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Winner of Best Screenplay Award at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. In another family drama, after his internationally acclaimed Sense and Sensibility success, director Ang Lee takes his moving and comic sensibility to the American suburbs of the 1970s. 20 b/w photos.The Newmarket Shooting... read more
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- Paul Hood: 16-year old middle-class boy. Studies at a private school. Is in love with Libbets, one of his classmates.
- Benjamin Hood: The head of the Hood family. Frustrated about work and his home life. He's having an affair.
- Wendy Hood: 14-year old rebellious girl, at the beginning of her sexual curiosity.
- Elena Hood: Paul and Wendy's mom. She's a cold person and reads self-help psychology books.
- Mike Williams: Wendy's friend and crush. Adventurous, rebellious 13-year old.
- Sandy Williams: Mike's brother and Wendy's other, shyer crush.
- Janey Williams: Sandy and Mike's mom. She's a much sexier housewife and she's sleeping with Benjamin Hood.
- Jim Williams: Janey's husband
- Libbets Casey: Add a description of this character.
- Neil Conrad
- Debby Armitage
- Maria Conrad
- George Clair
- Dot Halford
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SO LET ME dish you this comedy about a family I knew when I was growing up.
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Authors & Contributors edit
- Rick Moody (Author)
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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