Clueless
- Synopsis
- High school comedy loosely based on Jane Austen’s Emma. In one brief scene the smart and nonchalent heroine, Cher (Silverstone), in an attempt to assert her sophistication and intellectual superiority over her friend Heather, corrects her when she misattributes ‘to thy own self be true’ to Hamlet.
Heather: It’s just like Hamlet said, "To thine own self be true."
Cher: Hamlet didn’t say that.
Heather: I think I remember Hamlet accurately.
Cher: Well, I remember Mel Gibson accurately, and he didn’t say that. That Polonius guy did.
The dialogue showing that what knowledge of Shakespeare Cher has is learnt from cinema and Mel Gibson. - Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Film
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Year of release
- 1995
- Duration
- 97 mins; 8,766 feet
Credits
- Director
- Amy Heckerling
- Producer
- Robert Lawrence; Scott Rudin
- Cinematographer
- Bill Pope
- Screenplay
- Amy Heckerling
- Costume
- Mona May
- Art Direction
- William Hiney
- Cast
Alicia Silverstone Cher Horowitz Susan Mohun Heather
Additional Details
- Production type
- Fiction Films
- Plays
- Hamlet
- Subjects
- Drama
- Keywords
- Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Teen movie
Notes
- Notes
- Budget $20,000,000.
- Figures
- $49,403,013. US gross (IMDb).
- Awards
- 1996 American Comedy Award. ‘Funniest Actress in a Motion Picture’ (Silverstone).
Distributor (Sale)
- Name
Retail outlets
Online Retailer
How to cite this record
Shakespeare, "Clueless". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av36716 (Accessed 19 Sep 2024)