How to Deal
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| 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.
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[edit] Plot
- Tagline: Rule #1 There are no rules.
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
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 Faulkner
- 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, That Summer and Someone Like You, 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.
