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Lucas

  • 19861986
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
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Corey Haim and Kerri Green in Lucas (1986)
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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 - f... Read allA 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.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.
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    • Director
      • David Seltzer
    • Writer
      • David Seltzer
    • Stars
      • Corey Haim
      • Kerri Green
      • Charlie Sheen
    Top credits
    • Director
      • David Seltzer
    • Writer
      • David Seltzer
    • Stars
      • Corey Haim
      • Kerri Green
      • Charlie Sheen
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 71User reviews
    • 24Critic reviews
    • 75Metascore
    • Awards
      • 3 nominations

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    Charlie Sheen, Corey Haim, and Kerri Green in Lucas (1986)
    Winona Ryder, Charlie Sheen, Corey Haim, and Kerri Green in Lucas (1986)
    Corey Haim and Kerri Green in Lucas (1986)
    Corey Haim in Lucas (1986)
    Kerri Green in Lucas (1986)
    Corey Haim and Kerri Green in Lucas (1986)
    Corey Haim and Kerri Green in Lucas (1986)
    Kerri Green in Lucas (1986)
    Corey Haim and Kerri Green in Lucas (1986)
    Corey Haim and Kerri Green in Lucas (1986)
    Corey Haim and Kerri Green in Lucas (1986)
    Corey Haim in Lucas (1986)

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    Corey Haim
    Corey Haim
    • Lucas
    Kerri Green
    Kerri Green
    • Maggie
    Charlie Sheen
    Charlie Sheen
    • Cappie
    Courtney Thorne-Smith
    Courtney Thorne-Smith
    • Alise
    Winona Ryder
    Winona Ryder
    • Rina
    Tom Hodges
    Tom Hodges
    • Bruno
    • (as Thomas E. Hodges)
    Ciro Poppiti
    Ciro Poppiti
    • Ben
    Guy Boyd
    Guy Boyd
    • Coach
    Jeremy Piven
    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
    Garrett M. Brown
    Garrett M. Brown
    • Mr. Kaiser
    Donald Harrigan
    • Man at Symphony
    Judy Leavitt-Wells
    • Cheer Coach
    • Director
      • David Seltzer
    • Writer
      • David Seltzer
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Winona Ryder and Courtney Thorne-Smith's film debut.
    • Goofs
      Lucas talks about locusts in the film. The insect featured in the movie is a cicada.
    • Quotes

      Lucas: You can't ever make me quit, EVER!

    • Connections
      Edited into 5 Second Movies: Lucas (2011)
    • Soundtracks
      Walk of Life
      Written by Mark Knopfler

      Performed by Dire Straits

      Courtesy of Phonogram Ltd./Warner Bros. Records Inc.

      by arrangement with Warner Special Products

    User reviews71

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    7/10
    Extraordinary inspiration...
    There's something extraordinary about "Lucas"; something that makes it impossible for us to reject it. We have always watched movies like "Lucas" along the ages, I have watched plenty of movies like it; and have disliked them all. Not that "Lucas" is great, but you know what I say about 'Love Actually"? If you express it with this film, "Lucas" is good as a movie, but almost brilliant as a family inspirational picture.

    What happens in the film is like a tale…An old tale of a boy who is not accepted in his everyday environment and tries to live with it. The hero of this tale is the special Lucas, played by Corey Haim as a boy who is definitely stranger and more intelligent than the rest of his companions; it's something you notice immediately.

    Or at least Maggie (Kerri Green) notices it. She spends the entire summer with him and when school starts he doesn't know what's going to happen. Logically, he has his two or three nerdy best friends that are there for him, included a girl named Rina (the first role Winona Ryder ever played, with 15 years old or so…Gorgeous), who obviously likes him and follows his look while he is searching for Maggie on the first day of classes.

    It's not that Lucas dislikes his friends, but that he had sensed something different when knowing Maggie. But Maggie is older, and interested in older guys like Cappie (a very young Charlie Sheen), for example. In a very good scene where Cappie takes care of Lucas, Maggie thanks him and they both talk about Lucas…My brother thought Maggie was in love with Lucas, but I told him that she had a crush on Cappie…The movie understands the characters so well that it turned out the way I said, of course.

    The language these kids deal with, the situations they live are real. David Seltzer, who directed and wrote the film, puts strong and hurtful words in his screenplay so they generate an impact in the picture's most moving moments. "But that doesn't turn you on, does it?", Lucas tells Maggie…That's not the kind of phrase you'd commonly listen a 13-year old say, even less on a film. That's the way Seltzer shapes his characters, in a way that we believe everything they declare and in a way that the only thing that becomes predictable in the movie is the storyline itself.

    A known writer, Seltzer has directed few things. As a director, he also preserves his characters. Watch a beautiful scene where the choir is singing and the camera goes from side to side showing each of the main characters looking at the person he likes, but not one of them being corresponded with the look. That's perfect directing, even more in a film of this type…So classic: the simple edition (Priscilla Nedd-Friendly, "Down to Earth"), the touchy score (Dave Grusin, "The Goonies", "Hope Floats", "Selena").

    What I'm trying to say is that, to Seltzer, is all about the movie. The actors don't show off, Corey Haim is the hero but not the star. It's about the movie; a piece with an absolutely clichéd resolution that we find inspiring and therefore embrace.
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    • Dec 22, 2006

    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 28, 1986 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Lucas, la inocencia del primer amor
    • Filming locations
      • Glen Ellyn, Illinois, USA
    • Production companies
      • Lawrence Gordon Productions
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $6,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $8,200,000
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $1,250,101
      • Mar 30, 1986
    • Gross worldwide
      • $8,200,000
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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