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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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| Are Evie and Tracy still friends at the end of the movie? | Thirteen
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No. After Tracy tells Evie that her family can't adopt her, Evie completely ignores Tracy. When Tracy comes home one day she finds her mother, Evie, and Brooke sitting in her living room and Tracy's secrets are exposed. Brooke tries to blame all of Evie's bad habits on Tracy which causes Melanie to tell her, "Tracy was playing with Barbies before she met Evie!" Brooke and Evie are moving so Tracy can never see Evie again.
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| What does Tracy call Brooke, Evie's aunt, when she is blaming Evie's bad habits on Tracy?
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Frankenstein. Tracy calls her this because Brooke has had many plastic surgeries and looks like a monster. Brooke exposes Tracy's cut up arms to her mom when Tracy says this. Tracy is shown cutting her wrists a few times throughout the movie. Melanie is surprised to know that things had gotten that bad, but she defends her daughter anyway.
| Tracy gets which part of her body pierced, when Evie takes her to the tattoo shop? | Thirteen
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Tongue. Nikki Reed (Evie) had a real tongue stud, but Evan Rachel Wood did not. The tongue stud was made as a suction cup to stick onto Evan's tongue, but it would occasionally fall off. Wood accidentally swallowed a few of them throughout filming. Tracy also gets her belly button pierced in the movie, but Evie pierces it while the two girls are on Tracy's bed. Evan has a scar from Nikki Reed actually poking a needle into her belly during the belly piercing scene of the movie.
| Which board game does Brady, Melanie's boyfriend, buy for Tracy? | Thirteen
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Guesstures. Although Melanie says Tracy has been wanting the game for months, Tracy acts uninterested because she is high. Tracy doesn't like Brady because he has been from halfway house to halfway house to recover from his drug addiction, and she is tired of her mom letting him into their house.
| The story of "Thirteen" is loosely based on the real life experiences of whom? | Thirteen
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Nikki Reed (Evie Zamora). Nikki Reed and Catherine Hardwicke wrote the script for "Thirteen" in only six days. Reed was originally going to play the role of Tracy, which is based on herself, but ended up playing Tracy's bad influence, Evie Zamora, instead.
| What did Tracy do to get Evie and Astrid to hang out with her? | Thirteen
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Steal a wallet. When Evie and her friend blow Tracy off, she goes outside and sits on a bench. A woman sits down next to her and is busily talking on a cell phone. Tracy takes her wallet without her noticing and takes Evie and her friend on a shopping spree. From then on Tracy was best friends with Evie.
| Which character does the talented actress Holly Hunter play? | Thirteen
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Melanie, Tracy's mother. Holly Hunter was nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of Melanie Freeland, Tracy's concerned mom and recovering alcoholic. Hunter won an Oscar in 1994 for Best Actress in "The Piano" (1993). She was nominated two other times for Best Supporting Actress for "The Firm" (1993) and Best Actress for "Broadcast News" (1987).
| What is the name of the neighbor boy whose home Evie and Tracy visit? | Thirteen
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Luke. At first the girls try to seduce Luke, but he wises up and then promptly kicks them out of his home. Luke is played by Kip Pardue, whose best-known role was playing Ronnie "Sunshine" Bass, the quarterback for the football team in the film "Remember the Titans".
Catherine Hardwicke. This was the first feature film directed by Hardwicke. She also co-wrote the script with Nikki Reed, who stars in the film as Evie. Nikki Reed is quoted as saying she based the script on experiences from her own life.
| What is the name of the woman whom Evie lives with? | Thirteen
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Brooke. Brooke, played by Deborah Kara Unger, is the lackadaisical guardian of Evie and she pretty much lets her get away with anything. She is so disenchanted by her perception of her ward, she believes that all of Evie's problems are because of Tracy. In actuality, it is Evie who is the root of both of the girls' problems.
| What is the name of Mel's friend who comes to stay with Tracy's family? | Thirteen
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Birdie. Birdie, played by Sarah Clarke, is apparently going through some rough times, so she comes to stay at the Freeland's home with her young daughter. This upsets Tracy and she makes rude comments to her mother about allowing Birdie to stay with them.
| Which two body parts does Tracy pierce during the course of the film? | Thirteen
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Tongue and Navel. Along with many other acts of teenage rebellion, Evie and Tracy go to a tattoo parlor to get Tracy's tongue pierced. While at the tattoo shop, Tracy steals a belly button ring and then Evie pierces Tracy's navel later on at home.
Freeland. The situations created by Tracy's wild behavior after becoming aquainted with Evie form the main plot of the film. Tracy's family, the Freelands, and their relationships with one another are highly strained by the young girl's actions.
| What is the name of the boy that Tracy likes and begins "dating" during the film? | Thirteen
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Javier. The scene where the young Tracy (played by Evan Rachel Wood) looks to her friend Evie for "advice" on how interact with Javy, provides real insight into the relationship between the two young girls. At one point it is hinted that Javier cheats on Tracy with her best friend Evie.
| Who plays Tracy's mother in this film? | Thirteen
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Holly Hunter . Holly Hunter plays Melanie, Tracy's naive and alcoholic mother. Personally I think she does a wonderful job with the difficult role of the mother, trying to deal with the strain of handling her lost and disturbed teenage daughter. Holly Hunter was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Melanie. Unfortunately she lost the Oscar to Renee Zelwegger for "Cold Mountain".
| Which actor play's Mel's addicted boyfriend? | Thirteen
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Jeremy Sisto. Jeremy Sisto plays Tracy's mother Mel's "recovering" addict boyfriend Brady. He is living with the family but is an outsider. He is not directly involved in the family crisis surrounding Tracy and her behavior, but he attempts to help keep Mel from completely losing control of the situation.
| What is the main character Tracy's brother's name? | Thirteen
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Mason. Tracy's older brother Mason is played by Brady Corbet. Even though he has some teenage rebellion issues of his own, he seems to be the more grounded of the two siblings. Tracy and Mason have a very embattled relationship. He openly dislikes Tracy's actions toward their mother.
| What is the very last shot of the movie? | Thirteen
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Tracy screaming.. At the last scene of the movie, Tracy is spinning on a spin-wheel at the park, and she starts screaming. That's where the movie ends.
| At the end of the movie, Brooke and Mel find a box of illegal and stolen things in Tracy's room. How did they get there? | Thirteen
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Evie hid them there.. Tracy tries to tell Brooke and Mel that the stuff isn't hers, which it's not. Evie had hid all her stashes in Tracy's room so she wouldn't get caught with it. Tracy sees what's happened and blows up at Evie, which turns into a fight between the four women. Brooke and Evie storm out, and Tracy is crying. Mel tries to comfort her daughter and they both finally calm down.
| What does Tracy's teacher compliment her on? | Thirteen
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Her poem. At the beginning of the movie, Tracy reads a poem to her mother. Near the end of the movie, Tracy's teacher tells her she is going to be held back in the seventh grade. The teacher tells Tracy that her poem at the beginning of the year was one of the best she's ever read. Tracy never did the diorama she was supposed to, and there was never any mention of biographies or essays.
Tracy's neighbor. Luke is Tracy's next door neighbor and Mason's friend. We first see Luke in Tracy's kitchen before he and Mason go surfing. Tracy and Evie go over to Luke's house one day, but end up getting kicked out by Luke.
Navel and tongue. First Tracy gets her belly button pierced by Evie. Evie says that now they can get even more piercings, so Tracy gets her tongue pierced in a shop when she is supposed to be researching at the library. When Tracy's mom sees her belly button, Tracy also shows her the tongue piercing.
| What does Tracy NOT do in the movie? | Thirteen
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Jail. In the movie, Tracy is generally a parent's worst nightmare, and does almost everything a teenager could possibly do wrong. She steals many clothes and tons of money. She smokes both nicotine and illegal substances at several points throughout the movie. She lies about who she's going out with, what she's doing, and where she's going. Tracy never ends up in jail, although her own life seems to be holding her in.
| The movie is partially based on one of the actor's real life. Which one? | Thirteen
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Nikki Reed (Evie). The movie is partially based around Nikki Reed's life, and she co-wrote the movie with Catherine Hardwicke. On the DVD version of "Thirteen", you can listen to Nikki Reed relate her life to Evie Zamora's.
| What is the actor's name who plays Tracy? | Thirteen
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Evan Rachel Wood. Evan Rachel Wood plays Tracy Louise Freeland, the out of control teenage girl trying to fit in. Wood delivers a fantastic performance that many teen girls can relate to.
| How many siblings does Tracy have? | Thirteen
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One brother. Tracy has one brother named Mason Freeland. Mason goes to the same school as the girls, but is in a higher grade. He and his friends think Evie Zamora is the prettiest girl in school. At several points in the movie, Mason catches Tracy doing things she shouldn't. Although Evie and Tracy become close, and Evie lives with the Freelands, they are not related.
| What are the names of the two main characters? | Thirteen
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Tracy and Evie. Tracy Louise Freeland and Evie Zamora are the main characters in this movie. Tracy is a respectable young girl at the beginning of the movie who hangs out with normal friends and does her homework. Evie is a popular girl who does whatever she wants and looks hot doing it. Tracy idolizes Evie and desperately tries to be accepted by her. Eventually, Tracy becomes an even worse version of what Evie already is.
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