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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Brief Nudity, Not For Children, Profanity, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 1995 DVD Release: 11/10/1998 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English, French SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 46 mins Studio: Columbia TriStar Members Wishing: 4 Genres: Comedy, Black Comedy, Film a Clef, Media Satire See Also: To Die For [Widescreen] [UMD for PSP]

The price of fame is murder -- or at least it is in the mind of one woman in New Hampshire. Suzanne Stone (Nicole Kidman) has spent most of her life wanting to be famous; she's attractive, speaks well, and imagines herself to be intelligent ("imagines" is the key word here), so she has set her sights on becoming a TV anchorwoman. However, opportunities for female broadcasters are hard to come by in Little Hope, New Hampshire, and she's convinced that her husband, the once handsome but now flabby restaurant manager Larry Maretto (Matt Dillon), is just getting in her way. Suzanne gets herself a spot hosting a weather report on a local public access station, and is preparing a documentary called "Teens Speak Out," which puts her in touch with a trio of high school students -- Jimmy (Joaquin Phoenix), Russell (Casey Affleck), and Lydia (Alison Folland) -- who are even more desperate for attention than she is. When Suzanne hatches a plot to get Larry out of her life once and for all, she uses Jimmy, who has developed a serious crush on her, to do her dirty work, but Larry's sister Janice (Illeana Douglas), who has long believed there was something fishy about Suzanne, eventually begins to realize what happened to her brother. Nicole Kidman won a Golden Globe award for her work in this film, which represented something of a comeback for director Gus Van Sant after the commercial and critical disaster of Even Cowgirls Get the Blues. Screenwriter Buck Henry plays a small role as a high school teacher. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Nicole Kidman - Suzanne Stone Maretto
Matt Dillon - Larry Maretto
Joaquin Phoenix - Jimmy
Casey Affleck - Russell
Illeana Douglas - Janice
Alison Folland - Lydia Mertz

Gus Van Sant's social/media satire To Die For comes to DVD with two different pictures. The widescreen anamorphic transfer preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1 and is preferable to the standard full-frame 1.33:1 image. An English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital 5.1, while a second English soundtrack and a French soundtrack have been recorded in Dolby Digital Stereo. English and French subtitles are accessible. Supplemental features are limited to a theatrical trailer. This solid DVD release will please fans and allow the uninitiated to experience this underrated film. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide