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Reality Bites
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Reality Bites is a 1994 drama and LGBTQ-related film directed by Ben Stiller, produced by Danny DeVito, Stacey Sher and Bill Finnegan. Made in English, it stars Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Janeane Garofalo and Steve Zahn, and is set in Houston. Emmanuel Lubezki served as director of photography, and Karl Wallinger composed the score.
The film runs 98 minutes, had a budget of $11,500,000, and earned box office receipts of $41,000,000. It was distributed by Universal Pictures and Netflix.
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6.5A small circle of friends suffering from post-collegiate blues must confront the hard truth about life, love and the pursuit of gainful employment. As they struggle to map out survival guides for the future, the Gen-X quartet soon begins to realize that reality isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Cast
- Winona Ryder as Lelaina Pierce
- Ethan Hawke as Troy Dyer
- Janeane Garofalo as Vickie Miner
- Steve Zahn as Sammy Gray
- Ben Stiller as Michael Grates
- Swoosie Kurtz as Charlane McGregor
Themes
- yuppie
- roommates
- generations conflict
- cohabitant
- cabriolet
- unemployed
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Ben Stiller
- Written by
- Helen Childress
- Produced by
- Danny DeVito , Michael Shamberg
- Starring
- Winona Ryder Ethan Hawke Ben Stiller Janeane Garofalo Steve Zahn Swoosie Kurtz Joe Don Baker John Mahoney
- Cinematography
- Emmanuel Lubezki
- Edited by
- Lisa Churgin
- Music by
- Karl Wallinger
- Production company
- Jersey Films
- Distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- Release dates
- January 28, 1994 ( 1994-01-28 ) ( Sundance ) February 18, 1994 ( 1994-02-18 )
- Running time
- 99 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $11.5 million
- Box office
- $41 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Ben Stiller
- Cast member
- David Spade
- Composer
- Karl Wallinger
- Producer
- Bill Finnegan
- Cinematographer
- Emmanuel Lubezki
- Narrative location
- Houston
- Duration
- 94
- FilmAffinity ID
- 541914
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- title
- Reality Bites
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 67/100
- capital cost
- 11500000
- box office
- 41000000
- form of creative work
- feature film
- publication date
- 1994-08-18
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Encyclopedic overview
Reality Bites is a 1994 American romantic comedy-drama film written by Helen Childress and directed by Ben Stiller in his feature directorial debut. It stars Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke and Stiller, with supporting roles by Janeane Garofalo and Steve Zahn. The film follows aspiring videographer Lelaina Pierce, working on a documentary about the disenchanted lives of her friends and roommates.
Childress wrote the initial screenplay on spec in 1990, inspired by the lives of her friends and herself during the U.S. economic recession in the early 1990s. Stiller was hired as director in 1991 but later starred in the film after working with Childress on the final screenplay, which was completed in December 1992. The film faced production delays until Ryder committed to the project, after which Hawke and Zahn were cast. Garofalo was fired during filming but returned after Ryder stepped in on her behalf. Principal photography lasted 42 days in 1993, with filming taking place in Houston and Los Angeles.
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