200 Cigarettes - Opens February 26, 1999

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Last Updated: Sat Mar 13 1999

The First Screen Shots

These were shown on Entertainment Tonight on January 15, 1999. In the film, Courtney's character, Lucy, falls in love with Paul Rudd's character, Kevin.

Read the ET Online interview with Courtney Love (2/23/99) (thanks Emmet!)

The Movie

Opens: February 26, 1999
From: Paramount Pictures and Lakeshore Entertainment in association with MTV Films and Dogstar Films.
Starring: Courtney Love (Lucy), Ben Affleck (Bartender), Christina Ricci (Val), Paul Rudd (Kevin), Gaby Hoffmann (Stephie), Martha Plimpton (Monica), Casey Affleck (Tom), Dave Chapelle (Cab Driver), Angela Featherstone (Caitlyn), Jay Mohr (Jack), Kate Hudson (Cindy), Catherine Kellner (Hillary), Guillermo Diaz (Dave), Brian McCardie (Eric), Nicole Parker (Bridget), Janeane Garofalo ; Cameos by Girls Against Boys, Elvis Costello, Buster Poindexter
Director:: Risa Bramon Garcia
Producers:: Betsy Beers, David Gale
Executive Producer: Van Toffler
Screenplay: Shana Larsen
Story: 200 Cigarettes is a romantic comedy set in New York's East Village on New Year's Eve in 1981. It centers around several groups of people in their 20s making their way through a life-changing evening. Rated: R - Restricted
Other info:

200 Cigarettes began shooting on March 9, 1998 in Manhattan, New York

You can now visit the official 200 Cigarettes home page at www.200cigarettes.com! (Thanks Emmet!)

Reviews for Courtney

All of these were provided by Emmet...

"Courtney Love, playing the very antithesis of a virgin, comes out on top: She offers more exciting personal magnetism than this pooped party knows what to do with."
-Entertainment Weekly

"Ricci and Love have the kinds of self-contained personalities that hew out living space for their characters no matter where they find themselves, but the others are pretty much lost"
-Roger Ebert

"Rudd and Love ...put some funky presence into their particular chapter, which includes making seamy love in a restroom"
-Washington Post

"comic assurance and sensitivity..are especially in evidence in the performances of Paul Rudd and Courtney Love, who play two friends going out on the town. Love can do broad comedy, and she can also do quiet emotion. In this movie, she gets to do both"-
San Fransisco Chronicle

"Love, in particular, stands out. She has a tremulous, vulnerable quality that could not be further from her public image. How unexpected is her performance here? Let's put it this way: Whoever thought the first song we'd see her sing in the movies would be "The Theme From `Ice Castles"'?"
-Saint Paul Pioneer Press

"Ms. Love and Mr. Rudd also develop nicely, creating sparks of confusion and giving a whole new feel for public bathroom stalls."
-GUIDELIVE

"Garofalo and Love do what they can with very limited material"
-E Online

"The characters played by Courtney Love ("The People vs. Larry Flynt) and Jay Mohr ("Picture Perfect") aren't very likeable either, but at least the performers give them a spunky attitude and Love continues to prove -- to most everyone's surprise -- that she can act and do it quite well"
-"SCREEN IT!"

The Soundtrack

Release Date: February 23, 1999

You can buy this item from CDnow

Nick Lowe - "Cruel To Be Kind"
Blondie - "In The Flesh"
The Cars - "Just What I Needed"
Harvey Danger - "Save it For Later"
Go-Gos - "Our Lips Are Sealed"
Bow Wow Wow - "I Want Candy"
Kool & The Gang - "Ladies Night"
Ramones - "I Don't Care"
Girls Against Boys - "Boogie Wonderland"
Joe Jackson - "Different For Girls"
B-Movie - "Nowhere Girl"
Roxy Music - "More Than This"
Dire Straits - "Romeo & Juliet"
Elvis Costello - "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love & Understanding"
Blondie Medley - "Rapture," "No Exit," and "Maria" (The Loud Allstar Rock Remix featuring Coolio and the Loud Allstars (Havoc and Prodigy of Mobb Deep, Inspectah Deck & U-God of Wu-Tang Clan

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