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Four Friends (1981)

R 114 min  -  Comedy | Drama  -   11 December 1981 (USA)
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Director:

Arthur Penn

Writer:

Steve Tesich
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Craig Wasson ...
Danilo
Jodi Thelen ...
Georgia
Michael Huddleston Michael Huddleston ...
David
Jim Metzler ...
Tom
Scott Hardt Scott Hardt ...
Young Danilo
Elizabeth Lawrence Elizabeth Lawrence ...
Mrs. Prozor
Miklos Simon Miklos Simon ...
Mr. Prozor
Michael Kovacs Michael Kovacs ...
Prozor Neighbor
Beatrice Fredman Beatrice Fredman ...
Mrs. Zoldos
Pier Calabria Pier Calabria ...
Conductor
Zaid Farid Zaid Farid ...
Rudy
David Graf ...
Gergley
Felix Shuman Felix Shuman ...
Principal
George Womack George Womack ...
Mr. Bellknap
Todd Isaacson Todd Isaacson ...
Senior Kid
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Storyline

This story of four working-class kids in a small industrial town--who go their separate ways after high school in the innocence of 1961 and come together again at the end of the turbulent Sixties--is as much about the coming of age of America as it is about the changes the characters go through. The four friends of the title are thoughtful Danilo, a Yugoslavian immigrant with dreams of being a writer and a scholar; Tom, good-looking and athletic, who is bound for the army; cautious David who has mixed feelings about staying in town and joining the family mortuary business; and lovely, ditzy, exasperating Georgia, who tries to inspire all of them with her longings for a life of Bohemian adventure. It is told through the eyes of Danilo, whose story is loosely based on the director Tesich's own life growing up in Bloomington, Indiana. Written by babatjie  

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Plot Keywords:

Immigrant | America | High School | Bar Fight | Promiscuous Woman  | See more »

Taglines:

All the boys love Georgia...and Georgia loves all the boys!

Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Georgia's Friends See more »

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA See more »

Box Office

Gross:

$29,881 (USA) (1982)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Trivia

Filmed on the campus of Northwestern University (Evanston IL). See more »

Goofs

Factual errors: Danilo watches Apollo 11 moonwalk on TV at Tom's house in the afternoon. In reality, the moonwalk began at shortly before 11 pm Eastern Daylight time. This would be 10pm in the Central time zone, well after dark in the Chicago area (even in July). See more »

Quotes

Georgia: Why does everything take so long?
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Connections

Featured in "At the Movies: Winners That Were Losers (#1.18)" (1983) See more »

Soundtracks

"La Moderna"
Words & Music by Gilbert Lopez
© 1962 Little Dipper Music Corp.
Performed by Ray Barretto
Courtesy of Musica Latina International, Inc. See more »