Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)

User Rating:

7.4/10   

Director:

Robert Altman

Writers:

Ed Graczyk (play)
Ed Graczyk (screenplay)

Release Date:

7 July 1983 (Australia)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

A cup of coffee and a side of dreams.

Plot:

The Disciples of James Dean meet up on the anniversary of his death and mull over their lives in the present and in flashback...

Plot Keywords:

James Dean | Drought | Acceptance | Southern | Nostalgia

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe.

Cast

Sandy Dennis	...	Mona
Cher	...	Sissy
Karen Black	...	Joanne
Sudie Bond	...	Juanita
Kathy Bates	...	Stella Mae
Marta Heflin	...	Edna Louise
Mark Patton	...	Joe Qualley
Caroline Aaron	...	Martha
Ruth Miller	...	Clarissa
Gena Ramsel	...	Sue Ellen
Ann Risley	...	Phyllis Marie
Dianne Turley Travis	...	Alice Ann

Also Known As:

Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (USA) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:L | Spain:13 | USA:PG | Australia:M | Canada:A (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Sandcastle 5 Productions

Trivia:

The play opened on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theater on February 18, 1982 and ran for 52 performances.

Goofs:

Continuity: In a flashback scene, we see "The Disciples of James Dean" posing for a group photo. When the photo is shown a moment later, nearly everyone is in a different position.

Quotes:

Mona: Jo, why did you have to come back here?
Joanne: I had as much right to return to this reunion as anybody, didn't I?

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Night Court: Come Back to the Five and Dime, Stephen King, Stephen King (#7.4)" (1989)

Soundtrack:

SEEMS LIKE OLD TIMES

Many hidden or not so hidden messages

I see something different every time I see this movie. What starts out seeming to be a very simplistic movie about James Dean fans is really more about what we believe in and how difficult it sometimes is to get beyond "false fronts".

Cher is excellent and the rest of the cast do a credible job of allowing us to see different viewpoints through different characters. Marta Heflin as Edna Louise probably has the most to offer in the way of "the moral to the story". Sudie Bond as Juanita has some of the best lines delivered in an excellent "why me" voice.

Things are not the way they seem in any of the characters lives with one exception.

Don't just watch this movie once. Watch it again and again and pick up something more each time.