Times Square (1980)

Director:

Allan Moyle

Writers:

Jacob Brackman (writer)
Allan Moyle (story)

Release Date:

17 October 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Music

Tagline:

In the heart of Times Square, a poor girl becomes famous, a rich girl becomes courageous, and both become friends.

Plot:

Two ill-matched teenage girls form a punk band and soon have New York by its ears.

Plot Keywords:

Teenage Girl | Punk | Street Life | Manhattan New York City | Times Square New York City

Cast

Tim Curry	...	Johnny LaGuardia
Trini Alvarado	...	Pamela Pearl
Robin Johnson	...	Nicky Marotta
Peter Coffield	...	David Pearl
Herbert Berghof	...	Dr. Huber
David Margulies	...	Dr. Zymansky
Anna Maria Horsford	...	Rosie Washington
Michael Margotta	...	JoJo
J.C. Quinn	...	Simon
Miguel Pinero	...	Roberto
Ronald 'Smokey' Stevens	...	Heavy
Billy Mernit	...	Blondell
Paul Sass	...	Blondell
Artie Weinstein	...	Blondell
Tim Choate	...	Eastman

Runtime:

111 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Butterfly Valley N.Y.

Trivia:

Producer Robert Stigwood insisted on including a Bee Gees song on the soundtrack because he was also the producer of Saturday Night Fever (1977).

Goofs:

Audio/visual unsynchronized: In the ambulance, Pamela Pearl turns the volume knob but the volume of the music does not change.

Movie Connections:

References Time After Time (1979)

Soundtrack:

Walk on the Wild Side

THE Seminal US Punk Rock Movie

I saw this film when I was 12 and it changed my life. I formed my first band the very next morning... I've just seen it for the second time. After 20 years of waiting to see it again it is every bit as great as I remember it. For me, this is absolutely the greatest punk movie of them all. Trini Alvarado's performance is staggeringly mature, and Tim Curry gives a career best turn as a rebel-rousing DJ. The music (Patti Smith, Ramones, if you love it it's probably here) is to die for, and Alan Moyle's direction paints an masterly picture of urban street life in the late 1970s (it's New York, but everyone will see echoes of their city in this film). However, it is Robin Johnson's performance that really hits home. This wonderful, moving, dark, witty movie belongs to her. No wonder it had such an effect on me. "Times Square" is a masterpiece!!! It'll brain your blows out...

Thank you Alan Moyle, words can hardly express how I feel about this film!