My Girl
When your Dad's an undertaker, your Mom's in heaven, and your Grandma's got a screw loose...it's good to have a friend who understands you. Even if he is a boy.
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Country
Production
Budget
$17 000 000
Box office
$59 489 799
Director
Actors
Anna Chlumsky, Macaulay Culkin, Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Richard Masur, Griffin Dunne, Ann Nelson, Peter Michael Goetz, Jane Hallaren, Anthony R. Jones
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Brian Grazer, Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr., David T. Friendly
Camera operator
Paul Elliott
Composer
Artist
Joseph T. Garrity
Audition
Mary Colquhoun, Ellen Jacoby
Editing
Wendy Greene Bricmont
Whole Team (19)
Whole Team (19)
Short description
Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J., her best friend, is "allergic to everything", and sticks with Vada despite her hangups. When Vada's father hires Shelly, and begins to fall for her, things take a turn to the worse...
What's left behind the scenes
- The house used in filming as the home of the Saltenfuss family was actually a small private hotel in the town of Bartow, Florida.
- The original screenplay participated in the open-to-all Nicholl Fellowships competition for aspiring screenwriters, sponsored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, but did not even pass the first stage of selection.
- The project's original title was “Born Jaundiced,” which translates to “Born with Jaundice.” For obvious reasons, the producers were not enthusiastic and wanted to change it, announcing a $500 prize to the studio employee who would suggest the best option. Many diverse ideas were submitted and rejected for various reasons, and ultimately the producer Brian Grazer himself came up with the title “My Girl” which satisfied everyone.
- Due to a scene in which the characters of Anna Chlumsky and Macaulay Culkin become blood brothers by mixing their blood from self-inflicted cuts, the British Board of Film Classification demanded the inclusion of a special warning to children about the dangers of such actions due to the possibility of contracting HIV.
- The American MPAA gave the film a PG-13 rating due to its ending, but the filmmakers appealed on the grounds that the age rating could not be based solely on one, relatively small part of the film, and won a rehearing.
- Filming took place from January 21 to March 30, 1991, primarily in Florida and partially in Los Angeles, California.
- The film captures Macaulay Culkin's first on-screen kiss.
- The house used during filming as the Saltenfass family home was actually a small private hotel in the town of Bartow, Florida.
- The original title of the project was “Born Jaundiced.” For obvious reasons, the producers were not thrilled and wanted to change it, announcing a $500 prize for the studio employee who could suggest the best alternative. Many diverse ideas were submitted and rejected for various reasons; ultimately, the title that satisfied everyone, "My Girl," was come up with by producer Brian Grazer himself.
- Due to a scene in which the characters played by Anna Chlumsky and Macaulay Culkin become blood brothers by mixing blood from cuts they made, the British Board of Film Classification required a special warning addressed to children regarding the danger of such actions due to the risk of HIV infection.
- The American MPAA gave the film a PG-13 rating because of its ending, but the creators appealed on the grounds that an age rating cannot be based on a single, relatively small part of the movie, and they won the rehearing.
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