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I
know what you did last summer
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Movie: I know what you did last summer (1997)
Book: I know what you did last summer (1973)
Premise
movie:
"I Know What You Did Last Summer's story takes place
in the small, town whose income mostly relies upon the fishing
community in North Carolina, as four friends share their final
summer together before going their separate ways to college. It is
the Fourth of July, and Helen (Sarah Michelle Gellar) has earned the
tittle of Croaker Queen in a beauty contest, to the excitement of
her boyfriend Barry (Ryan Phillippe)-- a rich, cocky
(aka: jerk), but very handsome jock; her best friend, the smart and ambitious
Julie (Jennifer Love Hewitt) with her head on her shoulders; and
Julie's boyfriend, Ray (Freddie Prinze, Jr.), a humble but bright
guy from a working class family. In the Fall, Helen plans to go to
New York to pursue her dream of becoming an actress; Ray is heading
there too, to become a famous writer. Barry and Julie are off to
Boston, he to play collage football and she to go into law.
With high school behind them and knowing that the fall will divide
them, perhaps forever, the four friends make a pact to always be
there for each other, no matter what happens. That night, the four
celebrate, partying at Oscar's Oyster Bar and driving out in Barry's
new BMW to an isolated and romantic beach. After regaling each other
with scary stories about what happens to trysting teens in remote
places, and reveling in each other's company, they realize it's time
to head home. Barry's had way too much to drink, and Ray has to
drive them home. Barry's antics in the car, tossing cheap bourbon
around, leads to a crash on notorious Reaper's Curve - they've hit
something large in the middle of the road. It's a man! The accident
quickly shatters their party mood and Barry's buzz leaves him.
Scared and confused they struggle with each other and their
consciences over what to do with the body, knowing that calling the
police, with their alcohol levels up and the car covered in booze,
will undoubtedly lead to a conviction for vehicular manslaughter --
meaning no Boston, football and law school or no New York dreams
come Fall. They finally make an uneasy decision to dump the body in
the ocean, keep the secret to themselves and continue on as if
nothing happened. A year passes. Julie has gone to Boston but has not become the
college success she expected to be. Back home for the summer,
Julie's mom hands her a letter that has just arrived. Inside is a
single sentence - "I know what you did last summer." Someone outside
their circle knows their secret -- a clever and vicious tormentor
who seems to know their weakest points, their deepest insecurities,
attacking them where they are psychologically most vulnerable.
Someone is determined to make sure that these four golden teens do
not get away with their crime."
from:
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Zone/1769/
know_story.html
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Premise
book:
"Lois Duncan's book, "I Know What You Did Last
Summer", spawned the movie of the same title, and its
sequel, "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer". Julie and her three friends
had ran over a young boy on his bike, and killed him. In a fit of
panic, they decided to drive away, and make a pact never to tell
another living person. It has been a year, and the group has fallen
apart. But strange accidents are happening, first to Barry, then to
Helen. And Julie can't explain the note, written in simple block
letters and delivered personally to her house. I know what you did
last summer."
from:
http://www.allreaders.com/Topics/Info_6894.asp
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Author:
"Lois Duncan grew up in Sarasota, Florida and from early
childhood she knew she wanted to be a writer. She submitted her
first story to a magazine at the age of 10 and made her first sale
at 13. Throughout her high-school years, she wrote regularly for
young people's publications, particularly Seventeen Magazine.
"My first book was a young adult novel because I wrote it at age 20,
and teenage subject matter was all I knew about," Duncan
says. "Today, although I write other types of books as well, I still
choose to write primarily for teenagers because I love the
sensitivity, vulnerability and responsiveness of that age reader."
Duncan is best known for her brilliant psychological suspense
novels. She was drawn to this genre because those were the books he
enjoyed reading. Of her writing technique, she once said, "Although
I've been told that some authors start writing with only a general
idea in mind and let their stories evolve on their own, I couldn't
work that way. My books are tightly plotted and carefully
constructed; every sentence is there for a reason. Personally, I
can't imagine writing a book without knowing exactly how it's going
to end. It would be like setting out on a cross-country trip without
a road map." Her next writing project was, by necessity, of a totally different
nature. "There was no way I could force myself to create a fictional
mystery when our real-life mystery was consuming me," she says. "For
sanity's sake, I decided that I had to switch channels." The result
was The Circus Comes Home, a book for all ages about life behind the
scenes at Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Duncan's
home town was winter quarters for the circus in the 1940s, and her
photographer father, Joseph Steinmetz, captured its magic on
film. His remarkable photographs of elephants climbing onto the circus
train, Emmett Kelly, the clown, in a bubble bath, and the Flying
Wallendas teaching their four-year-old to walk the high wire provide
stunning illustrations for Duncan's colorful essay about "a life
that was fashioned of sawdust and star dust."
Duncan's most popular teenage novels have had to do with psychic
phenomena, a subject that she admits she used to consider
fantasy. "Today I believe differently," she says. "My experiences
with psychic detectives during Kait's murder investigation have
forced me to change my mind about what is and isn't possible. I feel
a responsibility to let my readers know that ESP, as represented in
books of mine such as A Gift of Magic and The Third Eye, is a
reality." Other popular novels for teens by the author include
Killing Mr. Griffen and I Know What You Did Last Summer, both of
which were recently adapted for film.
Her nonfiction book, Psychic Connections: A Journey into the
Mysterious World of Psi, written in collaboration with William Roll,
Ph.D., project director for the Psychical Research Foundation,
introduces teenagers to the
fascinating world of parapsychology.
Based on laboratory research and documented
case histories, Psychic Connections addresses such
subjects as astral projection, near-death
experiences, apparitions and
hauntings, poltergeists, clairvoyance,
telepathy, and practical applications of ESP,
such as the use of psychic detectives by law enforcement. "
from:
http://www.randomhouse.com/teens/catalog/display.
pperl?isbn=0440228441
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Director:
Jim Gillespie
Cast: Jennifer Love Hewitt (Julie James), Sarah Michelle Gellar
(Helen Shivers), Ryan Phillippe (Barry Cox ), Freddie Prinze Jr.
(Ray Bronson), Anne Heche (Missy Egan).
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Famous
quotes:
"If you're going to burry the truth, make sure it stays
buried."
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