Updated version of William Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew," set at Padua High School in Seattle where a new transfer student, Cameron (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), is interested in the popular sophomore Bianca Stratford (Larisa Oleynik). But Bianca's overprotective and domineering father (Larry Miller) forbids Bianca to date unless her older sister Katerina (Julia Siles), an unpopular and hostile senior, does. In a bid to get Katerina a boyfriend, Cameron sets up a plan to have the school stud, Joey Donnar (Andrew Keegan), bribe Patrick Verona (Heath Ledger), an outcast senior with a rumor-filled past, to take the violatle Katerina out on dates so he can go to the school's Prom dance with Bianca. However, neither Pat or Kat expect their 'going steady' to lead where nobody expects it too.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147800/plotsummary
Heath Ledger .... Patrick 'Pat' Verona
Julia Stiles .... Katarina 'Kat' Stratford
Joseph Gordon-Levitt .... Cameron James
Larisa Oleynik .... Bianca Stratford
David Krumholtz .... Michael Eckman
Andrew Keegan .... Joey Donner
Susan May Pratt .... Mandella
Gabrielle Union .... Chastity
Larry Miller .... Dr. Walter Stratford
Daryl Mitchell .... Mr. Morgan (as Daryl 'Chill' Mitchell)
Allison Janney .... Ms. Perky
David Leisure .... Mr. Chapin
Greg Jackson .... Scruvy
Kyle Cease .... Bogie Lowenstien
Tarance Houston .... Derek
