Gossip

2000
15
1h 30m

IMDb RATING

5.9/10

18K

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Marisa Coughlan, Kate Hudson, Joshua Jackson, James Marsden, Norman Reedus, and Lena Headey in Gossip (2000)

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Three college students base their class project around gossip and how fast it spreads, which soon spirals out of control.Three college students base their class project around gossip and how fast it spreads, which soon spirals out of control.Three college students base their class project around gossip and how fast it spreads, which soon spirals out of control.

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IMDb RATING

5.9/10

18K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 nominations

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Trivia
The university that the students attend was also used as the setting for several other films including Urban Legend (1998) and The Skulls (2000). Coincidentally all three films starred Joshua Jackson.

Goofs
When Derrick hands Cathy a half-filled glass after Cathy confronts him about raping Naomi, she throws it to the ground but there is no liquid inside when it hits the floor

Quotes
Derrick: You were thinking, Oh my God, I can't believe I got raped by my boyfriend AGAIN! Only you didn't know that both times it was me.

Alternate versions
Deleted Scenes on the DVD:
Travis films Jones talking about the last time she heard the rumor they started and how it has changed.
Travis paints over a picture of Beau on his collage while explaining what roles Travis, Derrick and Jones play in the twisted game they have created.
Derrick runs into Detective Curtis and tells him more lies before the detective asks Derrick about a picture of Naomi which was stolen from her room.
Derrick calls his parents and tries to ask them for help but they cruelly deny him. This scene was cut because the director didn't want the audience to have sympathy for Derrick. Originally director Davis Guggenheim's parents Marion and director Charles Guggenheim did the voices for Derrick's parents but unfortunately their voices can't be heard on the DVD version of this scene.
Alternate Ending: An extended version of the ending has Jones and Travis leaving Derrick alone in his loft when he is approached by a stranger who identifies himself as the man who arrested Derrick when he was in high school and he tells him that Naomi is now pressing charges using the video-tape of Derrick admitting that he raped her.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: U-571/Love & Basketball/Joe Gould's Secret/Gossip/Pups (2000)

Soundtracks
Our Lips are Sealed
Written by Jane Wiedlin and Terry Hall
Produced by Ralph Sall
Performed by Poe
Courtesy of Fishkin Entertainment/Atlantic Recording Corp.

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Featured review

Surprisingly interesting movie which just misses

This a surprisingly interesting and well acted film considering the rather common plot. Three college roommates cynically decide to spread a rumor to see how far it would go and then are surprised and frightened by the results. The plot does have a few nice turns but Marsden's lead isn't developed enough and in the end the writer "sold out" for the safe moralistic ending when he could have added a few more twists to make the film memorable.