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1994 film by Ben Stiller

This article is about the film. For the television series, see Reality Bites (TV series). For the The Simpsons episode, see Realty Bites.

Reality Bites is a 1994 American romanticcomedy-drama film written by Helen Childress and directed by Ben Stiller in his feature directorial debut.

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It stars Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, and Stiller, with supporting roles by Janeane Garofalo and Steve Zahn. The film follows an aspiring videographer, working on a documentary about the disenchanted lives of her friends and roommates.

Childress wrote the initial screenplay on spec in 1990, inspired by the lives of her friends and herself during the U.S. economic recession in the early 1990s. Stiller was hired as director in 1991, but later starred in the film after working with Childress on the final screenplay, which was completed in December 1992.

The film faced production delays until Ryder committed to the project, after which Hawke and Zahn were c