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Prozac Nation

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Prozac Nation
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R,1hr 39min
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Released:
January 1, 2003
Distributor:
Miramax Films
Synopsis: Following up his critically acclaimed debut Insomnia (1997), Norwegian director Erik Skjoldbjaerg makes his first English-language feature with this adaptation of the book by Elizabeth Wurtzel. Christina Ricci stars as Lizzie, a prize-winning student heading off to Harvard where she intends to study journalism and launch a career as a rock music critic. However, Elizabeth's fractured family situation including an errant father (Nicholas Campbell) and a neurotic, bitterly hypercritical mother (Jessica ... Full Synopsis
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Nearly four years passed between Prozac Nation's debut at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival and the next time it surfaced in North America, as a March 2005 premiere on the Starz! cable network. During that time, no one knew what to do with it, and it took the departures of Bob and Harvey Weinstein from Miramax to spur it into release alongside the company's other pending projects. As it turned out, translating ... Full Review
Featured Cast
Elizabeth Wurtzel
Dr. Diana Sterling
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