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Overview

Title The rules of attraction Year 2002

Director Roger Avary Writer Bret Easton Ellis (novel)
Roger Avary (screenplay)

Country USA Language English

Cast James Van Der Beek, Shannyn Sossamon, Ian Somerhalder, Jessica Biel, Kip Pardue, Kate Bosworth, Thomas Ian Nicholas, Joel Michaely, Clare Kramer, Jay Baruchel, Eric Stoltz, Clifton Collins Jr., Fred Savage

Movie links Official movie website
Official website Ian Somerhalder

Videoclips

Trailers various sizes Windows Media

Shannon & Jessica behind the scenes Windows Media Real Video

Shannon & Eric Stolz in the cafeteria Windows Media Real Video

Interview James van der Beek Windows Media Real Video

Synopsis

This, then, is the domain of Camden College, a small, affluent liberal arts college somewhere in New England, and its human satellites.
We offer, for your consideration, three members of Camden's student body:
Sean Bateman (played by James van der Beek): A striking young man with only a passing association with his emotions. Having cut an unhealthy swath through the female population of Camden he is over his ears in debt and just an occasional visitor to his classes.
Paul Denton (played by Ian Somerhalder): A cynical if highly intelligent young libertine whose proclivities lean very much toward the most beautiful face in the room -whether male or female- especially those with no interest whatsoever in sexual or emotional congress with him. Once upon a time, Paul dated...
Lauren Hynde (played by Shannyn Sossamon): A beautiful if increasingly befuddled young woman seeking connections where few seem to exist, riding her skateboard into the ether of Camden's social universe, which always seems to be perched on the precipice of the apocalypse.
Sean, Paul and Lauren are surrounded at Camden by their very good 'friends':
Lara (played by Jessica Biel): Lauren's roommate , whose carnal instincts far outweigh the bonds of camaraderie.
The much sought-after Victor (played by Kip Pardue): A chronic object of Lauren's desire whose European sojourn has kept him out of her reach.
Mitchell (played by Thomas Ian Nicholas): Sean's friend about to fall into the abyss of Bateman's world.
Paul's posse (played by Jay Baruchel, Joel Michaely and Colin Bain): always at the ready with a brittle quip Kelly (played by Kate Bosworth): One of Sean's innumerable and quickly forgotten conquests
Marc (played by Fred Savage): who mistakenly believes himself to be considerably more coherent than he actually is.
There are distinguished members of the Camden faculty, such as Mr. Lance Lawson (played by Eric Stoltz), who views himself as being young and cool enough to attend campus parties, and to occasionally suggest raising an attractive student's grade point average in exchange for "extracurricular activity."
Outside of the rarified world of Camden is the "townie" Rupert (played by Clifton Collins Jr.), a dealer who supplies Sean and plenty of other Camden students with their recreational pharmaceuticals...for a very good price.
And then there's family: Mrs. Denton (played by Faye Dunaway), Paul's elegant mother, the victim of too much money and too little love, as well as family friend Mrs. Jared (played by Swoosie Kurtz). Together they enjoy their cocktails and prescription drugs over lunch with their sons who are just as high as their mothers.
And so it goes, with endless rounds of drug-alcohol-and-sex-drenched campus fetes -such as The End of the World Party, The Dress to Get Screwed Party, and The Pre-Saturday Night Party- inconveniently punctuated by sparsely-attended Camden classes.
But human nature determines that in a highly imperfect world, the rules of attraction always apply...and among the co-eds at Camden College, the first rule is: There are no rules.

Gay interest

One of the main characters, Paul Denton (played by Ian Somerhalder), is bisexual.
Paul loves Sean. Sean loves Lauren (Paul's ex). Lauren loves both Sean and Victor.

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