That Was Then... This Is Now (1985)

Two juvenile delinquents find themselves growing apart, for one is growing up, and the other is staying young and reckless.

Director:

Christopher Cain

Writers:

S.E. Hinton (novel), Emilio Estevez (screenplay)

Stars:

Emilio Estevez, Craig Sheffer, Larry B. Scott

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Emilio Estevez	...	Mark Jennings
Craig Sheffer	...	Bryon Douglas
Larry B. Scott	...	Terry Jones
Matthew Dudley	...	Curly Shepard
Jill Schoelen	...	Angela Shepard
Kim Delaney	...	Cathy Carlson
Barbara Babcock	...	Mrs. Douglas
Frank Howard	...	M & M Carlson
Morgan Freeman	...	Charlie Woods
Francis X. McCarthy	...	Mr. Carlson (as Frank McCarthy)
Diane Dorsey	...	Mrs. Carlson
Ramon Estevez	...	Mike Chambers (as Ramon Sheen)
David Miller	...	Punk
Steven Pringle	...	Dirty Dave
Robert Swan	...	Smitty (as Bob Swan)

Storyline

A delinquent teenager's only link to society is the attachment he feels towards an older brother-figure. When the older boy starts spending time with a new girlfriend, the teenager begins to feel even more alienated, and gets involved with drugs and the police.

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Plot Keywords:

teenager | drugs | juvenile delinquent | grand theft auto | family relationships | 

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Genres:

Drama | Crime

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 November 1985 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Força da Inocência

Filming Locations:

Bohemian Flats, West River Parkway, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Media Ventures, Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (TVC)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This is the only film adaption of an S.E. Hinton novel that does not star Matt Dillon.

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Goofs

In just about every scene where a bus is involved, it's bus #461.

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Quotes

Charlie Woods: [Mark is playing pool alone] What are you doing?
Mark Jennings: Playing with myself.

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Connections

References Tex (1982)

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Soundtracks

"Running For Your Life"
Performed by Ray Kennedy

User Reviews

Better than the Outsiders but still could have been better

Rated R for Language,Drug Content and Some Violence.

That Was Then This Is Now is a film based on the S.E Hinton novel of the same name.S.E Hinton is a great author and I have read most of her books.The Outsiders is her best book,this is her second best,rumble fish is her third best and Taming The Star Runner is her fourth best.While Rumble Fish is her third best novel, it is the greatest adaptation from the original novel to the film.It was directed by Coppola who also directed the Outsiders film.That however was not so faithful to the original novel and I did not like it very much.Now this was not directed by Coppola, it was written by Emilio Estevez who also stars in it.While its more of a faithful adaptation than outsiders, it still could have been more faithful.The movie is about a teen named Bryon and his friend Mark who lives with him after his parents killed each other.They both used to do everything together but now Bryon has a girlfriend named Cathy and Mark is jealous of her.They also need money to pay for Bryon's mothers operation so Mark starts selling drugs to hippies including Cathy's little brother M&M.The character M&M is much different in the film.In the novel he is an innocent freshman student, in this film he's basically a normal teen who makes sex remarks.Also the endings of the two differ.Anyway That Was Then This Is Now is a decent movie but not as good as the book.