06 Oct 2000
Requiem for a Dream
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.
When Friendship Kills
She'll be dead before she's thin enough.
Teenager Lexi Archer moves to Chicago with her newly divorced mother and befriends a popular girl at her new school, Jennifer. After Lexi's volleyball coach suggests that she lose weight, Jennifer reveals she is bulimic and the two girls decide to help each other, leading to disastrous consequences.
Top Billed Cast
Lynda Carter Kathryn Archer
Katie Wright Lexi Archer
Marley Shelton Jennifer Harnsberger
Josh Taylor Peter Archer
Colleen Winton Pamela Harnsberger
Kimberley Warnat Jill Archer
Malcolm Stewart Mr. Harnsberger
Kevin McNulty Ted, Kathryn's Boss
Tobias Mehler Justin Phelps
Ryan Reynolds Ben Colson
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