Julia Stiles and Heath Ledger in 10 Things I Hate About You
On Tuesday January 5th, Walt Disney Studios will release 10 Things I Hate About You 10th Anniversary 2-Disc DVD. Academy Award winner Heath Ledger (Best Supporting Actor, 2008, Dark Knight) makes his American screen debut opposite Julia Stiles (the Bourne trilogy) with Joseph Gordon-Levitt (500 Days of Summer) and Gabrielle Union (Cadillac Records). An inspired update of William Shakespeare’s classic comedy The Taming of the Shrew, the film’s entertaining tale of rocky romance between a pair of unconventional teens is an enduring favorite as fresh and funny today as it was a decade ago.
To celebrate the new release, FilmFetish is giving away 2 copies of the DVD to readers.
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In order to be entered into the random drawing to win a free copy of the 10 Things I Hate About You 10th Anniversary 2-disc DVD Edition, you must also:
- Reply to this post and name your favorite six films from my list of British comedies RIGHT HERE (or six that you’ve watched will suffice). In this contest you’ll be favored for adding some details, so add some info on the movies, if you’re so inclined, such as directors, stars, year of release, etc.
I’ll be running this contest through Friday, January 8, 2010.
More About 10 Things I Hate About You
A high-spirited, high school contest of wit and will marks a milestone when 10 Things I Hate About You 10th Anniversary Special Edition comes to Blu-ray™ Hi-Def and DVD on January 5, 2010 from Touchstone Pictures Home Entertainment. An inspired update of William Shakespeare’s classic comedy “The Taming of the Shrew,” the film’s entertaining tale of rocky romance between a pair of unconventional teens is an enduring favorite as fresh and funny today as it was a decade ago. Both the Two-Disc Blu-ray Hi-Def and DVD editions of 10 Things I Hate About You 10th Anniversary Special Edition includes never-before-seen screen test footage of Heath Ledger, cast interviews, and more. Academy Award® winner Heath Ledger (Best Supporting Actor, 2008, Dark Knight) makes his American screen debut opposite Julia Stiles (the Bourne trilogy) as the independent, smart-mouthed girl of his dreams, with Joseph Gordon-Levitt (500 Days of Summer), Larisa Oleynik (Broken Windows), David Krumholtz (the Harold and Kumar movies), Gabrielle Union (Cadillac Records) and Larry Miller (Get Smart) completing the talented company of actors.
Padua High sophomore Bianca Stratford (Larisa Oleynik) has two invitations to the prom and one big problem: her father (Larry Miller) won’t let her go unless her older sister Kat (Julia Stiles) agrees to attend as well. It looks like both girls are staying home, since independent and unconventional Kat has no interest in going—until she meets the school’s mysterious new bad boy Patrick Verona (Heath Ledger). What she doesn’t know is that her sister’s suitors (Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Andrew Keegan) have ponied up $300 to convince Patrick to woo her. Just as Patrick realizes he has unexpectedly fallen for his “assignment,” Kat finds out about the scheme and Patrick has to launch an all out campaign to win her back. Inspired by Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew,” 10 Things I Hate About You takes a witty and contemporary look at the eternal battle between the sexes, high-school style.
Special Features
- Audio Commentary features co-writers Karen Lutz and Kirsten Smith, along with stars Andrew Keegan, David Krumholtz, Larisa Oleynik and Susan May Pratt, discussing their experiences on the project, and working with each other.
- 10 Things I Love About 10 Things I Hate About You 10 Years Later centers on how this high school teenage romance film turned into a cult hit. The featurette discusses the literary references from the film, the young actors who played the main roles, and how music was integrated into the film. Included are interview segments with director Gil Junger, along with writers Kirsten Smith and Karen Lutz who reflect on how this teen comedy came to be. Also included is never-before-seen behind the scenes footage, original cast interviews, deleted scenes, and personal photos from the writers’ scrap books.
Director: Gil Junger
Writers: Karen McCullah Lutz, Kirsten Smith, based on William Shakespeare’s play The Taming of the Shrew
Cast: Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Larisa Oleynik, David Krumholtz, Andrew Keegan, Susan May Pratt, Gabrielle Union, Larry Miller, Daryl Mitchell, Allison Janney, David Leisure
Original U.S. Release Date: March 31, 1999
Blu-ray Release Date: January 5, 2010
10 Things I Hate About You Blu-ray packaging
Wow – What an impressive list! Here are my faves …
1. Love Actually – How can anything with Hugh Grant in it be bad??
2. Wallace and Grommit – Such amazing claymation/animation. CHEESE!
3. Sense and Sensibility – Love love love Jane Austen. PLUS Kate Winslet AND Emma Thompson? Be still my heart!
4. A Clockwork Orange – One of those “disturbing by highly entertaining at the same time” films. Everyone should see it at least once.
5. Shakespeare in Love – A classic romantic comedy/drama. And such great costumes!
6. Billy Elliot – Such a heartwarming story! And have you seen the Broadway musical Elton John did? Phenomenal!!
6.
I like: shaun of the dead , love actually, penelope, hot fuzz, and emma
Away we go (although it should have ended on the trampoline and the Alison Janney character was too harsh)
Shakespeare in Love (for everyone except oscar winner fishsticks, er uh gwynnie)
billy elliot (A perfect movie, no improvement foreseeable)
the adventures of baron munchausen (ahead of it’s time – would have made a wonderful collaboration with tim burton)
miss pettigrew lives for a day (who says frances mcdormand is limited to her husband’s films – she is a wonderful actress plus amy adams shows up)
gosford park – how nice for altman, great performances all around.
Snatch
Waking Ned Devine
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (Blue Ray Edition)
Trainspotting – Director’s Cut (Collector’s Edition)
The Full Monty (Fully Exposed Edition)
Absolutely Fabulous, Absolutely Everything
Brazil
Baron Munchausen
Meaning of Life (the opening short)
Lolita
Dr. Strangelove
Clockwork
Death at a Funeral
Pride and Prejudice
Snatch
Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
Brothers Grimm
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Clockwork Orange
Monty Python Meaning of Life (for the short by Terry Gilliam at the start)
Dr. Strangelove
Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Trainspotting
Lolita
In random order:
The Hitchhiker\\\’s Guide to the Galaxy
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Notting Hill
Mr. Bean\\\’s Holiday
Calendar Girls
A fish called Wanda
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Shaun of the Dead
Notting Hill
Away We Go
A Fish Called Wanda
A Clockwork Orange
1)Penelope
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1. Love Actually
2. Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
3. Return of the Pink Panther
4. A Fish Called Wanda
5. The Full Monty
Monty Python and the Holy Grail, director-Terry Jones
Away We Go, director-Sam Mendes
Corpse Bride, director-Tim Burton
A Clockwork Orange, director-Stanley Kubrick
Swiss Family Robinson, director-Ken Annakin
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, director-Guy Ritchie
. Love Actually
2. Away We Go
3. Shaun of the Dead
4. A Clockwork Orange
5. Hot Fuzz
and 6 last a fish called wanda
1.Monty Python and the Holy Grail
2.Shaun of the Dead
3.Swiss Family Robinson
4.Run, Fat Boy, Run
5.Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
6.Vampire Killers
1. Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf or Death
2. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
3. The Muppet Movie
4. Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
5. Shaun of the Dead
6. The Great Muppet Caper
Thank you for the chance to win.
Love Actually – I watch every year at Christmas.
Sense and Sensibility – Love Jane Austen and Emma Thompson was fantastic.
Shakespeare In Love – Gwenyth Paltrow was so good in this movie.
About a Boy – My favorite Hugh Grant movie.
Pride & Prejudice – Loved Keira Knightley as Elizabeth.
I Capture the Castle – great film. Directed by Directed by Tim Fywell.
British Comedy, just love it.
Away We Go
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Ivanhoe
The Commitments
Emma
Saving Grace
The Pink Panther, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Bean, The Full Monty, Educating Rita, Shaun of the Dead
My favorite 6 from the list:
Love Actually – I had to watch this movie a few times to really appreciate it, but I now think it’s great
Sense & Sensibility – Nothing beats Jane Austen. Add in some Hugh Grant and you’ve really got something special! I love this movie.
Emma (A&E version, for sure) – More Jane Austen. “Clueless” before Alicia Silverstone. Fab.
Northanger Abbey – I’m starting to see a pattern…
Penelope – Was I the only one who thought that Christina R. looked adorable with the pig nose? James McAvoy is top-notch in this movie, too.
Pride & Prejudice – The BBC version is my absolute favorite, but despite my annoyance with Kiera Knightly, this is one movie I can stand to see her in.
Oh, and Shaun of the Dead, sorry
Love Actually
A Fish Called Wanda
Victor/Victoria
Snatch
Notting Hill
My six:
1. Love Actually
2. Away We Go
3. Shaun of the Dead
4. A Clockwork Orange
5. Hot Fuzz
6. Run, Fatboy, Run
1. Death at a Funeral
2. Emma
3. Shaun of the Dead
4. Much Ado About Nothing
5. Nanny McPhee
6. Bridget Jones’ Diary
Sense & Sensibility, Shaun of the Dead, Emma, Notting Hill, Penelope and Shakespeare in Love are a few of my favorties.
1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
2. Shaun of the Dead
3. Trainspotting
4. A Fish Called Wanda
5. Those Daring Young Men In Their Jaunty Jalopies
6. Animal Farm
I would love this movie. It is great. Thanks for the chance.
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1) Are You Being Served
2) Keeping Up Appearances
3)Hot Fuzz
4) Shawn of the Dead
5) MOnty Python & the Holy Grail
6)Snatch
sign me up
Snatch
Absolutely Fabulous (AbFab to us devotees)
Hot Fuzz
Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels
The Commitments
Trainspotting – Director’s Cut
thanks!
my daughter loves this film
love actually, shawn of the dead, help,
notting hill, hot fuzz and the hitchhikers
guide to the galaxy
fun movie thanks
i would like to win this
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Shaun of the Dead
Monty Python’s Life of Brian
Hot Fuzz
Dr. Strangelove
I love this movie! I was obsessed with this as a teenager!
My top 6 British flicks:
Penelope because I loved the story line, and for James McAvoy.
Shakespeare in Love because it was sweet.
Four Weddings and Funeral because it’s cute and charming
Hotel Rwanda because it’s truthful and gripping.
Indiscreet because Cary Grant is amazing in everything.
Monty Python because it’s one of the funniest movie series of all time!
thanks
Monty Python and the Holy Grail, director-Terry Jones
Away We Go, director-Sam Mendes
Corpse Bride, director-Tim Burton
A Clockwork Orange, director-Stanley Kubrick
Swiss Family Robinson, director-Ken Annakin
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, director-Guy Ritchie
monty python and the holy grail
wallace and gromit: a matter of loaf or death
away we go
shawn of the dead
tim burton’s corpse bride
a clockwork orange
1. A Christmas Carol – I love this one! Easily it’s my favorite version of this remade movie. George C. Scott is great as Scrooge, and who doesn’t love a happy ending?
2. Sense and Sensability I don’t think there are any of the movies made from Jane Austen books that I dislike. I think the cast was well chosen with Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet and Hugh Grant.
3. Swiss Family Robinson Another movie I remember watching growing up. I have watched this one again recently and still liked it just as much as the first time I watched it. I just love Hayley Mills! It’s such a neat idea to build such a wonderful house in the trees and of course making do with what on has is a great lesson to be learned.
4. Notting Hill Good story, and I liked the chemistry between Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant.
5. Return of the Pink Panther I liked all the Pink Panther movies, in part because I liked the music! Peter Sellers is hilarious in the starring role.
6. Bridget Jones The Edge of Reason Renee Zellweger is great in these movies
Who wouldn’t want to win this wonderful DVD? Thanks for the opportunity!
Well, first off, I love this movie! I don’t have it and would LOVE to add it to my collection. As for the 6 British comedies, I’ll do my best!
1. Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride ~ I adored The Nightmare Before Christmas, and this was no disappointment! Johnny Depp is such a well-rounded actor, and I love to see him “play” such different characters!
2. Penelope ~ Christina Ricci is such a wonderful actress. She’s so versatile that this worked for her. I thought she was adorable when I saw her in Casper, and also really enjoyed her in Monster. This was awesome!
3. Being John Malkovich ~ This movie was nominated for 3 Oscar’s! It was also directed by Spike Jonze, who is now currently dating Michelle Williams, who has a child with 10 Things I Hate About You’s Heath Ledger.
4. The Borrowers ~ 4-inch “little people” who live under the floorboards. It was released on February 13, 1998…..when I was 16!
5. Drop Dead Fred ~ Starring Phoebe Cates, who we all know as “the girl in Fast Times at Ridgemont High”!!!! I love both of these movies!!!!!
6. Bedazzled ~ Brendan Fraser, who played George in the first George of the Jungle, Elizabeth Hurley, who played Vanessa Kensington in Austin Powers, and Orlando Jones from Madtv, that’s a pretty great cast! I thought Elizabeth played an awesome devil, and the movie was pretty hilarious!!!
Thanks for this contest, I had fun!
1. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
2. A Christmas Carol
3. Love Actually
4. Snatch
5. Shaun of the Dead
6. Notting Hill
My favorites are
The Complete Monty Python’s 16 Ton Megaset: Flying Circus
Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf or Death
Monty Python and the Holy Grail / Monty Python’s Life of Brian / Monty Python’s the Meaning of Life
The Beatles – A Hard Day’s Night & Help!
Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Please accept my entry. Thank you.
The Pink Panther, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Bean, The Full Monty, Educating Rita, Victor/Victoria
My favorites are Love Actually, Monty Python, Shakespeare in Love, Penelope, Corpse Bride and CHicken Run, in that order. I\’m really excited to see Valentine\’s Day because it looks like it will be similar to Love Actually, only with a Valentine\’s theme. The little boy who loved the girl singer in his class was my favorite storyline from Love Actually!
loveactually, Emma, Notting Hill, Penelope, A Christmas Carol, Shag.
A side note, Merry Christmas to everyone who works at Film Fetish! Thank you for all of the great contests and reviews.
My favorites:
1. Sense & Sensibility (every girl I know dreams of her own Mr. Darcey!)
2. Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride (I love anything by Tim Burton! )
3. Shakespeare in Love (I don’t like to read Shakespeare…but with Colin Firth I certainly enjoy it!)
4. Four Weddings and a Funeral (Hugh Grant…need I say more?)
5. An Ideal Husband (fantastic cast..both male and female with Cate Blanchett, Minnie Driver and Julianne Moore)
6. Laws of Attraction (Two Words: Pierce Brosnan)
oops, sticky fingers – here is my real post –
Love Actually – the scene after Emma Thompson gets the Joni Mitchell CD just breaks my heart
Help! – The Fab Four are in fine fettle in this witty and entertaining romp
Notting Hill – smart, witty Cinderfella tale
Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb – we still make inside jokes about collecting body fluids
About A Boy – Toni Collette is amazing and Hugh Grant more or less being his charming self, complete with self-denigration
Flash Gordon – Campy and fun – Max von Sydow steals every scene as Ming the Merciless, and who doesn’t love the Queen soundtrack?
I”ve never seen this movie and I’m a big Heath Ledger fan. Gimme!!
My Favorite Six Films Are:
***Monty Python (The Complete Monty Python\’s 16 Ton Megaset):
(The original surreal sketch comedy showcase for the Monty Python troupe.)
Also known as:
Gwen Dibley\’s Flying Circus (UK) (working title)
Monty Python (UK) (new title)
Owl-Stretching Time (UK) (working title)
(Directors: Ian MacNaughton (46 episodes, 1969-1974) and John Howard Davies (5 episodes, 1969))
(Release Date: 5 October 1969)
***Nanny McPhee:
(Emma Thompson stars as a governess who uses magic to rein in the behavior of seven ne\’er-do-well children in her charge.)
(Director: Kirk Jones) – (Release Date: 27 January 2006)
***The Borrowers:
(The 4-inch-tall Clock family secretly share a house with the normal-sized Lender family, \"borrowing\" such items as thread, safety pins, batteries and scraps of food. They live in the walls, under floorboards and other secretive places where they won\’t be seen. When the owner of the house they live in dies, the occupants, the Lender family, move and the Clock family risks exposure to normal-size folks. There\’s an evil realtor Ocious Potter (John Goodman) who tries to steal the will granting title to the house. He intends to destroy the house to build luxury apartments. They start to fight him with amusing and interesting results.)
(Director: Peter Hewitt) – (Release Date: 13 February 1998)
(There are other versions of this tale.)
***The Importance Of Being Earnest:
(Two young gentlemen living in 1890\’s England use the same pseudonym \"Ernest\" on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities and delightful misadventures. Everybody loves Ernest… but nobody\’s quite sure who he really is….)
(Director: Oliver Parker) – (Release Date: 4 July 2002)
(There are other versions of this tale.)
***Are You Being Served – The Movie
(The staff of Grace Brothers take a trip to Costa Plonka while the department is being remodeled.) (Spin off from \"Are You Being Served?\" 1972.)
(Director: Bob Kellett) (Release Date: June 11, 2002)
***A Fish Called Wanda:
(A tale of murder, lust, greed, revenge and seafood.)
(Director: Charles Crichton) (Release Date: 15 July 1988)