Years before Euphoria, directorCatherine Hardwickehad the teenage milieu locked down with her film,Thirteen.
That tests Woods relationship with her mother, Holly Hunter.
The film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in early 2003 and celebrates its 20th anniversary on Sunday.
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I like elevating things, Hardwicke (Twilight, Mafia Mamma) said in aYahoo!
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Hollywood in the early 2000s was nervous when Hardwicke and Reed shopped their script.
I mean, every studio and every financier said, No, we cant make it.
How could we make a movie thats gonna be R-rated with an unknown 13-year-old girl in the lead?
Everybody said no, Hardwicke says.
It was shot in Los Angeles over 24 days.
We made it by hook or crook, you know?
And for no money.
I got paid three bucks the whole time.
But when we finally made it, people were like, Oh, its powerful.
Its relevant in a way to what people are going through.
Fox Searchlight acquired the film and it ultimately earned more than $10 million, thank to rave reviews.
Thats my little baby, Hardwicke says now of the film.
They lived it on the day.
So I love that film.
Teens today still relate, the filmmaker says.
