"Get ready for a radical education."

1998

1h 37m

6.3(124 votes)

Drama

Comedy

Overview

In the 1960s, a group of friends at an all girls school learn that their school is going to be combined with a nearby all boys school. They concoct a plan to save their school while dealing with everyday problems along the way.

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Cast & Crew

43 members

Acting

Kirsten Dunst

Verena von Stefan

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Gaby Hoffmann

Odette

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Monica Keena

Tinka Parker

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Rachael Leigh Cook

Abigail 'Abby' Sawyer

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Lynn Redgrave

Miss McVane

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Tom Guiry

'Frosty' Frost

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Vincent Kartheiser

Snake - Flat Critter

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Matthew Lawrence

Dennis

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Heather Matarazzo

Theresa 'Tweety' Goldberg

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Merritt Wever

Maureen 'Momo' Haines

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Rosemary Dunsmore

Page Sawyer

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Nigel Bennett

Harvey Sawyer

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Zachary Bennett

Skunk - Flat Critter

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Robin Dunne

Todd Winslow

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Hayden Christensen

Tinka's Date

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Shawn Ashmore

Photographer

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Christopher Redman

Danforth

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Dorothy Gordon

Mrs. O'Boyle

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Roger Dunn

Police Captain

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Robert Bockstael

Frank Dewey

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Brenda Devine

Miss Phipps

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Jenny Parsons

Mrs. Dewey

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Michael J. Reynolds

Mr. Armstrong

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Caterina Scorsone

Susie

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Aaron Poole

Beagle - Flat Critter

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Barbara Radecki

Tinka's Mother

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Paula Barrett

Odette's Mother

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Les Porter

Choirmaster

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Antonia de Portago

Mademoiselle Mercier

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Nicu Branzea

Tomas

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Robert Bidaman

Verena's Father

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Phoebe Lapine

Tinka's Sister

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Production

Maggie Chieffo

Student Monitor

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Simone Rosenberg

Herald Tribune Girl

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Tania Harbick

Girl at Dance

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Ray Doucette

Trustee

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Tino Monte

TV Reporter

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Gayle Redshaw

Hockey Mistress

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Holly Sedgwick

Mother

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Vickie Pays

Mother

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Trevor Bain

Father

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Michael Eric Kramer

Father

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FourTee

Conrad Bateman

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