10 Things I Hate About You

10 Things I Hate About You is an American comedy film directed by Gil Junger in 1999, the play is based on William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. The action was transferred to an American high school.

Action

Cameron James falls in love at his new school, Padua High, in the pretty Bianca Stratford, whose favorite pastime is to talk with her friend on the philosophical aspects of their designer clothes.

Bianca is interested, however, more to the pretty boy and mental Tiefflieger Joey Donner. But it should only expect anyway when her older sister Kat has a date. The father of the girl, a gynecologist, has this rule set for fear of an unwanted pregnancy of his daughter. Kat is known at the school as recalcitrant shrew, so her father believes that she gets no appointment.

Cameron and his new friend Michael bring Joey to pay the applicable as hard rockers Patrick Verona to seduce Kat. The plan does not go for Cameron at first, because Bianca continues to show Joey interest. Patrick has more luck with the rebellious sister - to Kat learns at a prom at school that Patrick has received money for their appointments. Kat leaves the ball angry because she is disappointed by Patrick. Only after the prom she admits Patrick during class in a poem how she feels. Bianca goes with Cameron to the prom and there he learns that Joey has only interest in her to sleep during the prom with her. It remains along with Cameron and Kat is happy with Patrick, who buys her a guitar from the money he has received for the dates of Joey.

Background

References to Shakespeare

10 Things I Hate About You contains, as far as the plot and the names of the characters, many references to Shakespeare's comedy The Taming of the Shrew.

Naming

Both in Shakespeare's play and in the movie called the sisters Katharina and Bianca. The only difference is in the spelling of Catherine, which is written in the film without h.

Your last name is Stratford, which alludes to Shakespeare's birthplace Stratford- upon- Avon in England. In the theater piece is called Catherine's suitor Petruchio of Verona, from which it is in the movie Patrick Verona.

The name of the high school in the film is Padua, as the name of the city in which Shakespeare has let his play play.

Action

Also in the plot fall on parallels. In Shakespeare's play Lucentio Bianca wants to marry, but first her older sister Catherine must find a husband. In the film, Cameron Bianca would not get married, but just go out with her, but as with The Taming of the Shrew has only Katarina find a date.

To you still be able to be close to Bianca's admirers are in the piece as a teacher and looking for a potential boyfriend or husband for Katharina.

He meets Petruchio and Patrick, an unconventional man who is willing to engage with Catherine. In the film, he agrees for the money, offering him another suitor of Bianca, in Shakespeare, he is satisfied with the dowry.

Music

In the film, occur two party bands. This is the pop- Skagruppe Save Ferris and the pop band Letters to Cleo. The latter who covered for the film Cheap Tricks I Want You To Want Me

To the film was released a soundtrack album, on the bands mentioned in addition to the well, among others Madness, George Clinton, The Cardigans and Sister Hazel are represented. Several other songs from the film, including Joan Jett and The Notorious BIG are not included on the album.

Awards

  • Julia Stiles won the Chicago Film Critics Association Award as a promising actress. She also won an MTV Movie Award for Best Newcomer.
  • Heath Ledger won for his interpretation of the Frankie Valli song Can not Take My Eyes Off Of You the award in the category of Best Musical Performance.
  • Both actors became the Teen Choice Award for the best love scene.
  • The Young Star Award went for the best performance of a young actor in a comedy by Joseph Gordon -Levitt. Nominated for the best performance of an actress were both Larisa Oleynik and Julia Stiles.
  • Marcia Ross and Donna Morong had for the Artios - the Casting Society of America award - nominated for Best Casting in the category comedy.

TV adaptation

In 2009, the U.S. cable channel ABC Family radiated from a half-hour comedy series based on the film. The names of the characters have been retained. It was canceled after one season with 20 episodes.

1999 in film Screenplay Film score Richard Gibbs Mark Irwin Larry Miller (comedian) Tacoma, Washington Stratford-upon-Avon Madness (band) George Clinton (musician) Teen Choice Awards 10 Things I Hate About You (TV series)
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