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The Crush: Directed by Alan Shapiro. With Cary Elwes, Alicia Silverstone, Jennifer Rubin, Kurtwood Smith. A journalist becomes the unwanted center of attention for a 14-year-old girl, who proceeds to sabotage his life after he refuses her sexual advances.
The 14-year-old daughter, a prodigy, develops a crush on him. When he acquires a new lady friend she becomes insanely jealous and begins a diabolical revenge strategy that threatens to destroy the journalist's life and friends.
The Crush (1993) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
In Los Angeles, Shapiro became a lodger at a guest house following his departure from college; the house in question was owned by a married couple. Shapiro was trying to work on scripts for Hollywood but was constantly distracted by their teenage daughter, Darian, who had developed a crush on him.
She landed a role in The Crush (1993), a sort of Fatal Attraction (1987) for teenagers in which she portrayed a disturbed young girl obsessed with an older man. The nasty little role did not impress the critical establishment but it wowed its target audience: teenagers.
The Crush: Directed by Michael Creagh. With Olga Wehrly, Rory Keenan, Oran Creagh, Charlie Bonner. An 8 year old schoolboy is so besotted with his teacher that he challenges her boyfriend to a duel...to the death.
Crush: Directed by Sammi Cohen. With Rowan Blanchard, Auli'i Cravalho, Isabella Ferreira, Tyler Alvarez. An aspiring young artist joins her high school track team and later discovers what real love feels like when she finds herself falling for an unexpected teammate.
A teenage girl babysits two young kids while the parents go out to a party. Her boyfriend is coerced (with the help of alcohol) by an old 'friend' into going to the house. Both boys are obsessed with the babysitter, as is the father of the two children.
"The Crush" is about a fourteen-year-old girl (Alicia Silverstone) who falls in love with a journalist neighbor, played by Cary Elwes (of "Saw" infamy). Elwes rejects her come-ons and after she tries to kiss him gives her a slight warning.
The Crush by debutant director Michael Creagh is a 2011 Academy award nominated short film. Michael casts his 8 year old son as the protagonist of this humane, exciting and innocent tale of a school boy’s crush.
