Adapted from Kaysen's popular memoir, GIRL, INTERRUPTED is handled with extreme sensitivity by director James Mangold (HEAVY, COPLAND.) Winona Ryder stars as Susana, a troubled teenager whose confused attempt at suicide lands her in a mental hospital. Once there, she meets an odd assortment of characters, including Lisa (Angelina Jolie), who at first mesmerizes Susana with her uninhibited demeanor. The pair form a tight bond, but that connection is threatened when Lisa begins to spiral even further out of control. Ryder and Jolie's intense performances are just one of many reasons to watch this picture.
Based on the autobiographical novel by Susana Kaysen, GIRL, INTERRUPTED is the story of Susana (Rider), a confused teen who attempts suicide and is promptly passed off by her uncaring parents to a mental hospital. There, she meets an assortment of characters including Georgina, her L. Frank Baum loving roommate, Daisy, a laxative junkie, and Lisa (Jolie), a charismatic sociopath. At first, Susana is almost fools herself into thinking that there's something wrong with her, as she begins to identify and bond with her new inmates. In particular, Susana is fascinated by Lisa and her totally uninhibited behavior, and the two quickly become close. Things begin to fall apart, however, when Lisa's behavior becomes more erratic and disturbing, causing a rift between the two friends and a long delayed bout of self-discovery by Susana.
1. How To Fight Loneliness - Wilco
2. It's All Over Now Baby Blue - Them/Van Morrison
3. Weight, The - The Band
4. Got A Feelin' - The Mamas & The Papas
5. Time Has Come Today - The Chambers Brothers
6. Comin' Back To Me - Jefferson Airplane
7. Angel Of The Morning - Merrilee Rush & The Turnabouts
8. Right Time, The - Aretha Franklin
9. End Of The World, The - Skeeter Davis
10. Downtown - Petula Clark
11. You Need A Rest
12. Claymore
13. Ward, The
14. Emergency Room
15. Lisa
16. Seclusion
17. Meds
18. Tunnels, The
19. File Reading
20. Toby / My Friends
21. Ambivalence
22. Escape
23. Daddy's Money
24. New Morning
25. Driving In The Rain
26. Last Night
27. So Many Buttons
28. Breakdown
29. Going Home
Girl Interrupted
