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Winona Ryder stars as a teenager diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder who is confined to a mental institution way beyond the terms of her illness, where she encounters fellow patients Angelina Jolie and Elizabeth Moss as well as nurse Whoopi Goldberg and psychiatrist Vanessa Redgrave. James Mangold's film is based on the true story of Susanna Kaysen, who wrote an acclaimed account of her own incarceration.

Keywords:

Drama, Based-on-True-Story, Movie, Film, Movies, Films

Additional Information:

(1999) (3 Star)

Cast:

Winona Ryder	.... Susanna Kaysen
Angelina Jolie	.... Lisa Rowe
Clea DuVall	.... Georgina Tuskin
Brittany Murphy	.... Daisy Randone
Elisabeth Moss	.... Polly 'Torch' Clark
Jared Leto	.... Tobias 'Toby' Jacobs

Supporting Cast:

Jeffrey Tambor	.... Dr. Melvin Potts
Vanessa Redgrave	.... Dr. Sonia Wick
Whoopi Goldberg	.... Valerie Owens RN
Angela Bettis	.... Janet Webber
Jillian Armenante	.... Cynthia Crowley
Drucie McDaniel	.... M.G.
Alison Claire	.... Nurse Gretta
Christina Myers	.... Nurse Margie
Joanna Kerns	.... Annette Kaysen

Directors:

James Mangold

Writers:

Susanna Kaysen
James Mangold

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