Reality Bites 30 years old

A comedy about love in the '90s

Reality Bites

A small circle of friends suffering from post-collegiate blues must confront the hard truth about life, love and the pursuit of gainful employment. As they struggle to map out survival guides for the future, the Gen-X quartet soon begins to realize that reality isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Credits

Reality Bites Cast

Name Character
Ethan Hawke He was 23, now 54 years old as Troy Dyer
Winona Ryder She was 22, now 53 years old as Lelaina Pierce
Swoosie Kurtz She was 49, now 80 years old as Charlane McGregor
Renée Zellweger She was 24, now 55 years old as Tami
Keith David He was 37, now 68 years old as Roger
Ben Stiller He was 28, now 58 years old as Michael Grates
Joe Don Baker He was 58, now 88 years old as Tom Pierce
John Mahoney He was 53, 77 years old when he died as Grant Gubler
Janeane Garofalo She was 29, now 60 years old as Vickie Miner
Steve Zahn He was 26, now 57 years old as Sammy Gray
Anne Meara She was 64, 85 years old when she died as Louise
Harry O'Reilly as Wes McGregor
David Spade He was 29, now 60 years old as The "Wienerschnitzel" Manager (Uncredited)
Jeanne Tripplehorn She was 30, now 61 years old as Cheryl Goode (uncredited)
Barry Del Sherman He was 31, now 62 years old as Grant's Produzent
Susan Norfleet as Helen Anne Pierce
James Rothenberg as Rick
Chelsea Lagos She was 20, now 51 years old as Troy Groupie
Eric Morgan Stuart as Damien

Reality Bites Crew

Name Department
Francine Maisler as Casting. She was 32 (now 63) years old Production
Karyn Rachtman as Music Supervisor. She was 29 (now 60) years old Sound
Lisa Zeno Churgin as Editor. She was 39 (now 69) years old Editing
Sharon Seymour as Production Design. Art
Helen Childress as Screenplay. Writing
Wm. Barclay Malcolm as Executive Producer. Production
Maggie Martin as Set Decoration. Art
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Reality Bites (30 years)

A comedy about love in the '90s

  • Release day: Friday, February 18, 1994
  • Runtime: 99 minutes
  • Budget: 11500000.00
  • Revenue: 20079850.00