10 Things I Hate About You

10 Things I Hate About You is a 1999 American romantic comedy film directed by Gil Junger and starring Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger, Joseph GordonLevitt, and Larisa Oleynik. The screenplay, written by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith, is a modernization of William Shakespeares late16th century comedy The Taming of the Shrew, retold in a late1990s American high school setting. In the story, new student Cameron GordonLevitt is smitten with Bianca Oleynik and, in order to get around her fathers strict rules on dating, attempts to get bad boy Patrick Ledger to date Biancas illtempered sister, Kat Stiles. The film is titled after a poem written by Kat about her bittersweet romance with Patrick. Much of the filming took place in the Seattle metropolitan area, with many scenes shot at Stadium High School in Tacoma.

Cameron James, a new student at Padua High School in the Seattle area, becomes instantly smitten with popular sophomore Bianca Stratford. Geeky Michael Eckman warns him that Bianca is vapid and conceited, and that her overprotective father does not allow Bianca or her older sister, the shrewish Kat, to date. Kat, a senior, is accepted to Sarah Lawrence College in New York, but her father, Walter, wants her to stay close to home. Bianca wishes to date affluent senior Joey Donner, but Walter, an obstetrician worrisome of teenage pregnancy, will not allow his daughters to date until they graduate. Frustrated by Biancas insistence and Kats rebelliousness, Walter declares that Bianca may date only when Kat does, knowing that Kats antisocial attitude makes this unlikely.When Cameron asks Bianca out, she informs him of her fathers new rule and, as a pretense for allowing her to date Joey, suggests that Cameron find someone willing to date Kat. Cameron selects bad boy Patrick Verona, but Patrick scares him off. Michael assists by convincing Joey to pay Patrick to take out Kat, under the pretense that this will allow Joey to date Bianca. Patrick agrees to the deal, but Kat rebuffs his first few advances. Michael and Cameron help him by prying Bianca for information on Kats likes and dislikes. Armed with this knowledge, Patrick begins to win Kats interest. She goes to a party with him, which enables Bianca to go as well, much to Walters dismay. ........

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