The Virgin Suicides
With this debut feature, Sofia Coppola announced her singular vision, exploring the aesthetics of femininity while illuminating the interior lives of young women. An adaptation of Jeffrey Eugenides’s highly acclaimed first novel, The Virgin Suicides conjures the ineffable melancholy of teenage longing and ennui in its story of the suicides of the five Lisbon sisters, stifled by the rules of their overprotective religious parents—as told through the collective memory of a group of men who were boys at the time and still yearn to understand what happened. Evoking its 1970s suburban setting through ethereal cinematography by Ed Lachman and an atmospheric score by Air, and featuring a magnetic performance by Kirsten Dunst, the film secured a place for its director in the landscape of American independent cinema and has become a coming-of-age touchstone.
Director-Approved 4K UHD + Blu-ray Special Edition Features
- 4K digital restoration, approved by director Sofia Coppola and supervised by cinematographer Ed Lachman, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- New interviews with Coppola, Lachman, actors Kirsten Dunst and Josh Hartnett, novelist Jeffrey Eugenides, and writer and actor Tavi Gevinson
- Making of “The Virgin Suicides,” a 1998 documentary directed by Eleanor Coppola and featuring Sofia Coppola; Eleanor and Francis Ford Coppola; actors Dunst, Hartnett, Scott Glenn, Kathleen Turner, and James Woods; Eugenides; and more
- Lick the Star, a 1998 short film by Sofia Coppola
- Music video for Air’s soundtrack song “Playground Love,” directed by Coppola and her brother Roman Coppola
- Trailers
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by novelist Megan Abbott
New cover by Naomi Hirabayashi
Director-Approved 4K UHD + Blu-ray Special Edition Features
- 4K digital restoration, approved by director Sofia Coppola and supervised by cinematographer Ed Lachman, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features
- New interviews with Coppola, Lachman, actors Kirsten Dunst and Josh Hartnett, novelist Jeffrey Eugenides, and writer and actor Tavi Gevinson
- Making of “The Virgin Suicides,” a 1998 documentary directed by Eleanor Coppola and featuring Sofia Coppola; Eleanor and Francis Ford Coppola; actors Dunst, Hartnett, Scott Glenn, Kathleen Turner, and James Woods; Eugenides; and more
- Lick the Star, a 1998 short film by Sofia Coppola
- Music video for Air’s soundtrack song “Playground Love,” directed by Coppola and her brother Roman Coppola
- Trailers
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by novelist Megan Abbott
New cover by Naomi Hirabayashi
Cast
- James Woods
- Mr. Lisbon
- Kathleen Turner
- Mrs. Lisbon
- Kirsten Dunst
- Lux Lisbon
- Josh Hartnett
- Trip Fontaine
- Michael Paré
- Adult Trip Fontaine
- Scott Glenn
- Father Moody
- Danny DeVito
- Dr. Horniker
- Giovanni Ribisi
- Narrator
- A. J. Cook
- Mary Lisbon
- Hanna Hall
- Cecilia Lisbon
- Leslie Hayman
- Therese Lisbon
- Chelse Swain
- Bonnie Lisbon
- Anthony DeSimone
- Chase Buell
- Lee Kagan
- David Barker
- Robert Schwartzman
- Paul Baldino
- Noah Shebib
- Parkie Denton
- Jonathan Tucker
- Tim Weiner
- Joe Roncetti
- Kevin Head
- Hayden Christensen
- Jake Hill Conley
- Chris Hale
- Peter Sisten
- Joe Dinicol
- Dominic Palazzolo
- Suki Kaiser
- Lydia Perl
Credits
- Director
- Sofia Coppola
- Written by
- Sofia Coppola
- Based upon the novel by
- Jeffrey Eugenides
- Producers
- Francis Ford Coppola
- Julie Costanzo
- Dan Halsted
- Chris Hanley
- Executive producers
- Fred Fuchs
- Willi Baer
- Coproducers
- Fred Roos
- Gary Marcus
- Cinematographer
- Ed Lachman
- Production design
- Jasna Stefanovic
- Editors
- Melissa Kent
- James Lyons
- Costume designer
- Nancy Steiner
- Casting
- Linda Phillips-Palo
- Robert McGee
- John Buchan
- Sound design
- Richard Beggs
- Music composed by
- Air
- Second unit director
- Roman Coppola
- Acting/dialogue coach
- Chris Neil
- Music supervisor
- Brian Reitzell
- Sound recordists
- Ethan Derner
- Henry Embry
- Pete Horner
- Art direction
- Jon Goulding
- Set decoration
- Megan Less
- Makeup
- Kathleen Graham
- Hair
- Gail “Freddie” Godden
- Still photographers
- Sofia Coppola
- Corinne Day
- Clayton Joye
- Pierre Vinet
Trailer for The Virgin Suicides
