Teeth Page #2

Synopsis: Dawn grows up in the shadow of a nuclear power plant. In high school, while her biology class studies evolution, she realizes she may have a hidden curse, an "adaptation." She lives with her mom, step-father, and hard-edged step-brother. She likes Tobey, a guy at school, and he likes her. She takes a pledge to remain chaste until marriage, so they date in groups, watch G-rated films, and don't kiss, but the power of teen hormones is great, so temptation beckons. Dawn has an admirer in Ryan, and when when things have an unexpected twist with Tobey, she turns to Ryan for help. Will he be her mythical hero and rescue her? Or can she find her way as her own hero, turning the curse into an asset?
Production: Roadside Attractions
  2 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.4
Metacritic:
57
Rotten Tomatoes:
80%
R
Year:
2007
94 min
$182,599
Website
1,214 Views


Knock it off!

Ugh!

Brad!

No, never.

It's never even been a big deal.

I just... always knew I wanted

to wait until marriage.

So, no one's ever even touched your...

Absolutely not!

Gosh.

Why, are...

- Aren't you?

- I'm a virgin.

- That's great.

- Mm.

In His eyes.

Oh.

It was just once...

about a year and a half ago.

Right.

Still dealing with the guilt.

Actually, you're...

probably stronger now.

Your resolve.

Because you've been there.

I mean, you've seen

the dangers firsthand.

- Where's the arroyo bridge?

- I'll show you.

WOMAN ON TV:

What's happening to you tonight?

Keep quiet!

Alive?

I can't believe it,

enduring for centuries like this.

And under all that heat.

Oh, no!

Yaah!

What is wrong with me?

Purity.

Purity.

Tsk.

Back then,

these snakes were born

into an environment

with very large mammals,

so the diamondbacks

that developed a rattle

had a big advantage

over those that didn't.

They didn't get stepped on.

You mean suddenly,

out of nowhere,

a baby snake was born

with a big rattle?

The prevailing theory

is that it would have been born

with an incipient...

Primitive.

Thank you, Ryan.

...rattle-like mutation

that would have developed

over thousands of years of evolution,

but we don't know for sure.

Got that right.

It's also possible that it happened

exactly as you said,

and that one day

a baby diamondback was born

with a fully formed mutation

that just happened to be

extremely beneficial to its survival.

Does this seem irrelevant

to all of you?

Because it's not.

Now, I know a lot of you

subscribe to other theories.

But however you think

this was all set in motion...

-...it's about your life.

- Hey.

It's about why you are

the way you are.

Dawn?

This is about you.

And you missed it.

Tobey, listen.

I was really weird this morning.

I think I know why.

I had a really nice time.

Me too.

My thoughts haven't been so pure.

Look, I--

I think that we can't

go out together again...

I mean, even in a group.

Even in a big group.

I was thinking the same thing.

Just...

didn't want it to be true.

We're so in sync.

What is wrong with you?

You look a lot better

with a dick in your mouth.

F***ing bastard!

Why can't we do it normal

like everybody else?

Why do we always have

to do it that way, Brad? It hurts!

I don't want to do it!

It hurts! You're not being fair!

...what I wanna do...

Deep down,

I know you don't really like to try--

F*** you!

I love you!

You love me?

Yes.

And you love me too, you know you do.

And I love you too. I love your ass.

Yo.

Are you alone?

Can I have a serious talk with you?

About you and Melanie.

There's no me and any b*tch.

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Mitchell Lichtenstein

Mitchell Wilson Lichtenstein (born March 10, 1956) is an American actor, writer, producer and director. The son of Isabel (née Wilson) and Roy Lichtenstein, he studied acting at Bennington College in Vermont.In Ang Lee's film The Wedding Banquet (1993), Lichtenstein played the partner of a gay Taiwanese man living in the United States who is forced to marry by his parents. Other credits include Streamers (1983). He produced, wrote, and directed the 2007 black comedy horror film Teeth, about the pitfalls and power of a girl as a living example of the vagina dentata myth. The film premiered at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival to positive reviews.His film Happy Tears premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2009. His film Angelica has been selected to be screened in the Panorama section of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival.He is openly gay. more…

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