Details

Release year: 1994

Storyline

Hillary and Bonnie meet one morning by the side of the road. They become fast friends, share their secrets, and on a rising wave of frenzy later that afternoon, murder an old woman. They did it, they say later, for fun.

Top credits

Directors

Rafal Zielinski

Writers

James Bosley

Cast

Renée Humphrey — Hillary
Alicia Witt — Bonnie
William R. Moses — John
Leslie Hope — Jane

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Did you know

• This film was based on the real life events of two teenage girls in 1983 who killed an elderly woman in Auburn, California after they had just met for the first time at school and cut classes to go on a irresponsible spree leading up to the murder... all over the course of one afternoon.

• Fun was originally a one-act play written by James Bosley, and performed in a small theater in Los Angeles. The story was unique in that it was told in a very, cinematic way, mostly through the use of subjective flashbacks. The play was seen by Polish-born film director Rafal Zielinski and his partner, producer James R. Zatolokin. Both were extremely impressed with the play's brutal yet haunting quality. A little over a year later, Fun became a motion picture, directed by Zielinski and produced by the team's company, Neo Modern Films.

• Producer James Zatolokin said they originally wanted Drew Barrymore, but it was difficult dealing with her agent, who was playing hard-to-get. After a few months of negotiating, they gave up and decided to make the movie without any real names.