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Overview

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Director:

Joyce Chopra

Writers:

Joyce Carol Oates (story)
Tom Cole (screenplay)

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Release Date:

28 February 1986 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama | Romance 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

NewsDesk:
(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)

User Comments:

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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Additional Details

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono


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Movie Connections:

Featured in Indie Sex: Teens (2007) (TV) more

Soundtrack:

You Don't Want Me more


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Insightful, realistic coming of age film, 21 February 2000
Author: Vicki L. Young (divamom222@aol.com) from Nutley, New Jersey

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.

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