S.F.W.
“Fate made them hostages. The media made them stars.”
An alienated and misanthropic teenager gains sudden and unwanted celebrity status after he's taken hostage by terrorists where his indifference to their threats to kill him makes news headlines.
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Cast
53 people
Stephen Dorff
Cliff Spab
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Reese Witherspoon
Wendy Pfister
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Jake Busey
Morrow Streeter
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Joey Lauren Adams
Monica Dice
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Big Daddy
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Pamela Gidley
Janet Streeter
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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
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David Barry Gray
Scott Spab
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Jack Noseworthy
Joe Dice
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Richard Portnow
Gerald Parsley
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The Sopranos
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Tobey Maguire
Al
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Spider-Man
The Great Gatsby
Amber Benson
Babs Wyler
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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John Roarke
Phil Donahue Clone / Sam Donaldson Clone / Alan Dershowitz / Ted Koppel Clone / Larry King Clone
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Edward Wiley
Mr. Spab
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Sniper
Jefery Levy Director · Danny Rubin Screenplay Andrew Wellman Author
Worldwide gross $64K · United States release January 20, 1995 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$63,513
Production
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Production
Gramercy Pictures
Production
A&M Films
Production
Propaganda Films
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 15, 1994
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
United States · January 20, 1995
Limited theatrical
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