films popular during the 1980s and early 1990s which characterized domestic youth narratives as part and parcel of

448-574: A country that has even previously been shown to have the highest rate of suicide pacts. Alternatively, they might herald a new disturbing trend in suicide pacts, with more such incidents, involving strangers meeting over the Internet, becoming increasingly common. If the latter is the case then the epidemiology of suicide pacts is likely to change, with more young people living on their own, who may have died by suicide alone, joining with like-minded suicidal persons to die together". An article published by

512-399: A cynic's chocolate binge." Chicago Sun-Times film critic Roger Ebert gave the film 2.5 stars out of 4 and wrote that Heathers "is a morbid comedy about peer pressure in high school, about teenage suicide and about the deadliness of cliques that not only exclude but also maim and kill." While conceding its ability to provoke thought and shock, Ebert questioned how the mixed sensibility as

576-624: A cynical depiction of high school imbued with dark satire. Filmed in Los Angeles from February to early April 1988, Heathers was released theatrically 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 . It has since become popular and is regarded in polls as one of

640-514: A dark murder comedy and "cynical morality play " led to difficulty in understanding its point of view, while remarking that, "Adulthood could be defined as the process of learning to be shocked by things that do not shock teenagers, but that is not a notion that has occurred to Lehmann." On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes , 95% of 57 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.9/10. The website's consensus reads: "Dark, cynical, and subversive, Heathers gently applies

704-421: A double date. J.D. finds the four teens that evening in a field, and Veronica leaves with him as Kurt passes out, while Ram rapes McNamara. The boys spread a false rumor about Veronica performing oral sex on them, ruining her reputation. J.D. proposes that he and Veronica lure the boys into the woods, shoot them with tranquilizers, and humiliate them by staging the scene to look like they were lovers participating in

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768-519: A dramatic suicide note in Chandler's handwriting. The community regards Chandler's apparent suicide as a tragic decision made by a troubled teenager, making her even more worshipped in death than in life. Duke uses the attention surrounding Chandler's death to gain popularity by going to many different news stations, as, after Chandler's death, Duke feels the need to be the clique's new leader. McNamara convinces Veronica to go with her, Kurt, and Ram on

832-423: A fake hangover cure to make Chandler vomit. J.D. pours drain cleaner into one of the mugs, but Veronica dismisses him, thinking he is making a mean joke. She mixes orange juice and milk together. Veronica accidentally brings the wrong mug to Chandler's room. J.D. notices this but dismisses it when Veronica does not hear J.D. He serves Chandler the drain cleaner, killing her. Veronica panics, and J.D. urges her to forge

896-504: A frat party, where she refuses to have sex with one member, unlike Chandler, who is coerced into performing oral sex. When Veronica drunkenly vomits on Chandler, Chandler vows to destroy Veronica's reputation in retaliation. Later, J.D. shows up at Veronica's house, and they have sex after J.D. breaks in through Veronica's bedroom window. They express to each other their mutual hatred of Chandler's tyranny. The next morning, Veronica and J.D. break into Chandler's house, planning revenge by using

960-419: A larger number of people kill themselves together for the same ideological reason, often within a religious, political, military or paramilitary context. "Suicide pact" tends to connote small groups and non-ideological motivations, as do bonding as married or romantic partners, as family members or friends, or even as criminal partners. In England and Wales , suicide pact is a partial defense, under section 4 of

1024-523: A new 4K restoration. In November 2019, Image Entertainment released a 30th Anniversary steelbook edition on Blu-ray. This release did not utilize Arrow Films' 4K restoration and featured new and previous special features. Writing in April 1989 for The Washington Post , journalist Desson Thomson wrote that it "may be the nastiest, cruelest fun you can have without actually having to study law or gird leather products. If movies were food, Heathers would be

1088-610: A new 20th anniversary special edition DVD set was released by Anchor Bay to coincide with the DVD of writer Waters' new film Sex and Death 101 . The DVD features a new documentary, Return to Westerburg High . In November 2008, Anchor Bay released a Blu-ray with all the special features from the 20th anniversary DVD and a soundtrack in Dolby TrueHD 5.1. In June 2018, Arrow Films reported that Heathers would be re-released on August 8, 2018, in cinemas and on September 10 on Blu-ray, in

1152-565: A new Israeli association, SAHAR, sought to prevent suicide by providing supportive conversations and referrals to relevant resources. In 2005, following an increase in the number of Internet suicide cases, the police established a special unit which consists of six police officers and specializes in helping people who communicate online that they want to die by suicide. The unit keeps in contact with forum moderators, who are asked to look out for posts from suicidal users. About 200 cases are detected each year, preventing dozens of suicides. Following

1216-422: A number of failed attempts to get the script to Kubrick, Waters approached director Michael Lehmann, who he met through a mutual friend. Lehmann agreed to helm the film with producer Denise Di Novi . In the original version of the script, J.D. successfully blows up Westerburg High, and the final scene features a surreal prom gathering of all the students in heaven. Executives at New World Pictures agreed to finance

1280-421: A petition that, unbeknownst to her, is intended to act as a mass suicide note. He then gives her a red scrunchie that Chandler wore, symbolizing her power over the school. Martha, an overweight girl who is a frequent target of bullying, attempts to kill herself by walking into traffic. She survives but is badly injured and mocked by her peers who believe she was attempting to copy the popular kids. McNamara calls

1344-477: A pilot script for an anthology dark comedy series, set in the present day, with a very different Veronica Sawyer dealing with a very different but equally vicious group of Heathers. The series was written by Jason Micallef and Tom Rosenberg , and Gary Lucchesi was the executive producer In January 2017, the Heathers TV show was ordered to Series at TV Land. Shannen Doherty , the movie's Heather Duke, makes

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1408-438: A radio show to discuss her depression. Duke tells the entire school about the radio call, and McNamara is bullied. McNamara attempts suicide by overdosing in the girls' bathroom, but Veronica intervenes. Veronica returns home, and her parents say that J.D. stopped by to tell them that he is worried she will attempt suicide. Realizing that J.D. plans to kill her, she fakes her own suicide by hanging. J.D. finds her and, assuming she

1472-442: A sense of humor, and she took herself a little seriously", and Di Novi said: "I don't think Shannen really got what Heathers was. And that worked for us. She made that character real." When the cast first viewed the film, Doherty ran out crying because she realized the film was a dark comedy and not the drama she was expecting. The film uses two versions of the song " Que Sera, Sera ", the first by singer Syd Straw and another over

1536-474: Is an agreed plan between two or more individuals to die by suicide . The plan may be to die together, or separately and closely timed. Suicide pacts are an important concept in the study of suicide , and have occurred throughout history, as well as in fiction. An example of this is the suicide pact between Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria and Baroness Mary Vetsera . Suicide pacts are sometimes contrasted with mass suicides , understood as incidents in which

1600-404: Is dead, gives a monologue revealing his plan to blow up the school pep rally and make it look like a mass suicide. J.D. plants dynamite in the gymnasium equipped with remote detonators. He proceeds to the school's boiler room to place dynamite with a countdown detonator. Veronica confronts J.D. in the boiler room. She shoots him, and during his fall the switchblade in his hand cuts the wires to

1664-440: Is disrupted by the arrival of a misanthrope intent on murdering the popular students and staging their deaths as suicides. 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

1728-529: Is included on Dixon's 1992 greatest hits album (If) I'm a Ham, Well You're a Sausage . The film's electronic score was composed and performed by David Newman , and a soundtrack CD was subsequently released. Heathers was screened at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 1989, and was released to the U.S. public in March 1989, at which time New World Pictures was going bankrupt. The film

1792-797: The Brat Pack in the 1980s and early 1990s; and Sarah Michelle Gellar , Jonathan Brandis , Tatyana Ali , Neve Campbell , Chris Evans , Rose McGowan , Jennifer Love Hewitt , Heath Ledger , Britney Spears , Brandy Norwood , Kirsten Dunst , Shannon Elizabeth , Breckin Meyer , Seth Green , Tobey Maguire , Alicia Silverstone , Gina Ravera , Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen , Frankie Muniz , Hilary Duff , Lindsay Lohan , Rachael Leigh Cook , Drew Barrymore , Freddie Prinze Jr. , Drake Bell , Josh Peck , Amanda Bynes , Leonardo DiCaprio , Matthew Lillard , Gabrielle Union , David Arquette , Jamie Kennedy , Paul Rudd , Blake Lively and Hayden Panettiere in

1856-493: The Canterbury Suicide Project makes some notable comparisons between the nature of "traditional" suicide pacts and more recent Internet-related suicide pacts (or, as described in the article, "cyber-based suicide pacts"). It points out that traditionally suicide pacts: On the other hand, the growing number of Internet-related suicide pacts are almost the exact opposite: The article also points out that

1920-676: The Homicide Act 1957 , which reduces murder to manslaughter . In Northern Ireland , this defense is created by section 14 of the Criminal Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 1966 (c. 20) (N.I.). One of the first Internet suicides in Israel occurred in 1997, when Eran Aderet, a 19-year-old soldier, died after expressing a desire to kill himself online, and received detailed instructions on how to accomplish this with an M16 rifle in his possession. Following this case, in 1999,

1984-644: The United States . The first known Internet-related suicide pact occurred in February 2000, when one Norwegian man and one Austrian woman plunged 300 metres down the famous cliff Preikestolen , in Rogaland county, Norway . Later, a Norwegian woman came forward stating that the Norwegian man had met her on an Internet forum, and planned to die by suicide with her too, but he had instead chosen to go with

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2048-833: The West End in September 2018, playing in Theatre Royal Haymarket , London. A high school production of the musical is the focus of the " Chapter Fifty-One: Big Fun " episode of Riverdale . In 2021, Heathers returned for a limited run at the Haymarket with Christina Bennington playing Veronica Sawyer and Jordan Luke Gage as J.D. The three Heathers were played by Jodie Steele (Heather Chandler), Bobbi Little (Heather Duke), and Frances Mayli McCann (Heather McNamara). It then went on to play at The Other Palace until 3 September 2023. In March 2016, TV Land ordered

2112-651: The " culture war ". Teen film scholar Timothy Shary posits Heathers as influential for the subsequent satirical engagement with the trope of popularity: "Heathers turns the otherwise serious high school business of popularity into a farce, and that is exactly what films of the ’90s continued to do with the roles of popular female school characters. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), Clueless (1995), Jawbreaker , and Election (both 1999) all feature popular school girls who are at once dedicated to maintaining their accepted image but who struggle (or fail) to recognize

2176-632: The 1990s. His films, particularly the Teen Apocalypse Trilogy (consisting of Totally Fucked Up , The Doom Generation , and Nowhere ), are notable for capturing the disaffected attitudes of suburban teenagers of Generation X . Éric Rohmer , a pioneering director of the French New Wave , was notable for focusing on young adults or youth and their complications with love in a number of his films. Some of these works are La Collectionneuse , Claire's Knee , Pauline at

2240-675: The Austrian woman. Both victims were in their 20s. Despite the alarmed response of the media, Internet-connected suicide pacts are still relatively rare. Even in Japan, where most of such pacts have occurred, they still represent only 2% of all group suicide-pacts, and less than 0.01% of all suicides combined. However, they have been increasing in the country: 34 deaths from such pacts occurred in 2003; at least 50 are estimated to have occurred in 2004; and 91 deaths occurred in 2005. One notable example would be Hiroshi Maeue , who on March 28, 2007,

2304-459: The Beach , My Girlfriend's Boyfriend , and A Summer's Tale . Popular actors in teen films have included Annette Funicello , Hayley Mills , and Sal Mineo in the 1960s and 1970s; Molly Ringwald , Anthony Michael Hall , Brendan Fraser , Luke Perry , Johnny Depp , Christina Applegate , Winona Ryder , John Cusack , Michael J. Fox , Robert Downey Jr. , Matthew Broderick and members of

2368-799: The Off-Broadway production included Barrett Wilbert Weed as Veronica Sawyer, Jessica Keenan Wynn as Heather Chandler, Ryan McCartan as J.D., Alice Lee as Heather Duke, and Elle McLemore as Heather McNamara. It closed on August 4, 2014. An Off West End production of Heathers , directed by Andy Fickman, played at the Other Palace in London with performances between June 19 and August 4, 2018. Its cast included Carrie Hope Fletcher as Veronica Sawyer, Jodie Steele as Heather Chandler, Jamie Muscato as J.D., T'Shan Williams as Heather Duke, and Sophie Isaacs as Heather McNamara. It transferred to

2432-403: The classic romantic comedy teen film. A good example of the use of archetypes in the teen film was displayed in the 1985 film, The Breakfast Club . These archetypes have since become a larger part of the culture. The jock, cheerleader , and social outcast , among others, become a familiar and pleasurable feature for the audience. However, genres are dynamic; they change and develop to meet

2496-615: The climactic scene on the stairs was filmed outside John Adams Middle School. The funeral scenes were filmed at Church of the Angels in Pasadena, California, a location also used in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Just Married . Michael Lehmann has called Doherty "a bit of a handful" on set, in part because she objected to the swearing in the script and refused to say some of the more explicit lines. Falk stated that Doherty "didn't have much of

2560-415: The clique abusing its power, Veronica longs for her old life with her kinder but less popular friends. She becomes fascinated with new student Jason "J.D." Dean after he pulls out a gun and fires blanks to scare football-player bullies, Kurt and Ram. Outsider J.D., whose mother committed suicide, has a strained relationship with his explosives-obsessed demolition mogul father. Veronica goes with Chandler to

2624-405: The contradictions and ironies of their position.The films thereby become parodies of popularity, although only Clueless and Election offer the same wide social scope as Heathers." Waters created a specific set of slang and style of speech for the film, wanting to ensure that the language in the film would have "timeless" quality instead of just reflecting teen slang at the time. As of 2014, the film

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2688-466: The detonator. Veronica goes outside, and J.D. follows her with a bomb strapped to his chest. He offers a personal eulogy and detonates the bomb, killing himself. As students and faculty rush to see what happened, Veronica walks back inside, disheveled from the explosion. She approaches Duke, takes the red scrunchie, and asserts that Duke is no longer in charge. Veronica invites Martha to spend prom night watching movies together. Daniel Waters began writing

2752-566: The end credits by Sly and the Family Stone . On the film's DVD commentary , Di Novi mentions that the filmmakers wanted to use the original Doris Day version of the song, but Day would not lend her name to any project using profanity. The song "Teenage Suicide (Don't Do It)" by the fictional band Big Fun was written and produced for the film by musician Don Dixon , and performed by the ad hoc group "Big Fun", which consisted of Dixon, Mitch Easter , Angie Carlson, and Marti Jones . The song

2816-673: The expectations of their target audience. Herman Raucher , along with Robert Mulligan, popularized the genre with Summer of '42 (1971), and Raucher continued the trend by writing Class of '44 (1973). George Lucas has been credited for perfecting the genre by writing and directing American Graffiti (1973). The genre gained more credibility during the 1980s with the works of writer and director John Hughes . His legacy of teen films, including The Breakfast Club , Ferris Bueller's Day Off , Sixteen Candles , and many more, proved to be popular not only with audiences but also with critics. Gregg Araki filmed independent films in

2880-511: The film, but they disliked the dark ending and insisted that it be changed. Some reviewers have discussed similarities between Heathers and Massacre at Central High , a low-budget 1976 film. Daniel Waters has stated that he had not seen Massacre at Central High at the time he wrote Heathers but that he had read a review of it in a Danny Peary book about cult movies and that the earlier film may have been "rattling around somewhere in my subconscious". Many actors and actresses turned down

2944-458: The genre in the United States include the " beach party films " of the 1950s and 1960s, such as the Gidget series. Codes and conventions of teen films vary depending on the cultural context of the film, but they can include puberty , proms , alcohol , illegal substances, high school , parties, virginity , teen pregnancy , social groups and cliques , interpersonal conflict with peers and/or

3008-427: The greatest coming-of-age films , and dark comedy of all time. Heathers has since been adapted into a musical and a television reboot . At Westerburg High School, in the fictional Sherwood, Ohio, Veronica Sawyer becomes part of a popular-but-feared clique that includes three wealthy and beautiful girls with the same first name: Heather Duke, Heather McNamara, and the ruthless queen bee, Heather Chandler. Tired of

3072-924: The mid-to-late-1990s and throughout the 2000s. Many of these actors were either pre-teens or teens themselves when the movies were made. Notable teen genre actors in the 2010s and 2020s include Maya Hawke , Leah Lewis , Leighton Meester , Zendaya , Noah Centineo , Timothée Chalamet , Zac Efron , Lucy Hale , Lucas Hedges , Tom Holland , Anna Kendrick , Katherine Langford , Keiynan Lonsdale , Ezra Miller , Evan Peters , Nick Robinson , Cole Sprouse , Amandla Stenberg , Emma Stone , Ashley Tisdale , Emma Watson , Charlie Heaton , Justice Smith , Shameik Moore , Hailee Steinfeld , Odeya Rush , Madison Iseman , Dylan Minnette , Storm Reid , Asher Angel , Jack Dylan Grazer , Charlie Plummer , Vanessa Hudgens , Sophia Lillis , Angourie Rice , Olivia Rodrigo , Finn Wolfhard , Lana Condor , Ramona Young , Liza Koshy and Mckenna Grace . Suicide pact A suicide pact

3136-858: The musical Reefer Madness , a parody of the anti-cannabis movie of the same name which was turned into a feature film . Heathers: The Musical , which opens with a number depicting Veronica's acceptance into the Heathers' clique, received several readings in workshops in Los Angeles and a three-show concert presentation at Joe's Pub in New York City on September 13–14, 2010. The cast of the Joe's Pub concert included Annaleigh Ashford as Veronica, Jenna Leigh Green as Heather Chandler, and Jeremy Jordan as J.D. The musical played at Off-Broadway 's New World Stages with performances beginning March 15, 2014, and an opening night on March 31. The original cast of

3200-606: The older generations, fitting in, peer pressure , and popular culture . The classic codes and conventions of the teen film come from American films. One of the most widely used conventions is an emphasis on stereotypes and social groups. The stereotypes most commonly used include: Apart from the characters, there are many other codes and conventions of teen film. These films are often set in or around high schools and places frequented by teens, such as shopping malls and themed restaurants. This technique allows for many different social cliques to be shown. These settings are typical for

3264-848: The part. The producers wanted her to dye her hair blonde to match the other "Heathers", but Doherty refused, so they compromised on her having red hair. Principal photography took place over 33 days beginning in July 1988, on a budget of $ 3 million. Although set in Ohio, filming was done entirely in Los Angeles. "Westerburg High School" is an amalgam of Corvallis High School , now Bridges Academy , in Studio City, Verdugo Hills High School in Tujunga, and John Adams Middle School in Santa Monica. The gymnasium scenes were shot at Verdugo Hills High, and

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3328-497: The project because of its dark subject matter. Early choices for Veronica were Justine Bateman and Jennifer Connelly . Winona Ryder, who was 16 at the time of filming and badly wanted the part, begged Waters to cast her as Veronica, even offering to work for free. Waters at first did not think Ryder was pretty enough, and Ryder herself commented that "at the time, I didn't look that different from my character in Beetlejuice . I

3392-444: The role instead. Lisanne Falk, 23 years old at the time, lied and said she was in her late teens during the audition. It was only after she was cast that she revealed her true age. 17-year-old Shannen Doherty wanted the role of Veronica, but Ryder had been cast, so the producers asked her to audition for Heather Chandler. Doherty was more interested in playing Heather Duke and ended up giving an "amazing" reading as Duke, which secured her

3456-418: The screenplay in spring of 1986, while he was working at a video store . He wanted the film to be directed by Stanley Kubrick , not only out of admiration for him, but also from a perception that "Kubrick was the only person that could get away with a three-hour film". The cafeteria scene near the start of Heathers was written as a homage to the barracks scene which opens Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket . After

3520-399: The sequel." In 2024, Daniel Waters revealed that he had concocted a story for the sequel where Veronica becomes a page for a presidential candidate named Heather, who would have been played by Meryl Streep . The film would have ended with Veronica assassinating her and getting away with it. In 2010, Heathers was adapted into a stage musical directed by Andy Fickman . Fickman also worked on

3584-634: The success of the Israeli model, similar units have been founded in Sweden , Germany and France . Although the majority of such Internet-related suicide pacts have occurred in Japan (where it takes the name of netto shinjū, ネット心中), similar incidents have also been reported from other countries including China , South Korea , Germany , Australia , Norway , the United Kingdom , Canada and

3648-499: The supervision of cinematographer Francis Kenny . The sound was mastered from the magnetic sound elements. The film was released on DVD in March 1999, in a barebones edition. In 2001, a multi-region special edition THX -certified DVD was released from Anchor Bay Entertainment in Dolby Digital 5.1 . The DVD contained an audio commentary with director Michael Lehmann, producer Denise Di Novi and writer Daniel Waters, as well as

3712-465: The trend of Internet-related suicide pacts is changing the way that mental-health workers need to deal with depressed and/or suicidal young people, advising that it is "prudent for clinicians to ask routinely if young people have been accessing Internet sites, obtaining suicide information from such sites, and talking in suicide chat rooms". A person who enters into an Internet suicide pact can also be lying intentionally. William Francis Melchert-Dinkel

3776-667: Was sentenced to death by hanging , alleged to have murdered three participants in a suicide pact. An article published in the British Medical Journal in December 2004, by Sundararajan Rajagopal, Consultant Psychiatrist from St. Thomas' Hospital in London , highlighted the emergence of the relatively new phenomenon of cybersuicide pacts, addressing it from a psychiatric perspective. Rajagopal commented "The recent suicide pacts in Japan might just be isolated events in

3840-510: Was also released in a "Limited Edition Tin Set" of 15,000 copies. The Tin Set included a theatrical trailer , screenplay excerpt, original ending, biographies, 10-page full-color fold-out with photos and liner notes, an 8-inch "Heathers Rules!" ruler, and a 48-page full-color yearbook style booklet with rare photos. The film was then re-released on Blu-ray by Image Entertainment in 2011 as a barebones edition, two years after Anchor Bay. In July 2008,

3904-577: Was among the most cited in the Oxford English Dictionary . On June 2, 2009, Entertainment Weekly reported that Ryder had claimed that there would be a sequel to the film, titled Heathers 2 , with Slater coming back "as a kind of Obi-Wan character". However, Lehmann denied development of a sequel, saying, "Winona's been talking about this for years—she brings it up every once in a while and Dan Waters and I will joke about it, but as far as I know there's no script and no plans to do

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3968-474: Was considered a flop when it was released, earning $ 177,247 in its opening weekend and ultimately grossing $ 1.1 million in the United States over five weeks. New World Video released Heathers on VHS and LaserDisc in 1989. It developed a cult following after being unsuccessful at the box office. It was released again on LaserDisc in September 1996, as a widescreen edition digitally transferred from Trans Atlantic Entertainment 's interpositive print under

4032-567: Was set to premiere on March 7, 2018. On February 28, 2018, it was announced that the premiere would be delayed in light of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting . Teen film Films in this genre are often set in high schools and colleges , or contain characters who are of high school or college age. Teen film genres include Additional types of teen films can be divided again into sub-categories. These can be found at list of teen films . Early examples of

4096-480: Was very pale. I had blue-black dyed hair. I went to Macy's at the Beverly Center and had them do a makeover on me." Ryder's agent was so opposed to her pursuing the role that she got down on her hands and knees to beg Ryder not to take it, warning her that it would ruin her career. Eventually, she was given the role. Brad Pitt read for the role of J.D. but was rejected. Christian Slater reports throwing

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