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

The film is set in 1965, so it's unlikely Pirate would have heard Tim Hardin's "A Reason to Believe" which wasn't released until 1966.

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Connections

Featured in Los Angeles Plays Itself (2003)

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Soundtracks

"I Wonder Why"
Written by Ricardo Weeks, Maxwell Anderson (uncredited) & Ode Oloyinka
Performed by Dion DiMucci (as Dion) & The Belmonts
Published by 3 Seas Music, A Division of Continental Communications Corp. (ASCAP)
Courtesy of Laurie Records

User Reviews

A picture of what happened, is happening, or will happen in our lives...

Although it might not seem, it's a picture of what happens, at least once, in our lives... As the countdown begins for the demolition of Pop's Paradise, great friends get closer and closer to separation, as they will start heading for their own lives, following their "objectives", their dreams, after finishing high school. It all happens in the mid 60s, among social and political tension, which characterized the problems in the U.S.A. during those times. Full of spirit, it will show you courage, friend and leadership, and make you feel somehow nostalgic. The soundtrack couldn't be better, as it gathers some of the greatest hits of that decade, like The Drifters or Beach Boys.