Clueless (1995)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Amy Heckerling

Writer (WGA):

Amy Heckerling (written by)

Release Date:

19 July 1995 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

Sex. Clothes. Popularity. Is there a problem here?

Plot:

Jane Austen's Emma meets Beverley Hills 90210 in US West Coast teen lifestyle parody.

Plot Keywords:

Makeover | School | Teacher | Jane Austen | High School

Awards:

6 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Alicia Silverstone	...	Cher Horowitz
Stacey Dash	...	Dionne
Brittany Murphy	...	Tai
Paul Rudd	...	Josh
Donald Faison	...	Murray
Elisa Donovan	...	Amber
Breckin Meyer	...	Travis
Jeremy Sisto	...	Elton
Dan Hedaya	...	Mel Horowitz
Wallace Shawn	...	Mr. Wendell Hall
Twink Caplan	...	Miss Toby Geist
Justin Walker	...	Christian
Sabastian Rashidi	...	Paroudasm
Herb Hall	...	Principal
Julie Brown	...	Ms. Stoeger
Susan Mohun	...	Heather
Nicole Bilderback	...	Summer
Ron Orbach	...	DMV Tester
Sean Holland	...	Lawrence
Roger Kabler	...	College Guy
Jace Alexander	...	Robber
Josh Lozoff	...	Logan
Carl Gottlieb	...	Priest
Joseph D. Reitman	...	Student
Anthony Beninati	...	Bartender
Micki Duran	...	Dancer
Gregg Russell	...	Dancer
Jermaine Montell	...	Dancer
Danielle Eckert	...	Dancer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Dicky Barrett	...	Himself (uncredited)
Christopher E. Cooper	...	Student (uncredited)
Amy Heckerling	...	Maid of Honor (uncredited)
Michael Klesic	...	Baggy Skater (uncredited)
Aida Linares	...	Lucy (uncredited)
Sam Maccarone	...	Baggy skater (uncredited)
Craig Ponder	...	Baggy Skater (uncredited)
Bobbie Sunday Starr	...	Passenger in Jeep (uncredited)

Directed by
Amy Heckerling

Writing credits (WGA)
Amy Heckerling		(written by)

Produced by
Barry M. Berg	....	co-producer (as Barry Berg)
Twink Caplan	....	associate producer
Robert Lawrence	....	producer
Scott Rudin	....	producer
Adam Schroeder	....	co-producer

Original Music by
David Kitay

Cinematography by
Bill Pope

Film Editing by
Debra Chiate

Casting by
Marcia Ross		(as Marcia S. Ross)

Production Design by
Steven J. Jordan		(as Steven Jordan)

Art Direction by
William Hiney

Set Decoration by
Amy Wells

Costume Design by
Mona May

Makeup Department
Alan Friedman	....	makeup supervisor (as Alan 'Doc' Friedman)
Barbara Olvera	....	assistant hair stylist
Geri B. Oppenheim	....	assistant makeup artist (as Geri Oppenheim)
Nina Paskowitz	....	hair stylist
D.J. Plumb	....	assistant hair stylist
Cynthia Hernandez	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Barry M. Berg	....	unit production manager (as Barry Berg)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Richard Graves	....	first assistant director
Maura McKeown	....	dga trainee
Daniel Silverberg	....	second assistant director
Diana E. Williams	....	second second assistant director (as Diana Williams)

Art Department
Ken Abraham	....	set dresser
Tom Bartholemew	....	production painter
Gary Clark	....	paint foreperson (as Gary A. Clark)
Glen R. Feldman	....	assistant property master
Billy Frank	....	lead man
Petko D. Kadiev	....	illustrator (as Petko Kadiev)
Barry Kingston	....	construction coordinator
Mark Kusy	....	set dresser
James LaBarge	....	set dresser
Scott W. Leslie	....	assistant property master (as Scott Leslie)
Ronald MacDonald	....	construction labor foreman
Wendy Murray	....	set dresser
Charles Page	....	construction foreperson (as Charles G. Page)
Charles Phillips	....	construction general foreperson (as Charles G. Phillips)
Laurie Stevens	....	art department coordinator
Dean Wilson	....	property master
Tony Chavez	....	propmaker (uncredited)

Sound Department
Peter Austin	....	foley editor (as Peter Drake Austin)
Bill Baldwin	....	assistant sound editor
Peter Bergren	....	sound effects editor
Damon Cohoon	....	assistant sound editor
Virginia Cook-McGowan	....	adr editor
Chris David	....	sound re-recording mixer
Don Digirolamo	....	sound re-recording mixer
Dean Drabin	....	adr mixer
Andrew Ellerd	....	sound effects editor
Thomas Giordano	....	cable person
Dennis Gray	....	dialogue editor
Sonya Henry	....	dialogue editor
Shelley Rae Hinton	....	adr editor
Eileen Horta	....	adr editor
David Jobe	....	foley mixer
Trevor Jolly	....	supervising foley editor
Jay Kamen	....	supervising sound editor (as Uncle J. Kamen)
Gary Lewis	....	dialogue editor
Paul Massey	....	sound re-recording mixer
Alyson Dee Moore	....	foley artist
Patricia Nedd	....	foley artist
Ralph Osborn	....	dialogue editor (as Ralph Osbourne)
Andrew Patterson	....	foley editor (as Andrew G. Patterson)
Michele Perrone	....	adr editor
Charleen Richards	....	adr mixer
David M. Ronne	....	sound mixer (as David Ronne)
Solange S. Schwalbe	....	foley editor
Andrew Somers	....	dialogue editor
Bruce Tanis	....	sound effects editor (as Bruce Tannis)
Richard Taylor	....	foley editor
Cary Weitz	....	boom operator
Paul J. Zydel	....	adr mixer (as Paul Zydel)

Stunts
LaFaye Baker	....	stunts
Gidget Churchill	....	stunts
Woody Itson	....	stunts
Kevin L. Jackson	....	stunts (as Kevin Lemont Jackson)
Kelsee King-Devoreaux	....	stunts (as Kelsee Devoreaux)
Danny Mayer	....	stunts
Gary McLarty	....	stunts
Steve Picerni	....	stunts
Troy Robinson	....	stunts
Jimmy Romano	....	stunts
Pat Romano	....	stunt coordinator (as Patrick Romano)
Kealoha Rosecrans	....	stunts
Jill Stokesberry	....	stunts
Chet Thomas	....	stunts
Kelsee King-Devoreaux	....	stunt double: Stacey Dash (uncredited)
Jason Ybarra	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Mike Carter	....	grip (as Michael Carter)
Keith Collea	....	video operator
George Dunagan	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Kevin 'Rambo' Fitzgerald	....	grip (as 'Rambo' Fitzgerald)
Scot Gaal	....	lamp operator
Steven W. Gage	....	dolly grip
Joe Gallo	....	rigging gaffer (as Joseph Gallo)
Mark Gambino	....	second company grip
Norman Glasser	....	chief lighting technician (as Norm Glasser)
Lawrence Karman	....	camera operator
Elliott Marks	....	still photographer
Tony Mazzucchi	....	first company grip
Larry McCarron	....	grip
J. Michael Muro	....	Steadicam operator (as Jim Muro)
Jerome L. Posner	....	lamp operator (as Jerry Posner)
John Shoemaker	....	lamp operator
Gregor Tavenner	....	first assistant camera
Matt Tonne	....	grip
Poly Veitzer	....	second assistant camera
Shawn Whelan	....	grip (as Shawn Whalan)
Greg Ulrich	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Amy Vincent	....	additional camera operator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Jon Scott Strotheide	....	casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Isabela Braga	....	costumer
Vickie Brinkford	....	set costumer (as Vickie Brinkkord)
Leesa Evans	....	assistant costume designer
Chic Gennarelli	....	costumer supervisor
Garet Reilly	....	set costumer
Karen Hare	....	costumer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Jill Goularte	....	second assistant film editor
L. James Langlois	....	first assistant film editor
Mike Milliken	....	color timer
Theresa Repola Mohammed	....	negative cutter

Music Department
Bob Bornstein	....	music preparation
Arlene Fishbach	....	music clearance
Carl Fortina	....	orchestra contractor
Dan Garde	....	music editor (as Danny Garde)
Billy Gottlieb	....	music coordinator
Reg Powell	....	conductor (as Reginald Powell)
Reg Powell	....	orchestrator (as Reginald Powell)
Karyn Rachtman	....	music supervisor
John Richards	....	score mixer
Jay B. Richardson	....	music editor (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Glenn Carter	....	picture car coordinator
Mike Fenster	....	transportation captain
Randy White	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Noah Ackerman	....	assistant: Mr. Rudin
Joseph Aspromonti	....	production assistant
Brigitte Bourque	....	production secretary
Mauni P. Caves	....	assistant location manager (as Mauni Caues)
Tanya Cohen	....	assistant: Mr. Lawrence
Sarah Connolly	....	assistant: Ms. Heckerling
Craig Conolly	....	production assistant
Robert Dawson	....	title designer
John Estrada	....	production assistant
Derek Evans	....	assistant: Mr. Rudin
Stuart Fink	....	unit publicist
Gary Goodman	....	assistant: Mr. Rudin
David 'Cajun' Guilbeau	....	craft service
Raul Gutierrez	....	assistant: Mr. Rudin
Mary Ann Kellogg	....	choreographer
Edward Kitsis	....	assistant: Mr. Schroeder
Kevin Landry	....	production auditor
Darrin Lipscomb	....	assistant location manager
Dawn Miller	....	production assistant (as Dawn Mandell-Miller)
Irina Naydichev	....	payroll auditor
Yoli Poropat	....	production coordinator
Jean Quay	....	first aid
Elyse Allyn Ramsdell	....	assistant production coordinator
John Rash	....	assistant auditor
Jeffrey T. Spellman	....	location manager
Gene Strange	....	first assistant auditor
Barbara Treutelaar	....	assistant auditor
Esther Vivante	....	script supervisor
Steven Werbkay	....	production assistant
Louis Farah	....	set medic (uncredited)
Dori Greenberg	....	set production assistant (uncredited)
Brian Rosenberg	....	assistant: Scott Rudin (uncredited)

Thanks
Tim Devine	....	thanks
Gary Gersh	....	thanks
Doug Herzog	....	thanks
Judy McGrath	....	thanks
Craig Perry	....	thanks
Victor Rinaldo	....	thanks
Todd Ruff	....	thanks
Wendy Taeuber	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Paramount Pictures

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1995) (USA) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1998) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (video)
• CIC-Taft Home Video (Australia) (VHS)
• Filmes Lusomundo (Portugal)
• Paramount Home Video (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (USA) (VHS)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (Argentina)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (Spain)

Other Companies

• Capitol Records  soundtrack released by
• Inter Video  computer and video playback
• K!SSPROOF Entertainment  cast appearance booking
• Pacific Title  opticals
• Paramount Pictures Scoring Stage M  orchestra mixed at
• Paramount Pictures Scoring Stage M  orchestra recorded at
• Todd-AO Studios  sound post-production and sound editing

Also Known As:

I Was a Teenage Teenager (USA) (working title)
No Worries (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sex related dialogue and some teen use of alcohol and drugs.

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG-13 (certificate #33483) | Iceland:L | Canada:14 (New Brunswick/Nova Scotia/Prince Edward Island) | South Korea:12 | South Korea:12 (DVD rating) | Philippines:PG-13 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Belgium:KT | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Chile:14 | Denmark:12 | Finland:S | France:U | Germany:6 (w) | Ireland:15 | Netherlands:AL | Norway:7 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:11 | UK:12

Filming Locations:

Beverly Hills, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

The band playing during the party scene is the Boston-based Ska band, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones.

Goofs:

Continuity: Dionne's nose ring is not there when she gets into the jeep with Cher, but appears a couple of shots later.

Quotes:

Cher: [in the middle of wondering why she's feels so horrible because of Tai and Josh; looks in a store window]
[thinks]
Cher: Ooh! I wonder if they have that in my size.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "E! True Hollywood Story: Clueless" (2001)

Soundtrack:

WHERE'D YOU GO?

Clueless: An near-perfectly updated classic

"Isn't my house classic? The columns date all the way back to 1972."

When romantic high-school comedy Clueless (1995) was released, it was immediately vaulted into cult-status and firmly stapled as one of the most original teen-flicks of the 1990s. 'Original' is perhaps a term wrongly applied since it is based on the queen of romance Jane Austen's Emma (1815) . But what Clueless did was update the classic story by coating it with high school drama, teenage girls and shopping and sprinkle it with heavy doses of humour.

Emma is no longer Emma; she is Cher (Alicia Silverstone), a spoiled rich girl walking around in her Beverly Hills mansion in a bubble of stereotypes and teen-clichés -- but with a great big heart. So big-hearted, in fact, that she takes on the lost goofy new girl in her school to find her love and popularity, knowing full-well that it could destroy her own reputation. Clueless thus sees Cher and her best friend Dionne (Stacey Dash) on a mission to do good. Real good.

All the detours this mission entail are captured brilliantly in the film, taking the form of love-interests, parties, shopping and misunderstandings. From Cher's grumpy lawyer-father (an hilarious Dan Hedaya) and her nerdy step-brother (a likable Paul Rudd) to her eccentric group of friends at school, Clueless is a superb ride of teenage comedy camp. Only just over 10 years old, it is still extremely dated today. But no matter, because the 90s clichés like skateboarding, Marky Mark and the catch-phrase "As if" just make it so much more contemporary and fun to watch.

What elevates Clueless (1995) above generic high school comedy is its use of stereotypes. In most films they are unintentionally there to create a subconscious effect, but in Clueless they are made fun of to a much higher degree -- they are overblown and glorious. It brutally satirizes rich kids and their 'problems' and juxtaposes them with a classic, heart-felt love-story. The kind that only Jane Austen can write.

9/10