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Clueless was a film directed by Amy Heckerling. Filmed over a span of a few weeks in early 1995, the movie was released in the United States on July 19, 1995. The film also had a spin-off television series.

Story

Closely based on the novel Emma by Jane Austen, the film tells the story of Cher Horowitz, played in what was a breakthrough role by actress Alicia Silverstone. Although happy in her somewhat self-centered world of shopping and fashion, Cher longs to prove herself as an intellectual and do-gooder. She, along with her best friend Dionne Marie Davenport (Stacey Dash) decide to give a personality make-over to a "tragically unhip" new girl, Tai Fraiser (Brittany Murphy). Things backfire, though, when Tai's popularity begins to surpass Cher's, and she has to question what is most important in the life of a wealthy, gorgeous teenage girl.

Background

The film was co-written by (and co-starred) comedian Julie Brown and co-starred actors Donald Faison as Dionne's boyfriend Murray Lawrence Duvall, Elisa Donovan as Cher's rival Amber Princess Mariens, Paul Rudd as Cher's "ex-stepbrother" Josh Lucas, Wallace Shawn as Cher's debate teacher Mr. Alphonse Hall, and Twink Caplan as Cher's mousy history teacher Ms. Geist. Caplan also helped produce the film.

The film was groundbreaking for a variety of reasons. Much of the teen-slang used in the film was researched by Heckerling during the four years in which she wrote the script. The success of the film caused much of this slang to carry over into real-life usage and it is still a major part of American slang at present date. The film can be attributed as causing the widespread use of the terms "whatever" (as a derogatory dismissal) and "postal" (as in "going postal"). Also, the fashions in the film became the new fashions of real-life as plaid, pastels, and knee-high tights were the new thing. Technology-wise, new and smaller cell phones and pagers were never used so much in film as it was with Clueless, as 1995 was a year when only the rich had such devices.

Additionally it is one of the few times when the majority of the cast of teenage characters was portrayed by actual teenagers, with the exception of Dash who was 29 years old at the time of filming.

The movie had a 40-day filming schedule. Producers sat in on classes at Beverly Hills High School to get a feel for the student culture. Many scenes were filmed in Costa Mesa and Beverly Hills with most neighborhood scenes filmed in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Cast

Alicia Silverstone
(Cher Horowitz)
Paul Rudd
(Josh Lucas)
Brittany Murphy
(Tai Fraiser)
Stacey Dash
(Dionne Marie Davenport)
Donald Faison
(Murray Lawrence Duvall)
Dan Hedaya
(Mel Horowitz)
Breckin Meyer
(Travis Birkenstock)
Justin Walker (Christian Stovitz)
Wallace Shawn
(Mr. Alphonse Hall)
Jeremy Sisto
(Elton Tiscia)
Twink Caplan (Miss Geist)
Elisa Donovan
(Amber Mariens)
Julie Brown
(Coach Millie Stoegers)
Sean Holland (Lawrence)

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