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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Profanity, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 1998 DVD Release: 08/29/2000 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV,Pan and Scan Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English, French, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 39 mins Studio: Columbia TriStar Members Wishing: 11 Genres: Drama, Teen Movie, Coming-of-Age

Dominique Swain stars as spoiled, small-town high-school senior, 18-year-old Andrea Marr, who lives with her parents in an upscale suburb of Porter City, Washington -- where Andrea and her gal pals make the scene at various concerts and clubs. Before the summer ends and an Ivy League school takes her East, the virginal and somewhat confused Andrea hopes to achieve sexual satisfaction. She chooses Kevin (Channon Roe), but the encounter isn't quite what she was expecting, perhaps because she's more attracted to rocker Todd Sparrow (Sean Patrick Flanery). Absorbing advice from her friend Rebecca (Summer Phoenix), she plots a course of action and drops Kevin. After she succeeds in linking with her one-and-only, it's not long before she's disappointed to find that Sparrow has flown the coop. Swain's effective voiceover narration contrasts her careful plans with her impulsive actions. Shown in the market section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

Dominique Swain - Andrea Marr
Sean Patrick Flanery - Todd Sparrow
Summer Phoenix - Rebecca
Tara Reid - Cybil
Selma Blair - Darcy
Portia de Rossi - Carla

An innocent teenager throws herself into the fetid underworld of rock music in this coming-of-age drama, which has been given a well-rounded treatment for its release on DVD. Girl has been given two transfers to disc for this edition -- a letterboxed version in the widescreen aspect ratio of 1.85:1 (which has been enhanced for anamorphic playback on 16 x 9 monitors), and a pan-and-scan full-frame version at 1.33:1. The English-language audio is mastered in Dolby Digital Surround with optional subtitles in English, Spanish, and French. Bonus materials include a commentary track featuring the director and leading cast members, a short documentary on the making of the film, a collection of trailers, and cast and crew biographies. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide