Movie
S.F.W.
1995R1h 36m5.9 / 10
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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Synopsis
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.
More about S.F.W.
Cast
Stephen DorffCliff Spab
Reese WitherspoonWendy Pfister
Jake BuseyMorrow Streeter
Joey Lauren AdamsMonica Dice
Pamela GidleyJanet Streeter
David Barry GrayScott Spab
Jack NoseworthyJoe Dice
Richard PortnowGerald ParsleyCredits
- Directed by
- Jefery Levy
- Written by
- Danny Rubin, Jefery Levy, Andrew Wellman
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
Production
PolyGram Filmed EntertainmentUnited States
Gramercy PicturesUnited States- A&M Films
Propaganda FilmsUnited States
Themes
based on novel or bookcelebrityescapehomecominghospitalhostagekidnappingloss of loved one
