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Scream 2

Scream 2 is a 1997 American slasher film directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson. It stars David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jamie Kennedy, Laurie Metcalf, Jerry O'Connell, Jada Pinkett Smith and Liev Schreiber. A sequel to Scream (1996), it is the second installment in the Scream film series. Scream 2…

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Based on
Characters by Kevin Williamson
Box office
$172 million
Budget
$24 million
Cinematography
Peter Deming
Country
United States
Directed by
Wes Craven

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Scream 2

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Edges147
Triples213
Avg. degree1.99
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Scream 2

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related to Home media · 30
Scream 2 → Additionally, Alliance Atlantis, August, Behind, Both, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Canada, Canadian, Collector's Edition, December, Dimension Films, Dimension Home Video, Dimension/Miramax, Disney's Buena Vista Home, DVD, Each, Entertainment, Europe, February, Following
related to Casting · 21
Scream 2 → Cotton Weary, Courteney Cox, David Arquette, Dewey Riley, Dimension Films, Drew Barrymore, Gale Weathers, Ghostface, Having, In, Jackson, Jamie Kennedy, Liev Schreiber, Neve Campbell, Once, Randy Meeks, Roger, Scream, Sidney Prescott, Sidney's
related to Filming · 21
Scream 2 → Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, California, Cici Cooper, Georgia, Hollywood, June, Los Angeles, Malibu, Ohio, Pasadena, Principal, Rialto Theater, Scream, South Pasadena, Stab, Sunset Drive, The, UCLA, Vista Theater
related to Music · 20
Scream 2 → Beltrami, Beltrami's, Broken Arrow, Campbell's, Cassandra Aria, Cassandra Aria Reprise, Danny Elfman, Dewey, Dewey's Theme, Duane Eddy, Elfman, Excerpts, Hans Zimmer, In, Marco Beltrami, Scream, The, The Deluxe Edition, Varèse Sarabande, Zimmer
related to Accolades · 19
Scream 2 → Best Actress, Best Female Performance, Best Horror Film, Best Supporting Actress, Campbell, Courteney Cox, Despite, Golden Raspberry Award, MTV Movie Award, Saturn Award, Scream, She, Sidney Prescott, Stab, The, The House, Tori Spelling, Worst New Star, Yes
related to Critical reception · 17
Scream 2 → As, Both Gene Siskel, Empire's Kim Newman, It's, Janet Maslin, Maslin, On, On CinemaScore, On Metacritic, Roger Ebert, Rotten Tomatoes, Scream, Some, The, The New York Times, Time Out London, Variety
related to Plot leak and re-writes · 12
Scream 2 → After Williamson, Craven, Following, Internet, Joel, Randy Meeks, Scream, The, This, To, Williamson, Williamson's
related to Post-production · 12
Scream 2 → Bob Weinstein, Craven, Craven's, Dimension Films, Eager, However, MPAA, Omar Epps, Phil Stevens, R-rating, Randy Meeks, Scream
related to Box office · 9
Scream 2 → Black, December, It, Its, Men, Scream, Titanic, United States, What Women Want
related to Release · 9
Scream 2 → After, December, Grauman's Chinese Theater, Hollywood, James Bond, James Cameron's, Scream, Titanic, Tomorrow Never Dies

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Scream 2Based onCharacters by Kevin Williamson1.00infobox
Scream 2Box office$172 million1.00infobox
Scream 2Budget$24 million1.00infobox
Scream 2CinematographyPeter Deming1.00infobox
Scream 2CountryUnited States1.00infobox
Scream 2Directed byWes Craven1.00infobox
Scream 2Distributed byDimension Films1.00infobox
Scream 2Edited byPatrick Lussier1.00infobox
Scream 2LanguageEnglish1.00infobox
Scream 2Music byMarco Beltrami1.00infobox
Scream 2Produced byWes Craven1.00infobox
Scream 2Produced byCathy Konrad1.00infobox
Scream 2Produced byMarianne Maddalena1.00infobox
Scream 2Production companiesKonrad Pictures1.00infobox
Scream 2Production companiesCraven-Maddalena Films1.00infobox
Scream 2Release datesDecember 10, 1997 (1997-12-10) (Hollywood)1.00infobox
Scream 2Release datesDecember 12, 1997 (1997-12-12) (United States)1.00infobox
Scream 2Running time120 minutes1.00infobox
Scream 2StarringDavid Arquette1.00infobox
Scream 2StarringNeve Campbell1.00infobox
Scream 2StarringCourteney Cox1.00infobox
Scream 2StarringSarah Michelle Gellar1.00infobox
Scream 2StarringJamie Kennedy1.00infobox
Scream 2StarringJerry O'Connell1.00infobox
Scream 2StarringJada Pinkett Smith[a]1.00infobox
Scream 2StarringLiev Schreiber1.00infobox
Scream 2Written byKevin Williamson1.00infobox
Scream 2is a1997 American slasher film directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson0.90text
Scream 2is agleeful takedown of scary movie conventions that manages to poke fun at terrible horror sequels without falling victim to the same fate0.90text

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