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Overview
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Release Date:
1 June 1984 (USA)
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Tagline:
Tonight is what it means to be young. more
Plot:
A mercenary goes after his ex-girlfriend, a singer who has been kidnapped by a gang. full summary | add synopsis
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Motorcycle
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Singer
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Rescue
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Motorcycle Gang
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Mercenary
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Awards:
2 wins
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1 nomination
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(3 articles)
Kinky Killers: A Movie Review
(From 28 Days Later Analysis. 2 October 2009, 6:12 AM, PDT)
Walter Hill: The Hollywood Interview
(From The Hollywood Interview. 9 September 2009, 12:07 AM, PDT)
(From 28 Days Later Analysis. 2 October 2009, 6:12 AM, PDT)
Walter Hill: The Hollywood Interview
(From The Hollywood Interview. 9 September 2009, 12:07 AM, PDT)
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Great forgotten 1980s movie
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Michael Paré | ... | Tom Cody |
 | Diane Lane | ... | Ellen Aim |
| Rick Moranis | ... | Billy Fish |
 | Amy Madigan | ... | McCoy |
 | Willem Dafoe | ... | Raven Shaddock |
| Deborah Van Valkenburgh | ... | Reva Cody |
 | Richard Lawson | ... | Officer Ed Price |
| Rick Rossovich | ... | Officer Cooley |
 | Bill Paxton | ... | Clyde the Bartender |
| Lee Ving | ... | Greer - Bomber |
| Stoney Jackson | ... | Bird - The Sorels |
| Grand L. Bush | ... | Reggie - The Sorels |
 | Robert Townsend | ... | Lester - The Sorels |
 | Mykelti Williamson | ... | B.J. - The Sorels (as Mykel T. Williamson) |
 | Elizabeth Daily | ... | Baby Doll |
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Runtime:
93 min | Argentina:95 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Dolby |
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)
Certification:
Australia:M |
Iceland:16 |
Argentina:13 |
Finland:K-18 |
Norway:15 |
Norway:16 (1984) |
Singapore:PG |
South Korea:18 |
Sweden:15 |
Taiwan:GP |
UK:15 |
USA:PG |
West Germany:18 |
Canada:14A (Ontario)
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The tag line for the film was "Tonight is what it means to be young." When producer Joel Silver saw the poor box office numbers from the opening weekend, he quipped "Tonight is what it means to be dead."
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Continuity: Police car, after getting on two wheels, is clearly not going to turn over but after angle change does flip on to side.
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References The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
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TONIGHT IS WHAT IT MEANS TO BE YOUNG
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The ending seems a little off. Was there supposed to be a sequel?Is McCoy a lesbian?
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Director Walter Hill describes the movie this way: The Leader of the Pack (Willem Dafoe) kidnaps the Queen of the Hop (Diane Lane) and Soldier Boy (Michael Pare) comes home rescue her. Sounds REAL strange but it works. It starts off with the words "A different time, a different place" then goes whizzing into action. Ellen Aim (Lane) is playing a concert in her home town. A guy from the bad side of town (Dafoe) and his gang kidnap her. Her former lover (Pare comes back to save her.
OK let's get the bad things out of the way--lousy poster (I've NEVER seen such bad artwork), laughable dialogue and what-the-hell-is going-on performances. But everything else is great! Incredible sets (all neon and moody lighting), fantastic rock score, colorful costumes, wonderful direction by Hill, great action sequences and a total refusal to take itself seriously. It moves VERY quickly and there's never a dull moment! It does lose a lot on video--this should be seen on a wide screen with stereo--that's how I originally saw it in 1984, and for the entire length of the movie I was mesmerized! This was a huge bomb in its day but now has a cult following
A great movie all the way. I give it a 10.