There Goes My Baby (1994)

In the summer of 1965, strict high-school Westwood's senior class in its privileged white suburb of L.A. graduates. Their relief to get out of the oppressive model of 'good American' ... See full summary »

Director:

Floyd Mutrux

Writer:

Floyd Mutrux

Stars:

Dermot Mulroney, Ricky Schroder, Kelli Williams

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dermot Mulroney	...	Pirate
Ricky Schroder	...	Stick (as Rick Schroder)
Kelli Williams	...	Sunshine
Noah Wyle	...	Finnegan
Jill Schoelen	...	Babette
Kristin Minter	...	Tracy
Lucy Deakins	...	Mary Beth
Kenneth Ransom	...	Calvin (as Kenny Ransom)
Seymour Cassel	...	Pop
Paul Gleason	...	Mr. Burton (as Paul Xavier Gleason)
Frederick Coffin	...	Mr. Maran
Janet MacLachlan	...	Lottie
Andrew Robinson	...	Frank
Humble Harve Miller	...	The Beard
Shon Greenblatt	...	Morrisey

Storyline

In the summer of 1965, strict high-school Westwood's senior class in its privileged white suburb of L.A. graduates. Their relief to get out of the oppressive model of 'good American' behavior none actually adopted is soon spoiled. Surfer boy George Jr. 'Stick' is enlisting as volunteer for Vietnam, which is portrayed as a 'police action', panics on his last evening. Academic weakling Pirate, who intended to dodge a draft as drifter, suddenly faces the pregnancy of his lifelong true love Sunny. A spoiled 'princess' (also narrator) bitches because her parents want her to attend UCLA, not 'revolutionary' Berkeley. Calvin, the only black mate, lives in the poor quarter Watts, where the majority of his race plunders and attacks everyone, including class poet Michael Finnegan, whose family treated Calvin as an adopted son. Finnegan decides to symbolically deal with the hated school principal's patriotic pride, the Soldier statue...

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Plot Keywords:

police | high school | surfer | love | making out | 

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Taglines:

It was the summer of '65. Rock 'n' roll was alive. And the future of this country went looking for America.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 September 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Last Days of Paradise

Box Office

Budget:

$10,500,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$125,169 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nelson Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Filmed in 1990, but wasn't released until four years later due to Orion Pictures' bankruptcy.

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Goofs

When Tracey and Finnigan are in the car and "Will You Still Love Me" is playing, at one point he turns off the radio to talk to Tracey. When he turns the radio back on, the song continues from where he turned it off like it was a tape instead of a live broadcast.

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Connections

Featured in Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)

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Soundtracks

"Don't Think Twice, It's All Right"
Written by Bob Dylan
Published by Warner Bros. Inc. (ASCAP)

User Reviews

Not worth watching

I saw this back in '94 when it was finally released. Apparently because Orion pictures was in bankruptcy, I think, the movie had not been released a couple of years earlier.

I have problem remembering details partly because I haven't seen it in a long time, but I do remember it as a very dull movie. I kept debating whether to walk out of it. The store was not at all interesting or engaging. Was a 3rd rate America Graffiti imitation.

None of the performances make it worth watching either. One of the biggest disappointments since a local newspaper reviewer gave it a high rating.