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Loosely based on a Joyce Maynard novel that was itself inspired by the Pamela Smart case that had recently rocked New Hampshire, the film stars Nicole Kidman as a cravenly ambitious TV weather girl who seduces a dopey teenager (Joaquin Phoenix) and convinces him to kill her husband (Matt Dillon.) The legendary Buck Henrys hyper-acerbic screenplay cuts through mid-'90s daytime television self-help clichs with a scalpel, playfully putting the grieving relatives on an exploitative afternoon talk show while Van Sant mixes up the media between faux-documentary, heavy drama and straight-up satire

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Soldiers were often provided with cigarettes as part of their rations, and the habit of smoking became deeply ingrained in military culture