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Say Anything

Original title: Say Anything...
  • 19891989
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
92K
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POPULARITY
2,606
189
John Cusack and Ione Skye in Say Anything (1989)
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ComedyDramaRomance
A noble underachiever and a beautiful valedictorian fall in love the summer before she goes off to college.A noble underachiever and a beautiful valedictorian fall in love the summer before she goes off to college.A noble underachiever and a beautiful valedictorian fall in love the summer before she goes off to college.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
92K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,606
189
    • Cameron Crowe
    • Cameron Crowe
  • Stars
    • John Cusack
    • Ione Skye
    • John Mahoney
    • Cameron Crowe
    • Cameron Crowe
  • Stars
    • John Cusack
    • Ione Skye
    • John Mahoney
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 267User reviews
    • 73Critic reviews
    • 85Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
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    Videos2

    Say Anything
    Trailer 0:31
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    John Cusack and Ione Skye in Say Anything (1989)
    John Cusack in Say Anything (1989)
    John Cusack and Ione Skye in Say Anything (1989)
    John Cusack and Ione Skye in Say Anything (1989)
    John Cusack in Say Anything (1989)
    John Cusack and Don Wilson in Say Anything (1989)
    John Cusack and Ione Skye in Say Anything (1989)
    Joan Cusack and Glenn Walker Harris Jr. in Say Anything (1989)
    John Cusack and Ione Skye in Say Anything (1989)
    John Cusack in Say Anything (1989)
    John Cusack and Ione Skye in Say Anything (1989)
    John Cusack and Ione Skye in Say Anything (1989)

    Top cast

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    John Cusack
    John Cusack
    • Lloyd Dobler
    Ione Skye
    Ione Skye
    • Diane Court
    John Mahoney
    John Mahoney
    • James Court
    Lili Taylor
    Lili Taylor
    • Corey Flood
    Amy Brooks
    • D.C.
    Pamela Adlon
    Pamela Adlon
    • Rebecca
    • (as Pamela Segall)
    Jason Gould
    Jason Gould
    • Mike Cameron
    Loren Dean
    Loren Dean
    • Joe
    Glenn Walker Harris Jr.
    Glenn Walker Harris Jr.
    • Jason Dobler
    Charles Walker
    Charles Walker
    • Principal
    Russel Lunday
    • Parent
    Polly Platt
    Polly Platt
    • Mrs. Flood
    Gloria Cromwell
    • Ruth
    Jeremy Piven
    Jeremy Piven
    • Mark
    Patrick O'Neill
    • Denny
    Gregory Sporleder
    Gregory Sporleder
    • Howard
    Johnny Green
    • Luke
    • (as John Green Jr.)
    Bebe Neuwirth
    Bebe Neuwirth
    • Mrs. Evans
      • Cameron Crowe
      • Cameron Crowe
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Producer James L. Brooks said the movie was inspired when Brooks saw a man walking with his daughter, and wondered what would happen if the father committed a crime.
    • Goofs
      When Lloyd first calls Diane, he gives 555-1342 as his phone number. But when Diane reads the message taken by her father, the number is 555-2342. Even though she has the wrong number written down, it still works.
    • Quotes

      Diane Court: Nobody thinks it will work, do they?

      Lloyd Dobler: No. You just described every great success story.

    • Crazy credits
      The end credits roll up slowly
    • Connections
      Edited into Saturday Night Live: Joseph Gordon-Levitt/Dave Matthews Band (2009)
    • Soundtracks
      All For Love
      Written by John Bettis and Martin Page

      Produced by Richie Zito

      Performed by Nancy Wilson

      Courtesy of Capitol Records

    User reviews267

    Review
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    Featured review
    10/10
    Romantic Masterpiece
    I rented this movie solely based on the excellent reviews that it has gotten everywhere. I missed it during its theatrical release (as so many others did) and had the hardest time finding a copy of it at our local video rental stores. Not because it wasn't popular but b/c, according to the clerks, people kept stealing or "losing" their copies...especially around Valentines Day. When I finally got my hands on a copy I was blown away. I had thought this was going to be just another in a long link of Pretty in Pinkish movies with predictable characters and a bad case of puppy love, but what I got was a surprisingly refreshing, unconventional story with a complicated and well-developed emotional depth flawlessly captured by the actors and Cameron Crowe.

    And talk about role reversals! I'm so used to seeing the man take the assertive and mature role while courting a woman of limited financial or intellectual means...but in this film it's the girl that's got her future together and the guy who's more than willing to concentrate his attention on making her happy. And Lloyd Dobler isn't just a shiftless man with no future. He's an eternal optimist who lives in the present and recognizes, admires, and compliments the qualities in Diane that go beyond her amazing intellect. She becomes his dare-to-be-great situation and his absolute love and devotion to her is anything but unmanly. The force of it is palatable and immensely erotic without being reduced to cheap teenage lust. The sight of Lloyd in the shadows defiantly blasting out the truth of their love through the boombox is a scene which would have seemed awkward and goofy in any other movie but this one. It's easy to understand why even the critics of the time gave Say Anything two enthusiastic thumbs up. This is one of the few films that really captures the feeling of love.
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    • saprater
    • Nov 12, 2003

    Details

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    • Release date
      • April 14, 1989 (United States)
      • United States
      • Official site
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Seattle, Washington, USA
    • Production companies
      • Gracie Films
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 40 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby Stereo

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