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Girl, Interrupted is a 1999 American biographical psychological drama film written and directed by James Mangold, from a screenplay by Mangold, Lisa Loomer, and Anna Hamilton Phelan, and based on the 1993 memoir of the same name by Susanna Kaysen.
Girl, Interrupted: Directed by James Mangold. With Winona Ryder, Angelina Jolie, Clea DuVall, Brittany Murphy. A directionless teenager, Susanna, is rushed to Claymoore, a mental institution, after a supposed suicide attempt.
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- Biography, Drama
- James Mangold
- 2000-01-14
An 18-year-old checks into a psychiatric hospital in the late 1960s and finds unexpected connections with the other women receiving treatment. Watch trailers & learn more.
Girl, Interrupted is a 1993 memoir by Susanna Kaysen, who spent 18 months in a psychiatric hospital in the 1960s. The book explores her experiences, diagnosis, and reflections on mental illness, and was adapted into a film starring Winona Ryder and Angelina Jolie.
Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, "Girl, Interrupted" is the searing true story of Susanna Kaysen (Winona Ryder), a young woman who finds herself at a renowned mental...
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- James Mangold
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- Winona Ryder
A movie based on the memoir of Susanna Kaysen, a teenager who was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder and hospitalized in a mental institution in 1967. She befriends a group of troubled women and faces challenges, conflicts and choices in her life.
A drama based on a true story of a young woman's stay at a psychiatric hospital in the 1960s. Watch Winona Ryder, Whoopi Goldberg, Vanessa Redgrave and Angelina Jolie in this Oscar®-nominated film.