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Fandango

  • 19851985
  • PGPG
  • 1h 31m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
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Fandango (1985)
Five college buddies from the University of Texas circa 1971 embark on a final road trip odyssey across the Mexican border before facing up to uncertain futures, in Vietnam and otherwise.
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Five college buddies from the University of Texas circa 1971 embark on a final road trip odyssey across the Mexican border before facing up to uncertain futures, in Vietnam and otherwise.Five college buddies from the University of Texas circa 1971 embark on a final road trip odyssey across the Mexican border before facing up to uncertain futures, in Vietnam and otherwise.Five college buddies from the University of Texas circa 1971 embark on a final road trip odyssey across the Mexican border before facing up to uncertain futures, in Vietnam and otherwise.
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
8.1K
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POPULARITY
9,800
974
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    • Director
      • Kevin Reynolds
    • Writer
      • Kevin Reynolds
    • Stars
      • Kevin Costner
      • Judd Nelson
      • Sam Robards
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Kevin Reynolds
    • Writer
      • Kevin Reynolds
    • Stars
      • Kevin Costner
      • Judd Nelson
      • Sam Robards
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    • 121User reviews
    • 13Critic reviews

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    Trailer 1:41
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    Photos76

    Judd Nelson and Elizabeth Daily in Fandango (1985)
    Kevin Costner, Judd Nelson, Chuck Bush, Brian Cesak, and Sam Robards in Fandango (1985)
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    Suzy Amis in Fandango (1985)
    Marvin J. McIntyre in Fandango (1985)
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    Kevin Costner and Glenne Headly in Fandango (1985)
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    Kevin Costner
    Kevin Costner
    • Gardner Barnes
    Judd Nelson
    Judd Nelson
    • Phil Hicks
    Sam Robards
    Sam Robards
    • Kenneth Waggener
    Chuck Bush
    Chuck Bush
    • Dorman
    Brian Cesak
    • Lester Griffin
    Marvin J. McIntyre
    Marvin J. McIntyre
    • Truman Sparks
    Suzy Amis
    Suzy Amis
    • The Girl
    Glenne Headly
    Glenne Headly
    • Trelis
    Pepe Serna
    Pepe Serna
    • Gas Station Mechanic
    Elizabeth Daily
    Elizabeth Daily
    • Judy
    Robyn Rose
    • Lorna
    Stanley Grover
    • Phil's Dad
    Jane A. Johnston
    Jane A. Johnston
    • Phil's Mom
    Don Brunner II
    Don Brunner II
    • Heckler #1
    • (as Don Brunner)
    Michael Conn
    • Heckler #2
    Michael Maxwell Katz
    • Heckler #3
    Dana Halsted
    • Co-Ed
    Karl A. Wickman
    • Helicopter Pilot
    • (as Karl Wickman)
    • Director
      • Kevin Reynolds
    • Writer
      • Kevin Reynolds
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      The movie is based on a short student film directed by Kevin Reynolds when he was in USC film school. The student film is basically just the skydiving sequence, based on a true story. Steven Spielberg, having seen the student film Proof (1980), recruited Reynolds to direct a full-length movie based on it.
    • Goofs
      According to the date shown on the screen at the beginning, the movie takes place in May 1971. One of the first songs we hear at the frat house is Elton John's "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting", which wasn't released until 1973.
    • Quotes

      Gardner: There's nothing wrong with going nowhere, son. It's a privilege of youth.

    • Connections
      Featured in A Night with Suzy Amis Cameron (2020)
    • Soundtracks
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      Written by Eric Clapton and George Harrison

      Performed by Cream

      Courtesy of PolyGram Special Projects, a Division of PolyGram Records, Inc.

    User reviews121

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    Top review
    9/10
    About to leave your 18th year and your friends behind you, riding an old 50ies beauty to nowhere and learning to fly...
    It starts looking cool enough, I thought, although not overwhelmingly original: under a blue, blue sky, four young guys, as different as can be, drive to seemingly nowhere in a beautiful car from the roaring fifties. Singing, drinking, screaming. It looks like they're having a lot of fun, which of course will prove to be a doomed mood: their lives are suspended between youth and whatever comes next, just like them driving in the middle of Texas' desert landscapes with the unlikely goal of attending one of the mates' wedding... Everything is on the verge of changing for them; their friendship, the way they lead their lives, the way they consider the future.

    What Kevin Reynolds achieves here masterfully is making the whole thing look, at first, like just another buddy-movie. Yet I think there is a lot more to it. Fun, slapstick, grotesque situations, and still, every time or so, we're given a hint that those people have no idea where they're going, that they try to ignore the (real) world that's waiting for them.

    The one most representative of that borderline state and who remains, by default, the big brother telling the others where to go next, is Gardner Barnes, played by Kevin Costner. Very young-looking (to whoever, like me, hasn't seen him in a picture made 16 years ago), he radiates a kind of natural quality, telling us he may just be the most frightened and unsure one of those four mostly-losers. Anyone who has apreciated Costner in at least one movie should definitely have a look at this one.

    There'll never be anything even remotely tragic in this story, nor any solid insight into any of those old kids. Not even into Gardner, the one with a haunting love on his mind, who claims he's never token a woman seriously. Some moments might strike you as either clichee, heavy or childish... Yet, after the finale, Reynolds has gotten us where we're supposed to be: feeling the dry cut apart from the time where our dreams where, to ourselves, a solid option for what our future might look like. The loss of what kept the world together until this very moment.

    I should add that, having listened precisely in my beginning twenties to the Pat Metheny Group like mad, I was totally taken away when the whole wedding scene appeared to be choreographed around two of his magic compositions.

    This movie has something fresh, universal, sincere. It's full of ideas and benefits from a truly inventive photography as well as a from a perfectly well-tuned rythm.

    Anyone on a day where he feels up to re-live those cheers AND nostalgia, in the company of a bunch of excellent actors, would do himself a favor by taking a while to watch it. And, maybe, reconciliate with that little mix of sadness and joy we think we should have left behind us.
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    • fedtho
    • Dec 27, 2001

    Details

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    • Release date
      • January 25, 1985 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Värsta natten med gänget
    • Filming locations
      • Marfa, Texas, USA
    • Production companies
      • Warner Bros.
      • Amblin Entertainment
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $7,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $91,666
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $50,437
      • Jan 27, 1985
    • Gross worldwide
      • $91,666
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 31 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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