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Writers:
Joyce Carol Oates (story)
Tom Cole (screenplay)
Release Date:
28 February 1986 (USA) more
Plot:
Based on the short story, "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been", by Joyce Carol Oates, this film chronicles a 15-year-old girl... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 5 nominations more
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(2 articles)
Signatures: Laura Dern
(From FilmExperience. 21 June 2009, 4:37 PM, PDT)
Screenwriter Cole Dies
(From WENN. 5 March 2009, 8:15 AM, PST)
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Insightful, realistic coming of age film more (26 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Treat Williams | ... | Arnold Friend |
 | Laura Dern | ... | Connie |
 | Mary Kay Place | ... | Katherine |
 | Margaret Welsh | ... | Laura |
 | Sara Inglis | ... | Jill (as Sarah Inglis) |
| Levon Helm | ... | Harry |
| Elizabeth Berridge | ... | June |
| Geoff Hoyle | ... | Ellie |
 | William Ragsdale | ... | Jeff |
| David Berridge | ... | Eddie |
| Cab Covay | ... | Pick-up Driver |
| Michael French | ... | Stan |
| Joy Carlin | ... | Laura's Mother |
| Mark McKay | ... | Bobby King |
| Carl Mueller | ... | Mall Boy |
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92 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Australia:PG | Finland:K-12 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:12
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Featured in Indie Sex: Teens (2007) (TV) more
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You Don't Want Me more
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This film is one of the most realistic "coming of age" films I have seen. In fact, parts of it gave me deja vu when I remembered the summer of my 15th year when my best friend and I first discovered we were attractive to men and didn't know quite what to do with that knowledge, as we made the transition from "little girl" to "woman." The main character, Connie, is clearly torn between wanting to bond with and be a part of her family and wanting to exert her independence, and trying to balance all of her roles as she grows up. The best part of the film - which is a small moment actually, but very powerful - is when Connie plays James Taylor's Handy Man and her mother listens to it in another part of the house - that scene shows that mother and daughter are both going through "growing pains." Although the ending was a downer, it is worth seeing the film for Laura Dern's brilliant performance.