Two juvenile delinquents find themselves growing apart, for one is growing up, and the other is staying young and reckless.
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Title: That Was Then... This Is Now (1985)
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Emilio Estevez | ... | Mark Jennings | |
| Craig Sheffer | ... | Bryon Douglas | |
| Larry B. Scott | ... | Terry Jones | |
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Matthew Dudley | ... | Curly Shepard |
| Jill Schoelen | ... | Angela Shepard | |
| Kim Delaney | ... | Cathy Carlson | |
| Barbara Babcock | ... | Mrs. Douglas | |
| Frank Howard | ... | M & M Carlson | |
| Morgan Freeman | ... | Charlie Woods | |
| Francis X. McCarthy | ... | Mr. Carlson (as Frank McCarthy) | |
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Diane Dorsey | ... | Mrs. Carlson |
| Ramon Estevez | ... | Mike Chambers (as Ramon Sheen) | |
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David Miller | ... | Punk |
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Steven Pringle | ... | Dirty Dave |
| Robert Swan | ... | Smitty (as Bob Swan) | |
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A delinquent teenager's only link to society is the attachment he feels towards an older brother-figure. When the older boy starts spending time with a new girlfriend, the teenager begins to feel even more alienated, and gets involved with drugs and the police. Written by Cynan Rees <cynanrees@hotmail.com>
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Two friends raised under one roof. Bryon saw the future coming. Mark never knew what hit him. See more »Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
8 November 1985 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
A Força da Inocência See more »Edit
Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$2,502,780, 10 November 1985, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$8,630,068Company Credits
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Bryon Douglas: What's this?
Mark Jennings: It's a car, man.
Bryon Douglas: Yeah I know asshole. I mean what are you doing in it?
Mark Jennings: You've got 3.2 seconds to get in the car, Bryon. One
Bryon Douglas: Did you steal this thing, dude?
Bryon Douglas: No, actually its a loaner. Two...
[Bryon gets in the car]
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Written by Randy Wayne, Carroll Sue Hill, Keith Olsen & Bill Cuomo
Performed by Randy Wayne and Carroll Sue Hill
Produced by Keith Olsen & Bill Cuomo
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Emilio Estevez's original script followed the book's ending more closely. Paramount Pictures executives forced Estevez to re-write the ending to be more "optimistic" and "realistic". See more »Goofs
In just about every scene where a bus is involved, it's bus #461. See more »Quotes
Mark Jennings: Let's move it, dude.Bryon Douglas: What's this?
Mark Jennings: It's a car, man.
Bryon Douglas: Yeah I know asshole. I mean what are you doing in it?
Mark Jennings: You've got 3.2 seconds to get in the car, Bryon. One
Bryon Douglas: Did you steal this thing, dude?
Bryon Douglas: No, actually its a loaner. Two...
[Bryon gets in the car]
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That Was Then...This Is NowWritten by Randy Wayne, Carroll Sue Hill, Keith Olsen & Bill Cuomo
Performed by Randy Wayne and Carroll Sue Hill
Produced by Keith Olsen & Bill Cuomo
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That was then, this was now was, to my opinion, a pretty good movie, with plenty of action to keep you interested. The characters however, look different from what I imagined in the book. Still, Mark and Bryon made things interesting both in the book and the movie. A lot of the other characters, such as Cathy, M&M, Charlie, Angela, and the shepherd brothers also made the movie and the book interesting, especially near the end.