Movie
S.F.W.
Overview
An alienated and misanthropic teenager gains sudden and unwanted celebrity status after he's taken hostage by terrorists where his indifference to their threats to kill him makes news headlines.
Details
- Release date
- 1995-01-20
- Runtime
- 96 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Gramercy Pictures, A&M Films, Propaganda Films
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Stephen Dorff as Cliff Spab
- Reese Witherspoon as Wendy Pfister
- Jake Busey as Morrow Streeter
- Joey Lauren Adams as Monica Dice
- Pamela Gidley as Janet Streeter
- David Barry Gray as Scott Spab
- Jack Noseworthy as Joe Dice
- Richard Portnow as Gerald Parsley
- Tobey Maguire as Al
- Amber Benson as Babs Wyler
- John Roarke as Phil Donahue Clone / Sam Donaldson Clone / Alan Dershowitz / Ted Koppel Clone / Larry King Clone
- Edward Wiley as Mr. Spab
Crew
- Jefery Levy - Director
- Danny Rubin - Screenplay
- Jefery Levy - Screenplay
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