Riding in Cars With Boys
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Penny Marshall
Drew Barrymore
Steve Zahn
Brittany Murphy
Adam Garcia
James Woods
Film Details
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Synopsis
After failing to get into college, Beverly Donofrio loses interest in everything but riding around town in cars, drinking, smoking and rebelling against authority. After becoming pregnant, marrying, then divorcing, she must cope with being a teenage single parent. She finally ends up at an elite New England university where she tries to reach a balance between her mistakes and her goals.
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Penny Marshall
Cast
Drew Barrymore
Steve Zahn
Brittany Murphy
Adam Garcia
James Woods
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Lorraine Bracco
Samantha Lucier
Robert Salerno
Gene Canfield
David Moscow
Gabriel Carpenter
Vincent Pastore
Vincent De Paul
Celine Marget
Cody Arens
Dusty Rizzo
Patrick Salerno
Sean Liotine
Carl Capotorto
Logan Lerman
Robert Greenhut
Rosie Perez
Alexia Landeau
Desmond Harrington
Olivia Morgan Scheck
Skye Mccole Bartusiak
Gaetano Lisi
Susan Forristal
Jessica Leshnower
Heather Hodder
Jerry Detita
Wade Mylius
Kevin Thoms
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Maggie Gyllenhaal
Sara Gilbert
Maryann Urbano
Noah Hartwick
Marisa Ryan
Kristin Proctor
Logan Arens
Tracy Reiner
Joseph Cannizaro
Jordan Gelber
Samantha Reale
Briana Tilden
Peter Facinelli
Temple Brooks
Joseph Cassese
Michael Linstroth
Paz De La Huerta
John Bedford Lloyd
Jon Korkes
Alissa Dean
Kevin O'rourke
Mika Boorem
Lauren Lake
Crew
Murphy Achino
Chad Ahrendt
David Allen
Tom Allen
Slamm Andrews
Julie Ansell
David A Arnold
Bob Badami
Tamara Bally
Richard Baratta
Bill W Benton
David Betancourt
Michael Betzag
Tracy Bolt
Natalie Bortoli
Timothy M. Bourne
James L. Brooks
Rolland M. Brooks
J. C. Brotherhood
Garf Brown
Michelle Lee Brown
Robyn Brown
Robert Buckman
Jason Budrow
Keith Bunting
Lane Burch
Bill Burns
Desmond Cannon
Patty Carey
Teresa Carriker-thayer
Stephen Carter
Nicole Cassidy
John Chalfant
Kerry Clark
Douglas Cluff
James Alexander Cohen
James Alexander Cohen
Sara Colleton
Joseph R Collins
Kath Corgan
Richard Corwin
Damian Costa
Charles C Crutchfield
Gloria D'alessandro
Christine Danelski
George Detitta Jr.
Matthew Dettmann
Craig Dibona
Richard N Dolan
Beverly Donofrio
Beverly Donofrio
Richard Bryan Douglas
Peter J Dowd
Joanna Dransfeldt
Dennis Drummond
Kim Drummond
Ann Ducommun
Rochelle Edelson
Ann Edgeworth
Kira Edmunds
Katharina Eggmann
Tracy Ershow
Jason Farrar
Dawn Fintor
Alison Fisher
Cynthia Flynt
Dana Le Blanc Frankley
Abdul Franklin
Philippe Gallichet
Lynn Geller
Terel Gibson
Judi Goodman
Galen Goodpaster
Jeffrey Gove
Laura Graham
Kimberly Greene
Wayne Griffin
Bill Groom
Jeffrey J. Haboush
Ted Haigh
Stanley Steven Hall
Scott G G Haller
Barbara Harris
Gary Hecker
Mo Henry
Xavier Henselmann
Una Hill
Petr Hlinomaz
Lynn Hoffman-dervis
Joni Huth
Michael Hyde
Alicia Irwin
Sheila Jaffe
Ava Jamshidi
Bridget Johnson
Charles Johnson
Tudor Jones
Lawrence Jordan
Dara Kaplan
Kathleen Kearney
Cheryl Kilbourne-kimpton
Jonathan Klein
Nicole Klett
Betsy Klompus
Marion Kolsby
Scott Kordish
Luca Kouimelis
Donald A Kozma
Christine Leiter
Amy Lemisch
Howard London
Elliot Lurie
Todd Macnicholl
Kim Maitland
Verna Mandel
Randy Manion
Anna Maniscalco
Brian R Mannain
Laurence Mark
Richard Marks
Bernadette Mazur
John Mcdonald
Shawn P Mckeegan
Kevin Mckenna
Dennis Mcneill
Chris Menges
Chris Menges
Molly Mikula
Chris Miller
Kathlene Mobley
Marisa Morabito
A Lee Morris
Gary Muller
Brendan Murphy
Kip Myers
Jennifer Nash
Stewart Nelsen
Mark Newell
Michael O'farrell
T. J. O'mara
Barbara Olvera
Miroslav Ondricek
Miroslav Ondricek
Greg Outcalt
Francesca Paris
Paul Parsons
Richard Patrick
George Patsos
William Patsos
Hector Pereira
Laura Perlman
Michele Perrone
Lyn Pinezich
Douglas Plasse
Chuck Potter
Curt M Pratt
Judy Pursley
Craig Radow
John Ralbovsky
Malcolm Reid
Doug Rice
Danielle Rigby
Frankie Ritacco
Larry Robinson
Carin Rogers
Timothy Ross
Kyle Rudolph
Amy Safhay
Richard Sakai
Raymond Samitz
Victoria Rose Sampson
Bethann Schebece
Andy Schwartz
Julian Smirke
Julian Smirke
John Sosenko
Debra L Tennant
Greg Thompson
Sylvia Trapanese
Rosadel Varela
Juli Vizza
Georgianne Walken
Morgan Upton Ward
Morgan Upton Ward
John Douglas Webster
Sara Weitlauf
Rosie Wells
Joseph White
Grant Wilfley
Hans Zimmer
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Fall October 19, 2001
Released in United States on Video March 19, 2002
Beverly Donofrio reportedly received $100,000 for the rights to her 1990 memoir.
Project was previously in development at 20th Century Fox.
Beverly Donofrio reportedly received $100,000 for the rights to her 1990 memoir.
Completed shooting February 1, 2001.
Began shooting August 28, 2000.
Released in United States Fall October 19, 2001
Released in United States on Video March 19, 2002