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A charming womanizer must find a way to get $80 to elope to Hawaii with his one true love, or else go to his father's chosen business school.A charming womanizer must find a way to get $80 to elope to Hawaii with his one true love, or else go to his father's chosen business school.A charming womanizer must find a way to get $80 to elope to Hawaii with his one true love, or else go to his father's chosen business school.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Matthew Perry
- Fred Roberts
- (as Matthew L. Perry)
Marji Bank
- Emma Spaulding
- (as Marji Banks)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaRiver Phoenix was reportedly embarrassed by his role in this film, as it marketed him as a teen heartthrob. Phoenix wanted to be taken more seriously as an actor, not a celebrity.
- GoofsWhen Jimmy and Fred eat at the diner, "Just One Look" is playing. The film is set in 1962; "Just One Look" was released in 1963.
- Quotes
Lisa Bentwright: [unzipping Jimmy's pants] Jimmy, Jimmy, can I see it?
Lisa Bentwright: Won't something happen?
Jimmy Reardon: Not if I don't want it to.
Lisa Bentwright: It looks funny.
Jimmy Reardon: Do you wanna hurt its feelings?
- Crazy creditsThe movie's working title "A Night In The Life Of Jimmy Reardon", is as it suggests; however, the opening credit introduces the viewer to a movie called "Jimmy Reardon."
- Alternate versionsThis movie was heavily cut by the studio, resulting in two different versions, both of which have been effectively disowned by director William Richert. The non-US print resembles his original vision most clearly, with an Elmer Bernstein score and five extra songs on the soundtrack. Richert has recently revealed that he has recently acquired four and a half minutes of extra footage which makes the lead character deeper and easier to sympathise with. He is planning to release a new cut of the film under its source material's original title: 'Aren't You Even Going To Kiss Me Goodbye?'.
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Phoenix is fine but what a detestable character
This movie features one of the most despicable lead characters, and that character narrates. It's hard to see how this even got green lit.
Sure, a lot of it rings true for a teenage boy, but bleh. Like, Jimmy getting drunk and doing the obnoxious poetry to the crowd. That's not pleasant to watch, and frankly, practically everybody including Jimmy would pretty much decide to forget it ever happened.
From a practical standpoint, the studio tried to sell it as something it wasn't, and that can be seen right on the cover art. That looks like a fun happy silly movie, while it's actually a sometimes dark drama.
The writer/director, Richert, released a Director's Cut with himself narrating instead of Phoenix. This makes the movie even worse, because it reminds you that a mature adult wrote and directed this about himself and yet can't seem to fathom how horrible the character Jimmy is.
When it was Phoenix narrating, it's easy to imagine this was just a bad misfire of a teen film. But with Richert-- talk about an out of control ego.
After all, aside from being a total a**, at one point Reardon is borderline assaulting a female.
Sure, a lot of it rings true for a teenage boy, but bleh. Like, Jimmy getting drunk and doing the obnoxious poetry to the crowd. That's not pleasant to watch, and frankly, practically everybody including Jimmy would pretty much decide to forget it ever happened.
From a practical standpoint, the studio tried to sell it as something it wasn't, and that can be seen right on the cover art. That looks like a fun happy silly movie, while it's actually a sometimes dark drama.
The writer/director, Richert, released a Director's Cut with himself narrating instead of Phoenix. This makes the movie even worse, because it reminds you that a mature adult wrote and directed this about himself and yet can't seem to fathom how horrible the character Jimmy is.
When it was Phoenix narrating, it's easy to imagine this was just a bad misfire of a teen film. But with Richert-- talk about an out of control ego.
After all, aside from being a total a**, at one point Reardon is borderline assaulting a female.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Aren't You Even Gonna Kiss Me Goodbye?
- Filming locations
- Production company
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $6,264,058
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,737,106
- Feb 28, 1988
- Gross worldwide
- $6,264,058
- Runtime1 hour 30 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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