Welcome to the Dollhouse
1995 film by Todd Solondz / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Welcome to the Dollhouse is a 1995 American coming-of-age black comedy film written and directed by Todd Solondz.[2] An independent film, it won the Grand Jury Prize at the 1996 Sundance Film Festival and launched the careers of Solondz and Heather Matarazzo.[3] The story follows the unpopular middle schooler Dawn as she goes to extreme lengths trying to earn the respect of her vicious fellow students and her uninterested family. Dawn reappears in two of Solondz's other films, Palindromes and Wiener-Dog while her brother and father appear in the former in addition to Life During Wartime. The film's working title was Faggots and Retards.[4][5][6]
Welcome to the Dollhouse | |
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Directed by | Todd Solondz |
Written by | Todd Solondz |
Produced by | Todd Solondz |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Randy Drummond |
Edited by | Alan Oxman |
Music by | Jill Wisoff |
Production company | Suburban Pictures |
Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics |
Release dates |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $800,000[1] |
Box office | $5 million[1] |