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S.F.W.

"Fate made them hostages. The media made them stars."

1995

1h 36m

6.0(110 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

An alienated and misanthropic teenager gains sudden and unwanted celebrity status after he's taken hostage by terrorists where his indifference to their threats to kill him makes news headlines.

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53 members

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Stephen Dorff

Cliff Spab

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Reese Witherspoon

Wendy Pfister

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Jake Busey

Morrow Streeter

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Joey Lauren Adams

Monica Dice

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Pamela Gidley

Janet Streeter

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David Barry Gray

Scott Spab

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Jack Noseworthy

Joe Dice

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Richard Portnow

Gerald Parsley

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Tobey Maguire

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Natasha Gregson Wagner

Kristen

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Amber Benson

Babs Wyler

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Melissa Sullivan

Sandy Hooten

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Gary Coleman

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Steve Antin

Dick Zetterland

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Edward Wiley

Mr. Spab

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Lela Ivey

Mrs. Spab

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Annie McEnroe

Dolly

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Virgil Frye

Earl

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Francesca P. Roberts

Kim Martin

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Soon-Tek Oh

Milt Morris

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Blair Tefkin

Allison Ash

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Caroline Barclay

Mindy Lawford

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Lenny Wolpe

Phil Connors

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Natalie Strauss

Rita Connors

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Dana Allan Young

Johnny

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John Roarke

Phil Donahue Clone / Sam Donaldson Clone / Alan Dershowitz / Ted Koppel Clone / Larry King Clone

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China Kantner

Female Pantyhose Gunman

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Kathryn Atwood

Pebbles Goren

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Frank Collison

Distressed Witness

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Sylvia Short

Doctor Travis

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Sandra Phillips

Female Talent Agent

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Gary Grossman

Male Talent Agent

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Michele Seipp

Hotel Receptionist

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Stephanie Cambria

Dori Smelling (as Stephanie Friedman)

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Writing

Adam Small

Burger Boy Manager

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Ben Slack

Mayor

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Carol Hankins

Nervous Lady on Talkshow

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Kristen Ernst

Teenage Girl on Talkshow

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Mil Nicholson

Woman at Homecoming

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Charles Font

Burger Boy Worker

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John Chaidez

Burger Boy Worker

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Corey Gunnestad

Burger Boy Worker

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William Scott Brown

Reporter

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Lisa Dinkins

Reporter

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Amber Edam

Reporter

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Jerome Front

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Susan Harney

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Philip Moon

Reporter

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Joanne Takahashi

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Richard S. Wilson

Reporter

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Ada Gorn

Photographer

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Jón Bjarni Guðmundsson

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Bernadette Elise

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