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Four Friends

  • 1981
  • R
  • 1h 54m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
1.9K
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Four Friends (1981)
A group of four friends form strong bonds while in high school in the early 1960s, then desperately cling to that love during the turbulent counterculture movement and social upheavals that marked the end of the decade.
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A group of four friends form strong bonds while in high school in the early 1960s, then desperately cling to that love during the turbulent counterculture movement and social upheavals that ... Read allA group of four friends form strong bonds while in high school in the early 1960s, then desperately cling to that love during the turbulent counterculture movement and social upheavals that marked the end of the decade.A group of four friends form strong bonds while in high school in the early 1960s, then desperately cling to that love during the turbulent counterculture movement and social upheavals that marked the end of the decade.

  • Director
    • Arthur Penn
  • Writer
    • Steve Tesich
  • Stars
    • Craig Wasson
    • Jodi Thelen
    • Michael Huddleston
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    1.9K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Arthur Penn
    • Writer
      • Steve Tesich
    • Stars
      • Craig Wasson
      • Jodi Thelen
      • Michael Huddleston
    • 38User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Michael Huddleston, Jim Metzler, Jodi Thelen, and Craig Wasson in Four Friends (1981)
    Michael Huddleston, Jim Metzler, and Craig Wasson in Four Friends (1981)
    Elizabeth Lawrence, Miklos Simon, and Craig Wasson in Four Friends (1981)
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    Jodi Thelen and Craig Wasson in Four Friends (1981)
    Glenne Headly and Jodi Thelen in Four Friends (1981)
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    Craig Wasson
    Craig Wasson
    • Danilo
    Jodi Thelen
    Jodi Thelen
    • Georgia
    Michael Huddleston
    • David
    Jim Metzler
    Jim Metzler
    • Tom
    Scott Hardt
    • Young Danilo
    Elizabeth Lawrence
    Elizabeth Lawrence
    • Mrs. Prozor
    Miklos Simon
    • Mr. Prozor
    Michael Kovacs
    • Prozor Neighbor
    Beatrice Fredman
    • Mrs. Zoldos
    Pier Calabria
    • Conductor
    Zaid Farid
    • Rudy
    David Graf
    David Graf
    • Gergley
    Felix Shuman
    • Principal
    George Womack
    • Mr. Bellknap
    Todd Isaacson
    • Senior Kid
    Sharon Kemp
    • Rudy's Girlfriend
    Reed Birney
    Reed Birney
    • Louie
    Harlan Hogan
    Harlan Hogan
    • Announcer
    • Director
      • Arthur Penn
    • Writer
      • Steve Tesich
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Reportedly, actor Gary Sinise apparently had an uncredited role in the picture.
    • Goofs
      Danilo watches Apollo 11 moonwalk on TV at Tom's house in the afternoon. In reality, the moonwalk began at shortly before 11 pm Eastern Daylight time. This would be 10pm in the Central time zone, well after dark in the Chicago area (even in July).
    • Quotes

      Georgia: I love you like the Pilgrim loves the Holy Land, like the wayfarer loves his wayward ways, like the immigrant that I am loves America, and the blind man the memory of his sighted days.

    • Connections
      Featured in Sneak Previews: On Golden Pond, Whose Life Is It Anyway?, Four Friends, Modern Problems (1982)
    • Soundtracks
      Georgia On My Mind
      Music by Hoagy Carmichael

      Lyrics by Stuart Gorrell

      © 1930 Peer International Corp. Renewed 1957

      Performed by Ray Charles

      Courtesy of Crossover Records Company

    User reviews38

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    Featured review
    8/10
    A very fine film, too easily overlooked
    This is one of the best presentations of the 60's put on film. Arthur Penn, director of Bonnie and Clyde and Little Big Man, saw that Steve Tesich's outstanding script rang with truth, and from these two talents comes solid cinema. Jodi Thelin's Georgia Miles gives male viewers a hit of pained nostalgia for the archetypal beauty who is almost within our grasps, but, always just out of reach. Just see it, or you cinematic education will be incomplete.
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    • jlandman
    • Oct 26, 2000

    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 11, 1981 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Der amerikanische Traum
    • Filming locations
      • East Chicago, Indiana, USA
    • Production companies
      • Cinema 77
      • Filmways Pictures
      • Florin
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $29,881
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 54 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo

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