The In Crowd (film)

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The In Crowd
Directed by	Mary Lambert
Produced by	Michael I. Rachmil, Jonathan A. Zimbert, James G. Robinson
Written by	Mark Gibson, Philip Halprin
Starring	Susan Ward, Lori Heuring, Matthew Settle, Nathan Bexton
Music by	Jeff Rona
Cinematography	Tom Priestley Jr.
Editing by	Pasquale Buba
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s)	2000
Running time	105 min
Country	USA
Language	English
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The In Crowd is a 2000 thriller film directed by Mary Lambert. It is about a young woman, recently released from a psychiatric hospital, who becomes close friends with the wealthy and charismatic leader of the in crowd, only to learn that her new friend may not be as perfect as she seems.

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Adrien Williams is released from a psychiatric hospital; her doctor feels that she has been cured of her erotomania (the details of which are not revealed until much later in the film) and gets her a job at his exclusive country club. As she is settling in to her new job, she meets many new people, discovering the sharp separation between the "help" (which consists of her co-workers) and the "in crowd" (the wealthy and beautiful younger members of the club). The leader of this group is Brittany Foster. As soon as Brittany sets eyes on Adrien, she develops a fascination with her and befriends the newcomer. Brittany takes Adrien into her circle of friends (much to the displeasure of Brittany's once-close friend, Kelly) and introduces her to the good life.

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After meeting Adrien, Brittany decides to become her friend, taking Adrien as her new sister, bonding with her and buying her expensive gifts. As the pair gets closer, Kelly becomes increasingly jealous and vindictive towards Adrien, and confronts her, warning her to stay away from Brittany. Adrien discovers a picture of the group from the year before at a party. In the center of the picture is Sandra, who looks remarkably like Adrien. In the background, Brittany looks like a modest wall flower. Kelly explains how Brittany has changed since her sister went away and that she wasn't always so sexy and self confident. Kelly tells Adrien that Brittany's Sister Sandra was once the groups Queen Bee with tennis pro Matt as her King. Brittany was always jealous of Sandra and Sandra knew it, and manipulated Brittany into giving her their mothers ruby ring, something that Brittany treasures (her mom's ring, since she died)and that the one Brittay wore was a fake. Sandra, who was once the center of the popular clique and Brittany's tormenter, but has since vanished (ostensibly to travel the world). After revealing this information, Kelly is injured in a motorcycle from the motorcycle accident when the wheel of comes off of the bike. As Adrien becomes a part of the group, she meets Matt, who has an instant attraction to her. They become friends , talking and spending time together. This makes Brittany jealous, so she decides to set Adrien up with a new guy. When the new guy makes strong sexual advances toward Adrien, she pushes him away. Angry that he did not seduce Adrien, Brittany has him sent away, back to drug rehab. Shortly thereafter, Brittany, feeling sorry for Kelly offers to take on a night sail. Once on the boat alone, it is revealed that Kelly is jealous of Brittany and Adrien's relationship because Kelly is in love with Brittany. Brittany begins making out with Kelly, who has a broken leg from her accident. Brittany seduces Kelly into taking off her life jacket and pushes her into the water. As Kelly struggles in the water, the weight of her cast pulling her down, Brittany watches emotionless as Kelly drowns. Brittany notices Adrien and Dr. Thomas talking in the Country club dining room one day. To gain the advantage over Adrien, Brittany seduces the doctor in order to get more information on her new friend. Brittany also becomes more vindictive in her actions toward Adrein, hinting that she knows her secret. Adrien begins to avoid Brittany , becoming friends with other staff members. She becomes friends with the grounds keeper who shows her his art work, which consists of items he finds on the grounds, stating that the rich people lose expensive things. There she spots Sandra's shoe, and begins to realize that Sandra isn't in Europe, but that Brittany has been faking her postcards and letters. Brittany becomes enraged with Adrien avoiding her, and her dark side begins to emerge.Brittany, after being rebuffed by Dr. thomas, kills him and frames Adrien. Adrien is returned to the mental hospital. After drugging a doctor with her medication, Adrien escapes the hospital and dresses as Sandra for the country Clubs annual summer party. Brittany sees her, dressed as her sister and is stunned. She follows Adrien around the club, attacking and taunting her. The two end up in the pool, outside of the main room, where the party is being held. Everyone hears as Brittany confesses to killing Sandra the year before. Brittany explains that she wanted Adrien to take the place of her missing sister, but to create a loving relationship with herself in charge, rather than the antagonistic relationship that they'd had in life. When Adrien refused to conform to Brittany's desires, Brittany shows her dark side. Brittany explains what happened at the night she killed Sandra, and confesses to murdering Kelly and Dr. Thomas. Everyone of her clique as well as a the entire staff and club membership hear her confession. They help a beaten Adrien out of the pool, leaving Brittany trying to explain herself. In the end, Brittany is shown in a cell in the mental hospital. A orderly brings her lunch tray,sliding it into the slot on the door. He also, shyly, slides lipgloss to her. She takes it and seductively rubs it on her lips, smiling at him as she does.