Rating: R
Genre: Comedy Drama
Release Date: 01/19/1999
SubTitles: English/Espanol
Dubbed: English
Sound: 5.1/2
Run Time: 93 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: 20th Century Fox

Tamara Jenkins wrote and directed this comedy-drama depicting the experience of growing up poor in the 90210 zip code, told from the point of view of Vivian Abramowitz (Natasha Lyonne), a teen who lives a nomadic existence in the outskirts of Beverly Hills with her single, divorced father, Murray (Alan Arkin) and her two young brothers (David Krumholtz, Eli Marienthal). As Murray tries to keep the family in the Beverly Hills school district, the family moves into a one-bedroom apartment in a shabby complex. When sexually liberated Rita (Marisa Tomei), daughter of Murray's brother Mickey (Carl Reiner), checks out of a drug rehab and moves into the apartment, she becomes a "role model" for the young Vivian. Jenkins's semi-autobiographical screenplay was developed and refined during Screenwriters and Filmmakers Labs sessions at the Sundance Institute. Produced by Robert Redford and Michael Nozik, this film was shown in the Directors Fortnight section at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival.

~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Natasha Lyonne - Vivian
Alan Arkin - Murray
Marisa Tomei - Rita
Kevin Corrigan - Eliot
Eli Marienthal - Rickey
David Krumholtz - Ben
Jessica Walter - Doris
Carl Reiner - Mickey
Rita Moreno - Belle

Production:
Tamara Jenkins - Director
Michael Nozik Stan Wlodkowski - Producer
Rolfe Kent - Composer
Pamela Martin - Editor
Tamara Jenkins - Screen Writer
Robert Greenfield - Set Designer
Paul Curtis - ADR Editor
Matthew C. Beville - ADR Mixer
D. Chris Smith - ADR Recordist
Lisa S. Beasley - Art Department Coordinator
Scott Plauche - Art Director
Daniel Scolnik - Assistant Dialogue Editor
Pembrooke Andrews - Assistant Dialogue Editor
Romy Fleming - Assistant Hair
Anthony Ernest Garth - Assistant Location Manager
Vicky Ogden - Assistant Makeup
Vicki Thornton - Assistant Production Coordinator
Richard F. Anderson - Assistant Properties
Alan Frazier - Best Boy Electric
Josh Walters - Best Boy Grip
Andy Adams - Boom Operator
Tom Pinney - Boom Operator
Paul Kline - Camera Loader
Robert Bennett - Camera Operator
Stephen Clancy - Camera Operator
Georgianne Walken - Casting
Sheila Jaffe - Casting
Julia Kim - Casting Associate
Terrence Harris - Casting Associate
Tom Richmond - Cinematographer
Curtis Baruth - Construction Coordinator
Pete Josephs - Construction Foreman
Kirsten Everberg - Costume Designer
Ricki Fournier - Costume/Wardrobe
Colin Booth - Costumes Assistant
Gail de Krassell - Costumes Assistant
Karen Garutso - Costumes Assistant
Julie Glick - Costumes Supervisor
Kenny Yakkel - Dolly Grip
Abbe Wool - Electrician
Kyle D. Hutson - Electrician
Robert Redford - Executive Producer
Lori Sier - First Assistant Accountant
Stephane Cojot-Goldberg - First Assistant Camera
Michael A. Allowitz - First Assistant Director
Jeff Ervin - First Assistant Editor
Kirsty Kalkhoven - First Assistant Editor
Joan Rowe - Foley Artist
Sean Rowe - Foley Artist
John Chandler - Foley Editor
Eric Thompson - Foley Mixer
Shawn Kennelly - Foley Recordist
Shaun Madigan - Gaffer
Briewen Corry - Grip
Matthew Devitt III - Grip
Candace Neal - Hair Styles
John "JW" Warner - Key Grip
Kathryn Bihr - Key Make-up
Tim Snowber - Leadman
Val Burnley - Location Manager
Steve McCroskey - Music Editor
G. Marq Roswell - Musical Direction/Supervision
Gary Calamar - Musical Direction/Supervision
Gary Burritt - Negative Cutter
Maureen "Mo" Crutchfield - Post Production Accountant
Lisa Rodgers - Post Production Supervisor
Janet Lonsdale - Production Accountant
Ryan Leidner - Production Assistant
Stacy Deckard - Production Assistant
Terry St. John - Production Assistant
Dena Roth - Production Designer
Lisa S. Froeders - Production Secretary
Tom Tucker - Production Supervisor
Roger King - Properties
Will Thayer - Properties
Ritchie Kremer - Properties Master
B. Tennyson Sebastian II - Re-Recording Mixer
Jeff Payne - Re-Recording Mixer
Dawn Massaro - Second Assistant Director
Scott Remick - Second Second Assistant Director
Susie Balaban - Second Second Assistant Director
Robert Bennett - Second Unit Director Of Photography
Bently Tittle - Set Dresser
Carolyn Lassek - Set Dresser
Guillaume De Louche - Set Dresser
Sammy J. Tell - Set Dresser
Tim Park - Set Dresser
Elizabeth Blozan - Set Production Assistant
Robert Leon - Set Production Assistant
Tim Walston - Sound Editor
Elisabeth Flaum - Sound Effects Editor
Jonathan Karp - Sound Effects Editor
Michael Kamper - Sound Effects Editor
Ken Segal - Sound/Sound Designer
Brooks Robinson - Steadicam Operator
Jonathan Brown - Steadicam Operator
Leonard Myszynski - Still Photographer
Lorey Sebastian - Still Photographer
Elizabeth Colomba - Storyboard Artist
Andrew DeCristofaro - Supervising Sound Editor
John Orlebeck - Transportation Coordinator
Stan Wlodkowski - Unit Production Manager
Karen Greene - Painter

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1998 Independent Spirit Award