Single White Female [Blu-ray]

Director: Barbet Schroeder, Richard Dembo Barbet Schroeder

Overview

In this psychological thriller, a needy young woman finds fulfillment by trying to literally become her successful roommate. Attractive Manhattanite Allison Jones (Bridget Fonda) has it all: a handsome beau, a rent-controlled apartment, and a promising career as a fashion designer. When boyfriend Sam (Steven Weber) proves unfaithful, Allison strikes out on her own but must use the classifieds to seek out a roommate in order to keep her spacious digs. In steps Hedra Carlson (Jennifer Jason Leigh), who's timid and frumpy but puppy-dog sweet. The self-centered Allison finds Hedra's eager friendship flattering, but soon she grows annoyed as Hedra begins emulating everything about her. After Allison gets back with Sam and asks Hedra to please vacate the premises, the pert beauty really gets to see her weird new roomie's bad side -- Hedra, it seems, is downright homicidal. Directed by Barbet Schroeder, who wowed Hollywood with Barfly and Reversal of Fortune. Single White Female was the second screenplay from future Opposite of Sex director Don Roos.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/13/2018
UPC:	0826663191677
Original Release:	1992
Rating:	R
Source:	Shout Factory
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:47:00
Sales rank:	15,478

Special Features

Interviews with director Robert Barbet Schroeder, actors Peter Friedman and Steven Weber, and screenwriter Don Roos; Audio commentary with Barbet Schroeder, editor Lee Percy and associate producer Susan Hoffman; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Bridget Fonda	Allison Jones,Actor
Jennifer Jason Leigh	Hedra Carlson
Steven Weber	Sam Rawson
Peter Friedman	Graham Knox
Stephen Tobolowsky	Mitchell Myerson
Frances Bay	Elderly Neighbor
Michele Farr	Myerson's Assistant
Tara Karsian	Mannish Applicant
Christiana Capetillo	Exotic Applicant
Jessica Lundy	Talkative Applicant
Tiffany Mataras	Twin,Twin
Amelia Campbell	Check Cashier
Ken Tobey	Desk Clerk,Actor
Eric Poppick	Nosy Neighbor
Kim Sykes	TV Reporter
Michael James Collins	Cashier Manager,Cashier Manager
George Gerdes	Super
Jerry Mayer	News Vendor
Robert Martin Steinberg	Hedy's Date,Hedy's Date
Leslie A. Sank	Woman in Club
Ron Athey	Bartender
Kaaren Boothroyd	Bookstore Customer
Jack Wilson	Man in Cage
Renée Estevez	Perfect Applicant
D¿enifer D¿ejson Li	Actor
Robert Steinberg	Hedy's Date
Howard	Composer
Christiana D'Amore	Actor
Howard Shore	Composer

Technical Credits

Don Roos

John Lutz

Barbet Schroeder	Director,Producer
Jack Baran	Executive Producer,Producer
Don Roos	Screenwriter
Paul Lasaine	Special Effects
Richard Beggs	Sound Effects
Gloria S. Borders	Sound Effects
Susan Hoffman	Producer
Christopher Boyes	Sound Effects
Ken Fischer	Sound Effects,Sound Effects,Sound Editor
Richard Dembo	Director
John Lutz	Screenwriter
Don Hall	Sound Editor

Editorial Reviews

Although it's not as distinctive as the movies that earned Barbet Schroeder his stellar American reputation, Single White Female is the most entertaining of the straight genre pieces the director filmed in the 1990s. With a wickedly literal twist on the familiar roommate-from-hell scenario, Don Roos' screenplay exploits suspense film conventions, but the gender of the players and the Alfred Hitchcock-style doubling of the plot add a welcome dose of psychological subtext to a genre that had of late become rather straightforward in Hollywood's hands. With her malleable looks and easily projected neediness, Jennifer Jason Leigh is downright creepy as Hedra, a role that gave the idiosyncratic actress cineplex exposure while still allowing her to expand her range. As Allison, Bridget Fonda isn't afraid to coast on the charm of her famous face and portray a character whose very substance is her facile nature and knack for coming out on top. The supporting characters, from Allison's boyfriend to the obligatory gay best friend, are fairly standard-issue, but this is a two-person psychodrama, not an ensemble picture. Bob Rafelson's Black Widow explored similar subject matter with a more brazenly lesbian undertone, but for a mainstream thriller, Single White Female is pretty darn edgy even while it remains solidly entertaining.

All Movie Guide - Brian J. Dillard