All I Wanna Do or Strike! or Hair Bird (1998)
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All I Wanna Do or Strike! or Hair Bird (1998)
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All I Wanna Do (originally titled The Hairy Bird, later Strike!) is a 1998 comedy film written and directed by Sarah Kernochan. It stars Kirsten Dunst, Gaby Hoffmann, Monica Keena, Heather Matarazzo and Rachael Leigh Cook in an ensemble cast as students of the fictional Miss Godard's Preparatory School for Girls, and Lynn Redgrave as the school's headmistress. The film takes place in 1963 and focuses on several students' plotting and sabotage of a proposed merger for the school to go coed.
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Topics include:
00:00 Intro
02:28 Harvey Weinstein's role in limiting the film's release
03:31 Initial Impressions of 'Strike'
07:42 Gabby Hoffman brings us into the world
08:35 Feminist Themes Resonate Now
11:52 Girls Supporting Each Other's Dreams and Aspirations
20:35 Navigating age appropriateness in movies
25:38 Balancing Ambition and Boys
33:39 School Headmistress: Female Authority Figure
36:25 Epilogues: A Necessary Closure
39:39 What's next?
40:21 Outro