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Heathers was based loosely on real life!!! Worthington, Ohio is known as a very conservative and preppy but altogether a nice surburbian town. It was always rumored that Heathers was based on that town and that something like it might have happened at Thomas Worthington High School. It turns out the rumors were true! The Writer went there, but was so picked on that he was moved to the "Alternative" High School (full of artsy, musically gifted students). Jen wrote in to say "Two college friends of mine went to the alternative school, while my roommate went to Worthington. What she described was exactly like the school in Heathers. High school girls and boys created "fraternities" and "sororities" (I saw pictures of them with their "made up" greek letter shirts). Anyone who was a girl that was "cool" was called a "sosh" as in sociable. Their "cool" boyfriends were called the "anti soshes". What a screwed up place."  -Thanks to JenAlthough this film made Christian Slater a star, it barely grossed a million dollars at the box office in the U.S. -Thanks to Philip MartinIn the section about the color red, below, everything is exactly as it should be. In addition to that, the Green that is worn by Heather Duke is in reference to her jealousy of Heather Chandler. The Yellow worn by Heather McNamarra represents her cowardace in not standing up to Heather Chandler. The blue that Veronica Sawyer wears shows her misery, in the situation she is in. This movie has messages in messages. -Thanks to Jason EdwardsKim Walker, one of the Heathers, died March 6, 2001 from a brain tumor. She was 32 years old. Ironically one of her lines in the movie was asking Heather Duke if she had a brain tumor for breakfast. -Thanks to Lots Of People!Friends Veronica Sawyer and Betty Finn are named after other fictional friends Veronica and Betty from the comic strip "Archie", and Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. The script for Heathers would appear to be loosely based on a play by Bertold Brecht, The Good Woman of Schezwan. -Thanks to HamidJ.D. tricks Veronica into killing the jocks by claiming to use "ich luge" bullets which he claims only pierce the skin. "Ich luge" is German for "I'm lying". The police officers are named Milner and McCord, after Kent McCord and Martin Milner, who played police officers in "Adam 12" (1968). Heathers is also known under the working titles "Lethal Attraction", "Westerburg High", and "Fatal Game" Sarah Michelle Gellar from Buffy the Vampire Slayer claims that Heathers is her favorite film and knows every word of it by heart. The DJ that one of the Heather's calls up on the late night radio show is Jim "Poorman" Trenton, who was a former DJ on KROQ 106.7 FM in Los Angeles, CA. -Thanks to Jeanette VillaHeathers won the 1989 Edgar Allen Poe Award for Best Screenplay and the 1990 Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature (Michael Lehmann). The X-Files Episode 61 titled "Syzygy" is about a pair of high school girls who eliminate their high school foes. It is "rumored" to be based on Heathers. -Thanks to PerfectionistThe line from Veronica: "Dear Diary, it's God versus my boyfriend, and God is losing." was included in the movies original trailer, but cut from the film. Movieline magazine, March 1993, Winona's performance is number four on their "Top Ten Performances By Actors in the Last Five Years". Speaking of Betty Finn, the actress who portrayed her is none other than Renee Estevez, Martin Sheen's daughter and sister to Charlie Sheen and Emilio Estevez. Another little known fact: in the scene in the gym locker room, during which Heather Duke may actually be digesting food, we get a peek into Heather Chandler's locker. Among the magazines in it is an issue of Cosmo dated November 1979. Heather would hardly have a nine year old fashion mag in her locker. Why is it there? November 1978 is when the infamous cult leader Jim Jones convinced his followers to commit mass suicide in Guyana. "Peter Dawson" played by Jeremy Applegate committed suicide (shot gun) in March 2000. -Thanks to AidanThe book at the bottom of Heather Chandler's locker is "The Castrated Family" (one of those how-to books about dysfunctional families and ways of dealing with them) by Harold M. Voth. Notice the clever set dressing job in the post strip croquet scene. As the camera pans, a croquet mallet and two balls are positioned in a decidedly phallic still life. I suppose that the subtle book titles weren't the only tee-hee touch for the set dressers. -Thanks to ChristinaDid anybody notice that the same kitchen that was used in Heather Chandler's house was also used in the dream sequence with Veronica and JD in Heather Dukes house? When Aaron Spelling was casting characters for his show 'Beverly Hills 90210', he hadn't cast anyone for the part of Brenda Walsh. Luckily, Tori Spelling saw Heathers a few days back and made her dad get a copy of it. Aaron liked what he saw and had Shannen on the set the next day!. The movies 'Teaching Mrs. Tingle' and 'Jawbreaker' were Heathers-inspired dark comedies. J.D. in the film is supposed to allude to both James Dean since he's a "cool mysterious teenager" and J.D. as in J.D. Salinger the author of Catcher In the Rye. -Thanks to Ian DeatonThe highschool is named "Westerberg High". Winona Ryder's favorite band of the time was "the Replacements", whose lead singer is named Paul Westerberg. Furthermore, the line "color me impressed" is the title of a Replacements song from their second full-length album 'Hootenanny!'. -Thanks to Ari Silver / Will FitzpatrickI have an interesting observation about the movie. The color red seems to play a major role in 'Heathers'. Red is a color of passion, energy and power. It can also be a color for seduction. Throughout the whole movie red symbolizes different aspects of the Heathers. Veroncia is not seen wearing red until the very end of the movie when she takes the red bow out of Heather Duke's hair. Red is the theme for Heather Chandlers room, Heather Chandler always wears a red bow or something red, red is the color of their lockers, the color of the croquet ball that only the head Heather can use. (When Heather Chandler goes to Veronica's house to play croquet she gets mad when someone is using the red ball and takes it away and says she is always red. Then, after she dies, Heather Duke goes over to play and she says she is red now) She uses red in her clothes, the bow she wears in her hair and she goes into Heather Chandler's locker and takes out something red. Red seems to be a theme in the movie other than just being an attractive vibrant color. I think red here is a symbol for power and popularity. Whoever is the bearer of red, is the one in charge and makes the decisions that everyone else has to follow. It is the leader's trademark and something to be taken very seriously by the students at Westerburg High. At the very end Veronica snatches the red bow out of Heather Duke's hair and gives her a kiss on the face to let her know who is in charge now. It is an end to the reign of the Heathers as twisted and amusing as it was, now it is Veronica's territory. -Thanks to Jodie CiancioThere are creepy parallels between "Heathers" & "Columbine": firing bullets in a high school cafeteria, building a bomb to set off in the school, black trench coats, being an outsider who's called a faggot by the jocks (J.D. in the film, Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold at Columbine) and the perpetrator of violence killing himself (J.D. in the film & Eric Harris & Dylan Klebold at Columbine). -Thanks to Steph« Click here to add some Heathers trivia  Find much more great trivia in the filmmaker's commentary on the Heathers DVD.Rediscover your favorites! If you like Heathers or 80's Comedy classics, then be sure to check out this list: ..... Tootsie ..... Raising Arizona ..... Good Morning, Vietnam ..... Blues Brothers ..... Fast Times At Ridgemont High ..... This Is Spinal Tap ..... Naked Gun ..... Adventures In Babysitting ..... Airplane ..... 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 Featured Movie Location: "Westerburgh High School"Wanna see the real life filming location used for "Westerburgh High School" in the movie? These scenes were actually shot at Corvalis High School, located in Studio City, S. California. [New! Show Google Map] Heathers was also filmed at Verdugo Hills High School, 10625 Plainview Ave in Tujunga, California. Verdugo's gym doubled as the Westerberg High School gymnasium in the big dance scene. Veronica's bedroom set was built in the gym of one of high schools used. Anyone know which? The last scene was shot at John Adams Junior High School in Santa Monica [Thanks to Lacy "L.T." Turner] All the backyard scenes were filmed at a house on Lucca Street in Pacific Palisades, CA. The statue where JD and Veronika got together is still there today. As a side note, Dave Navarro from Jane's Addiction played a backyard gig there back in '99 to about 200 folks. [Thanks to Doug] Can you help? Do you know any of the S. California (or any other) filming locations used for Heathers? [Please send them in] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Heathers Soundtrack included stuff I loved, like "QUE SERA, SERA," "TEENAGE SUICIDE DON'T DO IT" which was performed by Big Fun, and "YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE FOR ME" written & performed by Stewart Levin. As you can see it's great that's right great and I have heard that you can still order the Heathers soundtrack ONLINE! This great CD is very hard to find in stores, so I recommend you order it ASAP! On the inside of the CD, David Newman, the film's composer, talks about why he used the harmonica for the film's score: "I didn't think it was necessary to follow the specific action, as much as give the viewer the feeling of being in this smart-alec, intelligent and anguish-filled world. We felt that electronic music should be used in combination with an accoustic instrument (in this case, the harmonica) as a leit-motif for J.D., the film's central character." « Click here to add new music trivia for Heathers Soundtrack Available: Used On CD | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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