To Die for

To Die for (1995)

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Suzanne Stone Maretto: You aren't really anybody in America if you're not on TV.

Lydia Mertz: Suzanne used to say that you're not really anybody in America unless you're on TV... 'cause what's the point of doing anything worthwhile if there's nobody watching? So when people are watching, it makes you a better person. So if everybody was on TV all the time, everybody would be better people. But, if everybody was on TV all the time, there wouldn't be anybody left to watch, and that's where I get confused.

Suzanne Stone Maretto: I think if you wanted a babysitter, you should marry Mary Poppins.

Jimmy: I'll be here every day for life, plus 30 years, if I live that long.

Suzanne Stone Maretto: It's nice to live in a country where life, liberty... and all the rest of it still stand for something.

Suzanne Stone Maretto: You're not anybody in America unless you're on TV. On TV is where we learn about who we really are. Because what's the point of doing anything worthwhile if nobody's watching? And if people are watching, it makes you a better person.

Factual error: There is a scene where the teenage girl says "She lets me drive her car and I don't even have my Learner's Permit yet." The setting is in New Hampshire. New Hampshire does not issue Learner's Permits. NH law is that the driver must be at least 15 1/2 years of age and accompanied by a licensed driver who is at least 25. You can then get a license at 16.

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Trivia: The book's author, Joyce Maynard, makes a cameo as Suzanne's lawyer.

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Question: At the end of movie there is a 2 story building with a porch and a small boat or canoe next to it, Where is that building?

Answer: It was an abandoned boat house, a storage place for marine equipment. Oars, nets, fishing gear. Since it was winter, the hit man knew nobody would be there.

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