S.F.W.

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S.F.W.

"Fate made them hostages. The media made them stars."

1994

1h 36m

6.0(105 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

An alienated and misanthropic teenager gains sudden and unwanted celebrity status after he's taken hostage by terrorists where his indifference to their threats to kill him makes news headlines.

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15 members

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Stephen Dorff

Cliff Spab

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Reese Witherspoon

Wendy Pfister

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Jake Busey

Morrow Streeter

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Joey Lauren Adams

Monica Dice

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Pamela Gidley

Janet Streeter

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David Barry Gray

Scott Spab

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Jack Noseworthy

Joe Dice

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Richard Portnow

Gerald Parsley

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Tobey Maguire

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Natasha Gregson Wagner

Kristen

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Frank Collison

Distressed Witness

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Amber Benson

Babs Wyler

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Melissa Sullivan

Sandy Hooten

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Gary Coleman

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Steve Antin

Dick Zetterland

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