Lucas (1986)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

David Seltzer

Writer:

David Seltzer (written by)

Release Date:

28 March 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

It's about falling in love. For the first time.

Plot:

A socially inept fourteen year old experiences heartbreak for the first time when his two best friends -- Cappie, an older-brother figure, and Maggie, the new girl with whom he is in love -- fall for each other.

Plot Keywords:

High School | Boy | Football Team | Nerd | American Football

Awards:

3 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Fri. July 17

10:30 AM

AMC

Cast

Corey Haim	...	Lucas
Kerri Green	...	Maggie
Charlie Sheen	...	Cappie
Courtney Thorne-Smith	...	Alise
Winona Ryder	...	Rina
Tom Hodges	...	Bruno (as Thomas E. Hodges)
Ciro Poppiti	...	Ben
Guy Boyd	...	Coach
Jeremy Piven	...	Spike
Kevin Wixted	...	Tonto (as Kevin Gerard Wixted)
Emily Seltzer	...	Marie
Erika Leigh	...	Mary Ellen
Annie Ryan	...	Angie (as Anne Ryan)
Jason Alderman	...	Tony
Tom Mackie	...	Billy

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

UK:15 (video premiere) | Iceland:L | Australia:M | Germany:6 | Sweden:11 | UK:12 (video re-rating) (2004) | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Arlington Heights, Illinois, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

Filmed in 1984, but not released until 1986.

Goofs:

Continuity: The scenes from The Fly (1958) are shown out of order.

Quotes:

Lucas: There is a dance on Friday and if you and Alise could take Maggie and me, it'd be great. See, she has to meet people. She has a strong need for acceptance.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter David Seltzer (2007) (V)

Soundtrack:

Strut

Underrated teen flick.

This is a great, great film. Quite possibly one of the most accurate depictions of high school life I've ever seen. Lucas is funny, touching, and insightful. Corey Haim gives a truly winning performance as the tormented title character and makes the audience sympathetic towards him. Charlie Sheen, Kerri Green, and Winona Ryder all leave their mark in this film as his few friends and the rest of the cast works nicely. The great thing about this movie is that, although billed as a romantic comedy, it is more of a drama that explores the difficulty of being an outsider, this film doesn't give in to teen-flick cliches, it is almost relentless in terms of causing the audience to feel sorry for Lucas and at times it's downright scary. This film really made me think about how stupid high school social structures can be, it really is that bad for some people, in fact it's worse. I think this film is an emotional, moral masterpiece. I hate high school, I love Lucas. If you want to see high school for what it really is...skip "Ferris Bueller" or "10 things I hate about you", see Lucas, good stuff.