As a sophomore in high school, she longs to get into the world as most teens do. Macgyver 1985 tv series from internet movie firearms database guns in movies, tv and video games. With treat williams, laura dern, mary kay place, margaret welsh. February 20, 2019 february 20, 2019 firstmagnitude 765 views 3 comments 1994, american graffiti, back to the beach, dirty dancing, do the right thing, high season, on the sunny side of the screen, smooth talk, summer of 42, summertime, the beach boys. A freespirited 15yearold girl flirts with a dangerous stranger in the northern california suburbs and must prepare herself for the frightening and traumatic consequences. Those in northern california will enjoy the location shots in sebastopol and the mall in santa rosa which still exists but looks different now, and viewers who dont demand their movies to hurry up and get to the point. In other words, there are more movies adapted from stories by stephen king than, say, tobias wolff or amy. Smooth talk 1985 even when filmmakers heed the advice that short stories are often bettersuited to adaptation than novels, they tend to work from popular or hooky genre pieces, rather than entries from the contemporary literary canon. I recently bingewatched both seasons of hbos enlightened, but of. Laura dern shines in a haunting joyce carol oates adaptation. Film festival, as the grand jury prize at the sundance film festival. Excerpts from the broadcast later pin this date as the day featured in ferris buellers day off december 3 roger moore steps down from the role of james bond after twelve.
Still, its almost shocking to find a film that deals so purely with the real fears and desires of young people who are too knowing to. Produced for pbss american playhouse series, smooth talk was given a brief theatrical release before its official february 9, 1987 tv debut. Produced for pbss series, smooth talk was given a brief theatrical release before its official february 9, 1987 tv debut. Magnetic particle clutch brake allied automation, inc. Faithfully adapted from a 1970 joyce carol oates short story, the films attitudes are better suited to that era than to the. Smooth talk is a 1985 american drama film directed by joyce chopra, loosely based on joyce carol oates 1966 short story where are you going, where have you been. Smooth talk reminds you that even movies about and for teenagers dont have to deal in such tradeoffs i. When i found out that the story was adapted to the screen, i tried to find the movie, smooth talk 1985 directed by joyce chopra and i saw it finally last weekend. Fifteenyearold connie laura dern spends the summer before her sophomore year fixating on getting male attention. Of course, there was the alternative of the john hughestype deification of youth movie. Joyce chopra cast treat williams, laura dern, mary kay place a freespirited 15yearold girl flirts with a dangerous stranger in the. Smooth talk smooth talk is director joyce chopras the lemon sisters dramatic rendering of the joyce carol oates short story where are you going, where have you been.
Angelman66, there is a 2disc special edition dvd of prince of the. Connie wyatt is played by laura dern and sitting in the car are arnold friend, played by treat williams, and ellie oscar, played by geoff hoyle. Laura dern, treat williams, mary kay place, elizabeth berridge, levon helm, margaret welsh, sara inglis, geoff hoyle, william ragsdale, david berridge, cab covay, michael french. Smooth talk 1985 backdrops the movie database tmdb. Laura dern plays a teenager anxious to experience the pleasures of sexual contact. It is a study in deviant psychology, and in the power that one person can have over another, especially if one pushes in the direction where the other person is already headed. While her mother, katherine mary kay place, nags her about painting the house and favors her older sister, connie spends her days going to the mall with her friends. Smooth talk is a 1985 american drama film directed by joyce chopra, loosely based on joyce. This film is loosely based on the short story where are you going, where have you been. Domestic box office for holiday season 1985 box office mojo.
Smooth talk 1985 imdb directed by joyce chopra with treat williams, laura dern, mary kay place, margaret welsh a freespirited 15yearold girl flirts with a dangerous stranger in the camera work. A rebellious teenage girl in a small town crosses paths with a predatory stranger. Her experimenting begins to get out of hand when the. A flirtatious 15yearold shows off at a hamburger stand and catches the eye of a dangerous hipster. Subtitles smooth talk subtitles english 1cd srt eng. During seasons 47, the show revolved more around social issues such as guns and runaway teens than did the episodes in seasons, which were mostly about angus macgyvers adventures working for the united states government, and then later the phoenix foundation. Based on the short story, cant find a movie or tv show. A family in crisis 1985 trailer zach galligan, molly ringwald, river phoenix duration. This list shows all films released in 1985, including films that went directtovideo, or only got an international theatrical release. The beginning 1985 moving violations 1985 murphys romance 1985 my beautiful laundrette 1985, uk my life as a dog 1985, swe. Based on the short story, where are you going, where have you been, by joyce carol oates, this film chronicles 15yearold connies sexual awakening in the northern california suburbs. For each film, we use the first date on which it was made available to the public, which might include international theatrical or domestic video releases that were a few days, or sometimes more, earlier than the domestic uscanada theatrical release. A disturbing coming of age drama, the winner of the grand jury prize at 1986 features 18 yearsold laura dern who appears innocent, gawky, and provocative all at once.
June 5 the chicago cubs play the atlanta braves in a baseball game at wrigley field. The antagonist, arnold friend, is played by treat williams. The film, smooth talk, is a tale about a 15year old girl, connie wyatt, who begins to explore her sexuality. Moore september 30, 1978 october 10, 1978 7 23 old accquaintance camille marchetta alex march. Moore september 23, 1978 october 3, 1978 6 22 reunion. Rank release genre budget running time gross theaters total gross release date. Produced for pbss american playhouse series, smooth talk was given a brief theatrical release before its official february 9. With a screenplay based on the story where are you going, where have you been.
Talk is trying to talk to a 1980s generation by using 1960s dialog. Winner of the best dramatic feature award at the 1985 u. Mary macdonald and marlene mckinnon biking during the summer. Smooth talk 1985 is an erotic drama, romance movie starring laura dern and treat williams. Her experimenting begins to get out of hand when the mysterious arnold friend takes an interest in her. Season 6 others mayim bialik as lisa woodman season 5 season 7 season 6 background information title. Smooth talk 1985 pg 11171985 us drama, romance 1h 32m user score. Its summer, and connie and her two best friends jill sara inglis and laura margaret welsh have been. Laura dern interview on hbos enlightened season two and growing up in hollywood duration. Over 60000 dvd titles are available now, ranging from hard to find movies and cult classics to major movie releases. Smooth talk is adapted from joyce carol oates1966 allegorical short. Smooth moves videomakercom moving while standing still the simplest camera moves are pans and tilts a pan rotates the camera from side to side.
Pbs edited 2 minutes from this film for its 1987 network television. Smooth talk, laura dern, mary kay place, levon helm, elizabeth berridge, 1985, cinternational spectrafilm. High school sophomore connie wyatt dern, a 14yearold girl on the verge of becoming a woman, is anxious to escape the boredom of family farm life. American playhouse is an anthology television series periodically broadcast by public broadcasting service pbs in the united states. Connie, the heroine in smooth talk, is a girl like that.
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