Heathers (1988)

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Wikidata Q1551916, film, IMDb tt0097493, TMDB 2640: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits Daniel Waters as writer (‘Mean Girls’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Amanda Dobbins).

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Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says it drew on another film or person.

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

Mean Girls: 2 lines the host's read ×2

  1. theme (genre DNA): Heathers ⇒ Mean Girls (the host's read). Mean Girls is described as part Heathers and part after-school special; the ending was pushed away from Heathers toward the relatable.
    “This movie is like part Heathers and part after school special.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Mean Girls’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Amanda Dobbins · 1:11:54 · Juliet Litman (0.55 sure it was them)

Connected to

Mean Girls: 3 lines theme ×2 unmapped ×1

  1. unmapped (shared family): Heathers → Mean Girls. Heathers was written by Daniel Waters, brother of Mean Girls director Mark Waters.
    “It was written by Daniel Waters, who is the brother of Mark Waters, who directed Mean Girls.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Mean Girls’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:06:57 · Juliet Litman (0.60 sure it was them)

Daniel Waters: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): Daniel Waters → Heathers. Daniel Waters, a friend, brought home the exploitation VHS that introduced them to Rudy Ray Moore.
    “a screenwriter named Daniel Waters, who wrote Heathers and Batman Returns”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 1:29:32 · unknown (Alexander or Karaszewski) (0.40 sure it was them)

Winona Ryder: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Winona Ryder → Heathers. Ryder's peak is debated: Heathers is the more significant film but she is in her prime here.
    “She's great in Heather's.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reality Bites’ 25th Anniversary With Bill Simmons, Chuck Klosterman, and Chris Ryan · 1:03:43 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Winona Ryder → Heathers. Ryder's peak is debated: Heathers is the more significant film but she is in her prime here.
    “She's great in Heather's.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Reality Bites’ 25th Anniversary With Bill Simmons, Chuck Klosterman, and Chris Ryan · 1:03:43 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Daniel Waters → Heathers. Daniel Waters, a friend, brought home the exploitation VHS that introduced them to Rudy Ray Moore.
    “a screenwriter named Daniel Waters, who wrote Heathers and Batman Returns”
    The Big Picture · The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Decade | The Big Picture · 1:29:32 · unknown (Alexander or Karaszewski) (0.40 sure it was them)

theme (2)

  1. theme (character descent): Mean Girls → Heathers. Regina George is framed as the legacy of the original Heather (Kim Walker), the first Heather killed.
    “Regina George. To me is the legacy of the 3 Heathers and Heathers.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Mean Girls’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:29:42 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. theme (genre DNA): Mean Girls → Heathers. Mean Girls is described as part Heathers and part after-school special; the ending was pushed away from Heathers toward the relatable.
    “This movie is like part Heathers and part after school special.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Mean Girls’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Amanda Dobbins · 1:11:54 · Juliet Litman (0.55 sure it was them)

unmapped (1)

  1. unmapped (shared family): Heathers → Mean Girls. Heathers was written by Daniel Waters, brother of Mean Girls director Mark Waters.
    “It was written by Daniel Waters, who is the brother of Mark Waters, who directed Mean Girls.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Mean Girls’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:06:57 · Juliet Litman (0.60 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Heathers: Fun fact: Heathers was written by Daniel Waters, brother of Mean Girls director Mark Waters.
    “It was written by Daniel Waters, who is the brother of Mark Waters, who directed Mean Girls.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Mean Girls’ With Bill Simmons, Juliet Litman, and Amanda Dobbins · 0:06:57 · Juliet Litman (0.60 sure it was them)

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