Lucas (1986)

A socially inept fourteen year old experiences heartbreak for the first time when his two best friends -- Cappie, an older-brother figure, and Maggie, the new girl with whom he is in love -- fall for each other.

Director:

David Seltzer

Writer:

David Seltzer

Stars:

Corey Haim, Kerri Green, Charlie Sheen

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Corey Haim	...	Lucas
Kerri Green	...	Maggie
Charlie Sheen	...	Cappie
Courtney Thorne-Smith	...	Alise
Winona Ryder	...	Rina
Tom Hodges	...	Bruno (as Thomas E. Hodges)
Ciro Poppiti	...	Ben
Guy Boyd	...	Coach
Jeremy Piven	...	Spike
Kevin Wixted	...	Tonto (as Kevin Gerard Wixted)
Emily Seltzer	...	Marie
Erika Leigh	...	Mary Ellen
Annie Ryan	...	Angie (as Anne Ryan)
Jason Alderman	...	Tony
Tom Mackie	...	Billy

Storyline

A socially inept fourteen year old experiences heartbreak for the first time when his two best friends--one an older-brother figure, the other a girl with whom he is in love-- fall for each other.

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Plot Keywords:

coming of age | character name in title | high school | cheerleader | high school student | 

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Taglines:

A boy that just won't be beaten.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

PG-13

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

28 March 1986 (USA)

Also Known As:

Lucas

Filming Locations:

1412 Waverly Rd., Highland Park, Illinois, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$6,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$1,250,101, 30 March 1986, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$8,200,000

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Charlie Sheen and Kerri Green would be reunited the following year for Three for the Road (1987).

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Goofs

When Lucas picks up Maggie for the dance and arrives at the door, you see his hair nicely parted. But after the clip of her mother they shoot back to Lucas and his hair is back to being tousled.

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Quotes

[first lines]
[Lucas walks along the train tracks and see's the football players and cheerleaders practicing in the school field]
Cappie: Ready! Hut! Ok! All right.
Cheer Coach: Get up there! 5, 6, 7, 8. Come on! Don't break! 5, 6, 7, 8. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Come on. Good! Good. Smile! Look up. Come on. Smile!
Cheerleader: There's someone out there!
[a cheerleader see's Lucas out in the bushes and breaks the pyramid as the cheerleaders all fall to the grass]
Cheerleader: There he is! I think he's got a gun or something.
Cheerleader: [...]

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Connections

Referenced in Dr. Feelgood: Winona Ryder (2016)

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Soundtracks

Follow Your Heart
Written and Performed by Peter Rafelson

User Reviews

A Touching and Emotional Teen Drama.

Haim gives his overall best performance as the 14-year-old title character who has a crush on new girl Green and they bond during the summer, but by the time school begins, he gets teased by the jocks and Green leaves him out in the cold and has eyes for football hunk Sheen, who has become Lucas's bodyguard. Fraught with rejection and neglect, Lucas attempts to prove himself worthy by trying out for the football team, which he knows is no easy task for a boy his age. Unlike many other teen movies, LUCAS gives us a character that we can actually relate to, and the other characters fit in perfectly. One of the best teen movies of the 80's.

4 out of 5