| Release Date: | Jan 1993 |
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| Genres: | Crime / Drama / Romance / Thriller |
| Awards: | Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 1 nomination |
| Cast: | Drew Barrymore (Anita Minteer), Robert Greenberg (Mr. Sheets), Rodney Harvey (Tom), Jeremy Davies (Bill), Dan Eisenstein (Chuck), Joe Dallesandro (Rooney), Willow Tipton (School Girl), James LeGros (Howard), Ione Skye (Joy), James Oseland (Sally), Thomas E. Weyer (Guard), Billy Drago (Hank Fulton), Tom Smith-Alden (Parole Officer #1), James Wheaton (Parole Officer #2), Gerald Lynn Walker (Parole Officer #3), Ida Lee (Parishioner), Lawrence Steven Meyers (Crazy Larry), Herb Weld (Clyde), Lee Mary Weilnau (Susan), Michael Ironside (Mr. Kincaid), Dick Warlock (Sheriff), Neal Jano (Patient), Jaid Barrymore (Woman with Dog), Tracey Walter (Elton (as Tracy Walter)), Roger Jackson (Joe), Sally Norvell (Waitress), Paul Janossy (Man at Mall), Billy Bates (Officer at Fountain), Zane W. Levitt (Ed Hopper), Leo Lee (Soda Pop), Rowena Guinness (Ruby the Prostitute), Harrison Young (Howard's Dad), Diane Firestone (News Reporter), Michael Franco (Officer Frank), Ray Bickel (Officer with Bullhorn (as Ray Bickle)), Damon Jones (Damian (as Damon R. Jones)), Diamond (Schlitzy the Dog), William L. Nagle (Tow Truck Driver (uncredited)) |
Anita is a high-school girl who frequently allows random boys and men to have sex with her, and is frequently raped by her absentee mother's boyfriend. As part of a school assignment Anita takes up correspondence with a lonely young prison inmate, whose letters stir up dormant desires for violence and guns. After buying herself a firearm, Anita convinces her mother's boyfriend to teach her how to use it, and, after he rapes her again, shoots him to death and hides the body. She then sets about getting her new "boyfriend" out of jail and to her, where she slowly drags him with her on her downward spiral of sex, violence, and murder for the sake of murder.
