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Never Been Kissed (1999)

Directed by
Raja Gosnell

Screenplay by
Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein


Josie Geller wants more out of life. As a bright twenty-five-year-old copy editor at Chicago's revered newspaper, the Chicago Sun-Times, she yearns to be a reporter. Josie is skilled at her profession, but completely clueless in her personal life. She was a brainy nerd in high school, a geek to the core - kids called her "Josie Grossie" - and she has never had a serious relationship with a man. Josie has never, she laments, been really kissed.


Aldys Martin

But things are about to change for Josie - in ways she could never have imagined - when her dream to become a reporter becomes a reality. But her first assignment couldn't be more nightmarish: she must go undercover at a local high school to report on today's teenagers. Now, eight years senior to the oldest pupil in the class, Josie must figure out her story - and a potential new love - while reliving her horrific adolescence and negotiating high school's social and emotional land mines.


Directed by Raja Gosnell ("Home Alone 3") from a screenplay by first-time screenwriters Abby Kohn & Marc Silverstein. The film is produced by Sandy Isaac and Nancy Juvonen. Drew Barrymore is the execurive producer.

The director of photography is Alex Nepomniaschy, the production designer is Steven Jordan and the film editor is Debra Chiate. Jeffrey Downer serves as co-producer, music is by David Newman and the costume designer is Mona May.

  Director

Raja Gosnell

Director of "Scooby-Doo" (2002), "Big Momma's House" (2000) and "Home Alone 3" (1997). Editor of "Mrs. Doubtfire" (1993), "Home Alone" (1990), "Pretty Woman" (1990).


  Also starring

Drew Barrymore
as Josie Geller

Scion of the legendary acting family, at the age of five this once-precocious cherub landed a small part as William Hurt's daughter in Altered States and a larger one in E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial two years later. She played major roles in other filmsincluding Irreconcilable Differences (1984) and two Stephen King adaptations, Firestarter (1984) and Cat's Eye (1985)-but her career was overshadowed in the late 1980s by her highly publicized bouts with alcohol and drugs (and a resulting suicide attempt), an eerie echo of her family's troubled history. 1989 saw the release of Far From Home her first adolescent movie role. In 1990 she coauthored a book about her substance dependencies and subsequent rehabilitation, and in 1992 she made further news by posing nude for a national magazine to promote her sexually charged movie Poison Ivy (1992). That same year she had a provocative (but brief) part as a murder witness in The Sketch Artist co-starred in the well-received independent feature Guncrazy (1992), and was one of three actresses to play the headline-making "Long Island Lolita" in the telefilm The Amy Fisher Story (1993). She then appeared in a provocative series of print ads for Guess Jeans. She had a sexy cameo in Wayne's World 2 (1993), then costarred in the distaff Western Bad Girls (1994). Her star rose dramatically in 1995 with the release of Boys on the Side, Mad Love and Batman Forever.


David Arquette
as Robert Geller

Best known for his recurring role as Officer Dewey from "Scream" and "Scream 2," for which he won a Blockbuster award. He will soon appear in "Scream 3." His other notable film credits include "Dream With the Fishes," which he also produced, "Johns," "The Alarmist" and the upcoming "Muppets In Space." Other future projects include "The Shrink Is In," opposite Courteney Cox, "The Front Man" and the role of the infamous punk rocker Darby Crash in the biographical feature film "What We Do Is Secret," which Arquette will also produce. He recently made his stage debut in Los Angeles at the Tiffany Theatre performing the lead roll of Frank-n-Furter in the 25th anniversary revival of Richard O’Brien’s "Rocky Horror Show." When not acting, Arquette performs with his band Ear 2000. The song "The Race" is featured on the "Scream 2" soundtrack.


Jessica Alba
as Kirsten Liosis

Born in Pomona, CA on April 28, 1981, Jessica and her family moved to Biloxi, Mississippi when she was an infant. Jessica made her feature film debut in 1993 in Hollywood Pictures comedy Camp Nowhere (1994). She branched out into TV in 1994 with recurring role in Nickelodeon's popular comedy series "Secret World of Alex Mack, The" (1994). She played an insufferable young snob, devoted to making life miserable for the the title character, played by 'Larisa Oleynick' . That same year, she won the role of Maya in "Flipper" (1995) and filmed the pilot for the series. Jessica spent 1995 shooting the first season's episodes in Australia. An avid swimmer and PADI-certified scuba diver, Jessica was delighted to be doing a show which allows her to play with dolphins. The success of the first season of "Flipper" lead to the filming of the second season, which Jessica also starred in. Jessica's involvement in "Flipper" lasted from 1995-1997. Since "Flipper" Jessica has appeared in a number of television shows and movies. In 1996, Jessica appeared in Venus Rising (1995) as Young Eve. In 1997, Jessica appeared on the "Dini Petty Show", a Canadian talk show, and talked about her role in Flipper and her general acting career. She began working on P.U.N.K.S. (1998), featuring Randy Quaid, in 1998. In early 1998, she appeared in "Brooklyn South" (1997), as Melissa. The same year she was in two episodes of "Beverly Hills, 90210" (1990), as Leanne and in two episodes of "The Love Boat: The Next Wave" (1997). She appeared in "Teen Magazine" in 1995 and various European magazines in the past several years. More importantly, she was featured in the February, 1999, issue of "Vanity Fair".