10 Things I Hate About You

10 Things I Hate About You
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Directed by	Gil Junger
Written by	Karen McCullah Kirsten Smith
Based on	The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
Produced by	Andrew Lazar
Starring	Julia Stiles Heath Ledger Joseph Gordon-Levitt Larisa Oleynik Larry Miller Andrew Keegan David Krumholtz Susan May Pratt
Cinematography	Mark Irwin
Edited by	O. Nicholas Brown
Music by	Richard Gibbs
Production companies	Touchstone Pictures Mad Chance Jaret Entertainment
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures Distribution
Release date	March 31, 1999 (1999-03-31)
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$13 million[1]
Box office	$60.4 million[2]

10 Things I Hate About You is a 1999 American teen romantic comedy film directed by Gil Junger in his film directorial debut and starring Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Larisa Oleynik. The screenplay by Karen McCullah Lutz and Kirsten Smith is a modernization of William Shakespeare's comedy The Taming of the Shrew, retold in a late-1990s American high school setting. The film follows new student Cameron James (Gordon-Levitt) who is smitten with Bianca Stratford (Oleynik) and attempts to get bad boy Patrick Verona (Ledger) to date her antisocial sister Kat (Stiles) in order to get around her father's strict rules on dating. Named after a poem Kat writes about her romance with Patrick, the film was mostly shot in the Seattle metropolitan area, with many scenes filmed at Stadium High School in Tacoma, Washington.

Released on March 31, 1999, 10 Things I Hate About You grossed over $60 million and received generally positive reviews from critics. It provided breakthrough roles for Stiles, Ledger, and Gordon-Levitt, all of whom were nominated for various teen-oriented awards. The film has since developed a cult following and is considered a classic in the teen film genre. Ten years later, it was adapted into a television reboot, which ran for 20 episodes and featured Larry Miller reprising his role as Walter Stratford.