To Die For

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black comedy film crime drama film film

To Die For is a 1995 darkly comic crime drama film directed by Gus Van Sant, starring Nicole Kidman as an ambitious small-town woman who will stop at nothing to become a famous television personality.

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To Die For canonical 12
To Die For (film, 1995) 1
To Die For (novel) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf black comedy film ⓘ
crime drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
awardReceived Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy ⓘ
surface form: Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (Nicole Kidman)
basedOn To Die For self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: To Die For (novel)
basedOnAuthor Joyce Maynard ⓘ
cinematographyBy Eric Alan Edwards ⓘ
colorProcess color ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Gus Van Sant ⓘ
distributor Columbia Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Curtis Clayton ⓘ
filmingLocation Ontario ⓘ
surface form: Ontario, Canada
genre black comedy ⓘ
crime drama ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasCharacter Jimmy Emmett ⓘ
Larry Maretto ⓘ
Lydia Mertz ⓘ
Russel Hines ⓘ
hasTheme fame and ambition ⓘ
manipulation and murder ⓘ
media obsession ⓘ
mainCharacter Suzanne Stone Maretto ⓘ
medium feature film ⓘ
mpaaRating R ⓘ
musicBy Danny Elfman ⓘ
narrativeStyle uses mockumentary-style interviews and flashbacks ⓘ
notableFor Nicole Kidman’s critically acclaimed performance as Suzanne Stone ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary An ambitious small-town woman will stop at nothing to become a famous television personality. ⓘ
productionCompany Columbia Pictures ⓘ
productionStartYear 1994 ⓘ
publicationDate 1995 ⓘ
releaseFormat theatrical film ⓘ
runningTime approximately 106 minutes ⓘ
screenplayAdaptationOf fictionalized account inspired by the Pamela Smart case ⓘ
screenwriter Buck Henry ⓘ
settingLocation small town in New Hampshire ⓘ
starring Casey Affleck ⓘ
Illeana Douglas ⓘ
Joaquin Phoenix ⓘ
Matt Dillon ⓘ
Nicole Kidman ⓘ
targetAudience adult ⓘ

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Gus Van Sant → notableWork → To Die For ⓘ
Gus Van Sant → directed → To Die For ⓘ
Nicole Kidman → notableWork → To Die For ⓘ
Joaquin Phoenix → notableWork → To Die For ⓘ
Matt Dillon → notableWork → To Die For ⓘ
Buck Henry → notableWork → To Die For ⓘ
Buck Henry → screenwriterOf → To Die For ⓘ
To Die For → basedOn → To Die For self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: To Die For (novel)
Gus → notableWork → To Die For ⓘ
subject surface form: Gus Van Sant
Gus → directed → To Die For ⓘ
subject surface form: Gus Van Sant
Cathy Konrad → produced → To Die For ⓘ
Laura Ziskin → notableWork → To Die For ⓘ
Laura Ziskin → producerOf → To Die For ⓘ
Laura Ziskin Productions → notableWork → To Die For ⓘ
this entity surface form: To Die For (film, 1995)