She Cried No
| She Cried No | |
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| Directed by | Bethany Rooney |
| Produced by | Megan Callaway Ira Marvin |
| Written by | Kathleen Rowell |
| Starring | Candace Cameron Bure Mark-Paul Gosselaar |
| Music by | Lee Holdridge |
| Cinematography | Isidore Mankofsky |
| Editing by | Janet Bartels-Vandagriff |
| Distributed by | NBC |
| Release date(s) | September 23, 1996 |
| Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English language |
She Cried No (also known as Freshman Fall) is a 1996 television film drama directed by Bethany Rooney, which starred Candace Cameron Bure and Mark-Paul Gosselaar, both pre-teen idols.
[edit] Plot
She Cried No tells the story of Melissa, a college freshman anxious to fit in with the popular crowd. After arriving, she immediately befriends her roommates Jordan and Kellie and attracts the attention of Scott, the member of the college's most popular fraternity (to which her brother, Michael, also belongs) who has a history of date raping fellow students. She and Jordan attend a party at Scott's frat; there, she becomes the latest victim of Scott, who drugs her. Before he takes her upstairs to a room to rape her, she notices a passed out Jordan being taken to a room by a guy as well. The next day, an upset Melissa returns to college and bumps into Scott several times, who pretends as if nothing has happened.
Melissa becomes depressed, ignoring her school work, estranging from her friends, not eating and not sleeping. Jordan takes it worse and drops out of college immediately. One night, while having dinner with Michael and his girlfriend Holly, Scott shows up. Melissa freaks out, runs away and causes a car accident. She is taken into the hospital, but is not severely injured. She admits to a doctor about what happened, and she realizes she has been raped. She later admits this to her mother Denise, who wants to press charges. Her father Edward and Michael discourage her from doing this, explaining it could ruin her future.
Prosecuting Scott proves to be difficult, because she does not have any evidence. She receives no support from her friends and fellow students either, who think she led him on and was asking for it. When Scott starts to threaten her and students start bullying her, she considers pulling back from prosecuting. Fed up with being scared, she decides not to give up, but Scott manipulates the jury and is found not guilty. Melissa attempts to move on with her life, wanting to put the rape behind her. Michael, however, is determined to help her out and finds photos proving Melissa was right all along. He gets into a fight with Scott and announces he will leave the fraternity.
Meanwhile, Melissa starts receiving support from other students. Courtney, a promicuous girl, admits to her that she was raped by Scott as well. Melissa starts to collect evidence against him and is successful in gaining a lot of video footage. She gives him one chance to come clean, and when he does not take it, she publicizes the footage. Afterwards, all the students turn their back against Scott, and Jordan finally trusts her rape story with Melissa.
[edit] Cast
- Candace Cameron Bure as Melissa Connell
- Mark-Paul Gosselaar as Scott Baker
- Lawrence Pressman as Edward Connell
- Bess Armstrong as Denise Connell
- Jenna von Oÿ as Jordan McCann
- Brandon Douglas as Michael Connell
- Nikki Cox as Kellie Salter
- Ray Baker as Mark Baker
- Hillary Danner as Holly Essex
- Kristoffer Ryan Winters as Leland
- Jennifer Greenhut as Courtney
