10 Things I Hate About You
10 Things I Hate About You is a 1999 American romantic comedy film directed by Gil Junger and starring Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Larisa Oleynik. The screenplay, written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, is a modernization of William Shakespeare's late-16th-century comedy The Taming of the Shrew, retold in a late-1990s American high school setting. In the story, new student Cameron (Gordon-Levitt) is smitten with Bianca (Oleynik) and, in order to get around her father's strict rules on dating, attempts to get bad boy Patrick (Ledger) to date Bianca's ill-tempered sister, Kat (Stiles). The film is titled after a poem written by Kat about her bittersweet romance with Patrick. Much of the filming took place in the Seattle metropolitan area, with many scenes shot at Stadium High School in Tacoma.
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| Running time | 99 minutes
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| Budget | US$16 million
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| Box office | US$53.5 million
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Kat Stratford: Well then, tell them I had a seizure.
- Heath Ledger beat out Josh Hartnett and Ashton Kutcher for the role of Patrick.
- Heath Ledger improvised the moment where Patrick starts playing with the fire.
- The title "10 Things I Hate About You" sounds remotely like "Taming Of The Shrew" (on which this film is based).
- Several names reflect the Shakespearean origin of the story. Bianca`s and Kat`s last name is Stratford (William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon). Patrick`s last name is Verona (birthplace of Petruchio, the corresponding character from the play). The high school is called Padua, which is the city in which the play is set.
- Larisa Oleynik and Joseph Gordon-Levitt also date each other in "3rd Rock from the Sun" (1996), as Tommy and Alissa.
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