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film directed by

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and starring

Julia Stiles Julia O'Hara Stiles (born March 28, 1981) is an American actress. Born and raised in New York City, Stiles began acting at the age of 11 as part of New York's La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. Her film debut was a small role in ''I'' ''Love Yo ...

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, and

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. The screenplay, written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, is a modernization of

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's late-16th-century comedy ''

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'', retold in a late-1990s American

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setting. In the story, new student Cameron (Gordon-Levitt) is smitten with Bianca (Oleynik) and, in order to get around her father's strict rules on

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, attempts to get bad boy Patrick (Ledger) to date Bianca's ill-tempered sister, Kat (Stiles). The film is named after a poem written by Kat about her bittersweet romance with Patrick. Much of the filming took place in the

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, with many scenes shot at

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in Tacoma. Released March 31, 1999, ''10 Things I Hate About You'' grossed $60 million and received generally positive reviews from critics. It served as breakthrough roles for Stiles, Ledger, and Gordon-Levitt, all of whom were nominated for various teen-orientated awards. The film has since developed a cult following and is considered a classic in the

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genre. Ten years later, the film was adapted into a television series of the same title, which ran for 20 episodes and featured Larry Miller reprising his role as Walter Stratford.

Plot

Cameron James, a new student at Padua High School in the

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area, falls in love at first sight with beautiful and popular sophomore Bianca Stratford.

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y Michael Eckman warns him that Bianca is vapid and conceited, and that her overprotective father does not allow Bianca or her older sister, the

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ish Kat, to date. Kat, a senior, is accepted to Sarah Lawrence College in New York, but her father, Walter, wants her to stay close to home. Bianca wishes to date affluent senior Joey Donner, but Walter, an

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worried about

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, will not allow his daughters to date until they graduate. Frustrated by Bianca's insistence and Kat's rebelliousness, Walter declares that Bianca may date only when Kat does, knowing that Kat's anti-social attitude makes this unlikely. When Cameron asks Bianca out, she informs him of her father's new rule and, as a pretense for allowing her to date Joey, suggests that Cameron find someone willing to date Kat. Cameron selects "bad boy" Patrick Verona, but Patrick scares him off. Michael assists by convincing Joey to pay Patrick to take Kat out, under the pretense that this will allow Joey to date Bianca. Patrick agrees to the deal, but Kat rebuffs his first few advances. Michael and Cameron help him by probing Bianca for information on Kat's likes and dislikes. Armed with this knowledge, Patrick begins to win Kat's interest. She goes to a party with him, which enables Bianca to go as well, much to Walter's dismay. At the party, Kat becomes upset when she sees Bianca with Joey, and responds by getting drunk. Patrick attends to her, and Kat starts to open up, expressing her interest in starting a

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. However, when she tries to kiss him, Patrick pulls away and Kat leaves, infuriated. Meanwhile, Bianca ignores Cameron in favor of Joey, leaving Cameron dejected. Bianca soon realizes, however, that Joey is shallow and self-absorbed, and asks Cameron for a ride home. Cameron admits his feelings for her and his frustration with how she has treated him. Bianca responds by kissing him. Joey offers to pay Patrick to take Kat to the

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so he can take Bianca. Patrick initially refuses, but relents when Joey offers him more money. Kat is still angry with Patrick, but he wins her over by serenading her with the accompaniment of the

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, and she helps him sneak out of detention. They go on a date which turns romantic, but Kat becomes suspicious and angry when Patrick insists that she go with him to the prom, an event she is adamantly against. Bianca is irritated that Cameron hasn't asked her to the prom, and so accepts Joey's invitation, but Walter won't allow it unless Kat goes too. Kat confesses to Bianca that she dated Joey when they were

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and, succumbing to

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, had sex with him. Afterwards she regretted it and Joey dumped her, so she vowed to never again do anything just because everyone else was doing it. Bianca insists that she can make her own choices, so Kat agrees to go to the prom with Patrick, and Bianca decides to go with Cameron instead of Joey. All is going well at the prom until Bianca learns that Joey planned to have sex with her that night. Angry that Bianca has spurned him for Cameron, Joey reveals his arrangement with Patrick, which causes Kat to leave heartbroken. Joey then punches Cameron, but is in turn beaten up by Bianca for having hurt her, Kat, and Cameron. Bianca and Cameron share another kiss. The next day, Bianca reconciles with Kat and begins dating Cameron. Walter admits that Kat is capable of taking care of herself, and gives her permission to attend Sarah Lawrence College. For an assignment in which the students were required to write their own version of

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, Kat reads aloud a poem titled "10 Things I Hate About You", revealing that she still loves Patrick. Patrick surprises her with a

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bought with the money that Joey paid him, and confesses that he has fallen for her. Kat forgives him, and the two make up with a kiss.

Cast

as Katarina "Kat" Stratford, the anti-social,

ish elder Stratford sister. *

as Patrick Verona, the Australian " bad boy" who is hired to date Kat and falls for her in the process. *

as Cameron James, the new student at Padua High School who is smitten with Bianca and goes to great lengths to win her favor. *

as Bianca Stratford, the younger of the two Stratford sisters, superficial and popular. * Larry Miller as Walter Stratford, an

and

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who is overprotective of his daughters, Kat and Bianca. * Andrew Keegan as Joey Donner, an affluent, self-absorbed

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and aspiring

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who intends to have sex with Bianca, and to that end pays Patrick to date Kat. *

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as Michael Eckman, a

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who assists Cameron in his quest to woo Bianca, and in the process tries to woo Kat's friend Mandella. * Susan May Pratt as Mandella, Kat's only close friend and an aficionado of

, who ends up going to the prom with Michael. *

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as Chastity Church, Bianca's best friend, who betrays Bianca by going out with Joey when Bianca spurns him. * Daryl Mitchell as Mr. Morgan, teacher of Kat, Patrick, and Joey's

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class. *

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as Ms. Perky, Padua High School's guidance counselor and a writer of

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. *

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as Mr. Chapin, coach of the girls' soccer team. * Greg Jackson as "Scurvy", a friend of Patrick. *

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as Bogey Lowenstein, a golf enthusiast and member of a clique of aspiring

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s. * The band

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(singer

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, guitarists Greg McKenna and Michael Eisenstein, bassist Scott Riebling, and drummer

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) appears as the band performing at Club Skunk, playing their songs "Come On" and "Co-Pilot", and playing a

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's "

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" on the school's rooftop during the closing credits. Hanley and Eisenstein also appear in the prom scene, performing a cover of

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" with

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. * The band Save Ferris (singer Monique Powell, guitarist Brian Mashburn, bassist Bill Uechi, trumpeter José Castellaños, trombonist Brian Williams, saxophonist Eric Zamora, and drummer Evan Kilbourne) appears as the band performing at the prom, playing their songs "I Know" and "Can't Stop" as well as covers of

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' " Shout" and Nick Lowe's "Cruel to Be Kind".

Production

The script for the film was finalized in November 1997. Many of the scenes were filmed on location at

and at a house in the North End of

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. The prom sequence was shot over three days in Seattle.Write-up on CinemaReview.com
. Retrieved May 24, 2008. Costume designer Kim Tillman designed original dresses for Larisa Oleynik and Julia Stiles, as well as the period outfits for Susan May Pratt and David Krumholtz. Gabrielle Union's snakeskin prom dress is a

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design.

and

's vintage tuxes came from Isadora's in Seattle.

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and

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were in the running to play Patrick.

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auditioned for the role of Kat. Katie Holmes was also considered for the role.

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was offered the part but her mother (

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) didn't like the script so she forced her to pass on the role.

Release

In its opening weekend, the film grossed $8.3 million in 2,271 theaters domestically (averaging $3,668 per venue), finishing number two at the box office behind ''

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''. It grossed a total of $38.2 million in the United States and Canada, and $15.3 million, in other territories, for $53.5 million worldwide.

Reception

On review aggregator

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, the film holds an approval rating of 71% based on 82 reviews, with an average rating of 6.3/10. The website's critics consensus states: "Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger add strong performances to an unexpectedly clever script, elevating ''10 Things'' (slightly) above typical teen fare."

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assigned the film a weighted average score of 70 out of 100, based on 26 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews." Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale. Geoff Andrew from ''Time Out'' praised the film's leads, stating, "Stiles grows into her character, and Ledger is effortlessly charming." Brad Laidman from Film Threat said the film was "pure of heart and perfectly executed." Ron Wells, another critic from Film Threat, expressed, "Of all the teen films released this year, this one is, by far, the best." Roger Ebert gave the film two and a half stars out of four, saying that he "liked the movie's spirit, the actors and some of the scenes. The music, much of it by the band Letters to Cleo, is subtle and inventive while still cheerful. The movie almost but not quite achieves liftoff against the gravitational pull of the tired story formula." ''

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'' listed the film at #49 on its list of Best High School Movies.

Accolades

''10 Things I Hate About You'' provided breakthrough roles for stars Stiles, Ledger, and Gordon-Levitt. Gordon-Levitt, Stiles, and Oleynik each received Young Star Award nominations for Best Actor/Actress in a Comedy Film. The movie was nominated for seven

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: Choice Movie: Breakout Star (Stiles), Choice Movie: Comedy, Choice Movie: Funniest Scene (featuring Krumholtz), Choice Movie: Love Scene (featuring Stiles and Ledger), Choice Movie: Hissy Fit (Gordon-Levitt), Choice Movie: Villain (Andrew Keegan) and Choice Movie: Soundtrack. The film's casting directors Marcia Ross and Donna Morong won "Best Casting for Feature Film, Comedy" at the Casting Society of America in 1999. In 2000, Stiles won the

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for "Most Promising Actress" for her role as Kat Stratford (tied with Émilie Dequenne in ''

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'') and an

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for Breakthrough Female Performance. Ledger was also nominated for an MTV Movie Award for Best Musical Performance for the song "

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Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack album, featuring

performing

s of

's "

" and

", stayed on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart for seven weeks, peaking at no. 52. Reviewer S. Peeples of

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rated it 3 stars out of 5, calling it "one of the best modern rock soundtracks of the spring 1999 season".

Certifications

Adaptations

In June 1999, the

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published a novelization of the story, adapted by

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. The story is retold as it is in the film with each chapter written from the point of view of either Bianca, Cameron, Kat, Patrick, or Michael. In October 2008, ABC Family ordered a pilot episode of ''

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'', a half-hour, single-camera comedy series based on the feature film of the same name. Larry Miller is the only actor from the film to reprise his role in the television series. The director of the film,

, directed many of the episodes including the pilot while the film's music composer, Richard Gibbs, also returned to do the show's music. The series was adapted and produced by Carter Covington. The show premiered on July 7, 2009, and ended on May 24, 2010, lasting only 20 episodes.

References

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