How to Deal

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How to Deal

Directed by	Clare Kilner
Produced by	Erica Huggins
Written by	Sarah Dessen (novel) Neena Beber
Starring	Mandy Moore Allison Janney Trent Ford
Distributed by	Focus Features
Release date(s)	18 July 2003 (USA)
Running time	101 min.
Language	English
Budget	US$16,000,000
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How to Deal is a 2003 film directed by Clare Kilner.

1 Plot
2 Main cast
3 Soundtrack
- 3.1 Tracklisting
4 Trivia
5 External links

[edit] Plot

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Halley Martin is a young high school student who is disillusioned with love after seeing many dysfunctional relationships around her. Her parents are now divorced and her father has a new young girlfriend she does not care for too much. Her mother is now always alone while her sister is so overwhelmed by her upcoming wedding that she barely exists in the house anymore. On top of that, the shallowness of all the girls and guys at her school convinces Halley that finding true love is impossible. When tragedy strikes, the life of her best friend changes forever - and suddenly Halley is drawn closer to a classmate named Macon.

[edit] Main cast

Mandy Moore – Halley Marie Martin
Allison Janney – Lydia Williams Martin
Trent Ford – Macon Forrester
Alexandra Holden – Scarlett Smith
Mary Catherine Garrison – Ashley Renee Martin
Mackenzie Astin – Lewis Gibson Warsher II
Peter Gallagher – Len Martin (uncredited)
Connie Ray – Marion Smith
John White – Michael Sherwood
Nina Foch – Grandma Williams
Dylan Baker – Steve Beckwith

[edit] Soundtrack

[edit] Tracklisting

Billy S. - Skye Sweetnam
Do You Realize?? - The Flaming Lips
It's On The Rocks - The Donnas
Why Can't I? - Liz Phair
Wild World - Beth Orton
Not Myself - John Mayer
That's When I Love You - Aslyn
Thinking About Tomorrow - Beth Orton
Promise Ring - Tremolo
Take The Long Road And Walk It - The Music
Waves - Marjorie Fair
Surrender - Echo
Wild World - Cat Stevens

[edit] Trivia

The church scenes were filmed at St. Timothy's Anglican Church in North Toronto, ON, Canada.
The high school scenes were filmed at Birchmount C.I in Scarborough, ON Canada
Scenes were also shot in the Westdale Village, Westdale, Ontario in Hamilton, ON, Canada.
This movie is based on two novels, Someone Like You and That Summer, by Sarah Dessen.
Mandy Moore cut her hair short because she felt it suited the role; the movie producers weren't happy about it. In the end they compromised and had her wear hair extensions for some of the movie and later had her hair being cut on screen written into the script.