The Crush
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| The Crush | |
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 North American film poster for The Crush |
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| Directed by | Alan Shapiro |
| Produced by | James G. Robinson Gary Barber |
| Written by | Alan Shapiro |
| Starring | Alicia Silverstone Cary Elwes Kurtwood Smith |
| Music by | Graeme Revell |
| Cinematography | Bruce Surtees |
| Editing by | Ian Crafford |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) |  April 2, 1993 |
| Running time | 89 mins. |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
The Crush (1993) is an American thriller, directed and written by Alan Shapiro, filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was the debut film for Alicia Silverstone.
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[edit] Plot summary
Nick Eliot (Elwes), a journalist, moves into a new neighborhood where the young Adrian Forrester (Silverstone) lives. She is fourteen years old, half his age. She becomes very interested in him, but he rejects her advances, especially since she is so young. Her parents don't realize she is a femme fatale lolita. She then sets out to destroy his life.
Tagline: He thought it was just a crush. He was dead wrong.
[edit] Plot synopsis
Arriving in a new city, writer Nick Eliot (Cary Elwes) secures a job at Pique magazine and lodgings in a guest house belonging to Cliff and Liv Forrester (Kurtwood Smith and Gwynyth Walsh). The handsome Nick soon makes the acquaintance of the Forrester's 14-year-old daughter Adrian (Alicia Silverstone), a precocious girl who develops an intense attraction to him. She secretly helps Nick by sneaking into his room and rewriting one of his Pique stories, which subsequently wins a rave from his editor/boss Michael (Matthew Walker). At a party thrown by the Forresters, Nick agrees to accompany the lonely girl on a drive to a romantic spot, where he lets his guard down and kisses her.
This intensifies Adrian's crush on Nick, but he quickly wises up and attempts to put her off, having begun a budding romance with co-worker Amy (Jennifer Rubin). Adrian continues to boldly pursue him, even going so far as to undress in his view. Nick, however, continues to rebuff her advances, and Adrian's actions become destructive--she defaces a car he's restored and erases his computer discs--yet he's unable to convince Cliff and Liv of what's going on. Cheyenne (Amber Benson), a friend of Adrian who has warned Nick about her, meets with an "accident" at the riding school they attend together. Then, after Adrian spies on Amy in bed with Nick, the girl locks Amy in her darkroom and empties a hornets' nest into the vents.
Amy survives, and Nick, now convinced that Adrian is big trouble, attempts to find new lodgings. However, Adrian manages to sabotage his efforts. She then accuses him of assaulting her, leading to his arrest. After Michael bails him out (and fires him), Nick is met once again by Cheyenne, who informs him of a diary Adrian kept that can acquit him. When he goes looking for it, he discovers Cheyenne tied up in the attic and is confronted by Adrian and then Cliff, who attacks him. Adrian, still infatuated, attacks her father, leaving Nick free to subdue her with one punch. Acquitted, Nick goes to live with Amy while Adrian, confined to a psychiatric ward, continues to write him letters, even as she's developing a crush on her doctor.
[edit] Cast
- Cary Elwes as Nicholas "Nick" Eliot
- Alicia Silverstone as Adrian Forrester (originally Darian Forrester)
- Jennifer Rubin as Amy Maddik
- Kurtwood Smith as Cliff Forrester
- Gwynyth Walsh as Liv Forrester
- Amber Benson as Cheyenne
- Matthew Walker as Michael
- Duncan Fraser as Detective
[edit] Certification
| Argentina:16 |
| Australia: M |
| Canada:R |
| Chile: 14 |
| Finland: 15 |
| Germany: 16 |
| Iceland: 12 |
| Singapore: PG |
| Spain: 18 |
| Sweden: 15 |
| UK: 15 BBFC |
| USA: R for Language & Terror Violence |
[edit] Name change: Darian to Adrian
- Darian was the original name of Alicia Silverstone's character and was the same name of the girl that Director Alan Shapiro wrote about. The character was later renamed and dubbed to Adrian as a result of the lawsuit brought on by the girl's family. Shapiro hated the change and had no say with it nor had any relations with its choice and implementation.
- When the film was released in theaters in 1993, audiences got to hear the name Darian. The name Darian also remained on VHS and laserdisc editions.
- The original actors did not dub their own voices for the Adrian name change. The cast admitted that the dubbing was done by unknown actors, hence the slight difference with the voices. At times, some dialogue phrases preceding the name Adrian were also dubbed for a more unnoticeable voice transition.
- Though the film was allegedly, loosely based on Director Shapiro's experience involving a girl named Darian, portrayed by Alicia Silverstone, the film's end credits state that the "Story, events, and characters depicted are fictitious, no identification with or similarity to actual persons or to actual events is intended or should be inferred."
[edit] Trivia
- The final confrontation on an amusement park carousel was inspired by the Hitchcock film Strangers on a Train.
- All of Alicia Silverstone's nude scenes were done by a body double. Silverstone strictly refused to do nudity for this film and also had a no-nudity clause in her contract.
- Alicia Silverstone became legally emancipated at age 15 to work the hours for this film and avoid child labor laws. She turned 16 while working on the set.
- Music video director Marty Callner was searching for an actress to star in his upcoming Aerosmith music video when a friend suggested that he watch The Crush, which was currently playing in theatres at the time. He did, and he casted Alicia Silverstone in not one but three of the highly popular Aerosmith videos of the early 1990s known as the Cryamazy trilogy, entitled "Cryin'," "Crazy," and "Amazing".
[edit] Awards & Nominations
| Award | Category | Person |
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| MTV Movie Award | Best Breakthrough Performance | Alicia Silverstone |
| MTV Movie Award | Best Villain | Alicia Silverstone |
| Nomination | Category | Person |
| MTV Movie Award | Most Desirable Female | Alicia Silverstone |
| Young Artist Award | Best Youth Actress Leading Role in a Motion Picture Drama | Alicia Silverstone |
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- The Crush: The Homepage of Darian Forrester film collective resource
- The Crush at the Internet Movie Database
