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A charming womanizer has to find a way to get $80 to elope to Hawaii with his one true love, or else go to his father's chosen business school.
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Title: A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988)
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| River Phoenix | ... | Jimmy Reardon | |
| Ann Magnuson | ... | Joyce Fickett | |
| Meredith Salenger | ... | Lisa Bentwright | |
| Ione Skye | ... | Denise Hunter | |
| Louanne | ... | Suzie Middleberg | |
| Matthew Perry | ... | Fred Roberts (as Matthew L. Perry) | |
| Paul Koslo | ... | Al Reardon | |
| Jane Hallaren | ... | Faye Reardon | |
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Jason Court | ... | Mathew Hollander |
| James Deuter | ... | Mr. Spaulding | |
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Marji Banks | ... | Emma Spaulding |
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Margaret Moore | ... | Mrs. Bentwright |
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Anastasia Fielding | ... | Elaine |
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Kamie Harper | ... | Rosie Reardon |
| Johnny Galecki | ... | Toby Reardon | |
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A recent high school graduate is faced with two options, either go to a business school where his father wants him to go to, or get a full time job. However he decides to defy his father and go to Hawaii. Trouble is he has no money. Along the way he comes to understand his parents and eventually bonds with his father. Written by Mark Andrew Radford <s2194044@cse.unsw.edu.au>
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hand up dress | lifting up dress | feeling woman's legs up her skirt or dress | high school graduation | father son relationship |Taglines:
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EnglishRelease Date:
26 February 1988 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$6,264,058Company Credits
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Written by Smokey Robinson (as William Robinson) and Berry Gordy
Performed by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (as Smokey Robinson and The Miracles)
Courtesy of Motown Records
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The parents of lead actor (River Phoenix) asked director (William Richert) to remove a line by character Joyce Fickett in which she states to Jimmy Reardon; "Jimmy, I want to fuck you", fearing that it would affect their 16 year old sons relationship with his tween fan base. Richert refused to remove it completely but muted the line instead. See more »Goofs
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This movie was heavily cut by the studio, resulting in two different versions, both of which have been effectively disowned by director William Richert. The non-US print resembles his original vision most clearly, with an Elmer Bernstein score and five extra songs on the soundtrack. Richert has recently revealed that he has recently acquired four and a half minutes of extra footage which makes the lead character deeper and easier to sympathise with. He is planning to release a new cut of the film under its source material's original title: 'Aren't You Even Going To Kiss Me Goodbye?'. See more »Soundtracks
SHOP AROUNDWritten by Smokey Robinson (as William Robinson) and Berry Gordy
Performed by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (as Smokey Robinson and The Miracles)
Courtesy of Motown Records
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I watched this movie when I was younger and enjoyed it, now....it just seems boring. There are no likable characters, the script does a poor job of even letting you get to know anyone but jimmy. It isn't funny, not at all so I'm not sure why it is classified as a comedy. Honestly jimmy just doesn't have that much happen to him, other than lots of sex. Watching this now it just falls flat. There is no lesson learned, no great friendships explored, no amazing love story here. Jimmy doesn't seem to really care about anyone but himself. You get the idea ( due to the narration), that jimmy does indeed become a writer...but that's not explored either. His writing is actually just a side note in the story . It's almost as if somewhere in there a good story existed, but they don't finish telling it or something. It's really just a movie about a selfish person, surrounded by selfish people...who is really nave about life and has no clue what he wants to do, other than girls of course. This movie s devoid of purpose and fairly vapid.