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10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU
Release Date: March 31st, 1999
Video Release Date: October 12th, 1999
Distributor: Buena Vista
MPAA Rating: PG-13 (crude sex-related humor and dialogue, alcohol and drug-related scenes, all involving teens)
Cast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt (from TV's Third Rock from the Sun), Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Larisa Oleynik (star of Nickolodeon's The Secret World of Alex Mack), Kyle Cease, Cameron Fraser, Terrence Houston, Allison Janney, Andrew Keegan, David Krumholtz, Larry Miller, Susan May Pratt, Don Reo, Gabrielle Union
Director: Gil Junger (episodes of the TV series Ellen, Blossom, and Dharma and Greg)
Screenwriters: Karen Lutz, Kirsten Smith
Based upon: This is a modern retelling of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.
As Shakespearean adaptations go, it's not quite as odd as moving |Tempest"The Tempest to another planet (as in Forbidden Planet) or Hamlet to a Canadian brewery (the secret subtext of Strange Brew), but it's still safe to say no one was expecting a version of |Taming|of|the|Shrew"The Taming of the Shrew set in an American high school. But unlike the previously mentioned films, 10 Things I Hate About You at least gives the Bard screen credit for his contribution to the story. In 10 Things I Hate About You, Bianca Stratford (Larisa Oleynik) is a tenth grader who has never gone on a date, as her parents have a little rule where Bianca isn't allowed to go out with boys until her older sister gets a boyfriend. The problem is, while her older sister Kat (Julia Stiles) is attractive and intelligent, she's also a mean-spirited misanthrope who rubs nearly everyone the wrong way — especially boys. But Bianca and the guy she has her eye on, Joey Donner (Andrew Keegan), are eager to get their romance on the road, so Joey fixes Kat up with Patrick Verona (Heath Ledger), a new kid in town who may be just bitter and mysterious enough to suit her. 10 Things I Hate About You is the first feature film for director Gil Junger, who previously worked extensively in television, including episodes of Dharma and Greg, Ellen, and Blossom.

affection.wav Verona: "I told you, you may have a concussion." Kat: "You don't care if I never wake up." Verona: "Sure I do!"
Kat: "Why?" Verona: "Well, then because I'd have to start taking out girls who actually like me." Kat: "Like you could find one." Verona: "Oh, see that there! Who needs affection when I have blind hatred?"
beautiful.wav Cameron: "You know, just cause you're beautiful, doesn't mean you can treat people like they don't matter."
blackpanties.wav Bianca: "Aha! Black panties!" Cameron: "What does that tell us?" Bianca: "She wants to have sex someday, that'w what." Cameron: "She...she could just like the color." Bianca: "You don't buy black lingerie unless you want someone to see it."
deserve.wav Verona: "Don't let anyone, ever make you feel like you don't deserve what you want."
panties.wav Verona: "You're not as mean as you think you are, you know that?" Kat: "And you're not as bad-ass as you think you are!" Verona: "Ooohh, someone still has their panties in a twist." Kat: "Don't think for one minute think that you had any affect whatsoever on my panties."
perceive.wav Ms. Perky: "People perceive you as somewhat..." Kat: "Tempeturous?" Ms. Perky: "Heinous bitch is the term used most often."
same.wav Ms. Perky: "I'm sure you won't find Padua any different than your old schools, same little ass-wipes, shit for brains everywhere!"
society.wav Kat: "I guess in this society, being male and an asshole makes you worthy of our time."
takeout.wav Verona: "You're gonna pay me to take out some chick?"
setup.wav Kat: "You were paid to take me out by the one person I truly hate! I knew this was a setup!"
Kat: "I hate the way you talk to me / And the way you cut your hair. / I hate the way you drive my car. / I hate it when you stare. / I hate your big dumb combat boots / And the way you read my mind. / I hate you so much it makes me sick -- / It even makes me rhyme. / I hate the way you're always right. /I hate it when you lie. /I hate it...I hate it when you make me laugh -- /Even worse when you make me cry. / I hate it that you're not around / And the fact that you didn't call. / But mostly I hate the way / I don't hate you -- / Not even close, not even a little bit, not even at all."
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