A friend delivers John Twiller greetings from a long gone high school girlfriend. This makes him open his school's yearbook - his "Book of Love" - and remember the old times, way back in ...
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Chris Young | ... | Jack Twiller | |
| Keith Coogan | ... | Crutch Kane | |
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Aeryk Egan | ... | Peanut |
| Josie Bissett | ... | Lily | |
| Tricia Leigh Fisher | ... | Gina Gabooch | |
| Danny Nucci | ... | Spider Bomboni | |
| John Cameron Mitchell | ... | Floyd | |
| Beau Dremann | ... | Angelo Gabooch | |
| Jill Jaress | ... | Mrs. Kitty Twiller | |
| John Achorn | ... | Mr. Joe Twiller | |
| Michael McKean | ... | Adult Jack Twiller | |
| Michael Cavalieri | ... | Ubaldini | |
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Gary Ellenberg | ... | Drainpipe |
| Brent David Fraser | ... | Meatball | |
| Lewis Arquette | ... | Mr. Malloy | |
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A friend delivers John Twiller greetings from a long gone high school girlfriend. This makes him open his school's yearbook - his "Book of Love" - and remember the old times, way back in 1956, when he was in his last year of high school and his family just moved to the town. He hung out with geeky Paul Kayne and tried to get the attention of Lily, who unfortunately was together with bully Angelo. Written by Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
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1 February 1991 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$596,131, 3 February 1991Gross USA:
$1,382,259Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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Written by Morris Levy and Frankie Lymon
Performed by Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
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The US release was edited so it could receive a PG-13 rating, even though the directer wanted to give it an R rating, but New Line wanted to be teen safe. Many "F" words were edited out from it's original release but recent releases had all the original "F" words added the way the director intended to have it released. See more »Goofs
The poster for East of Eden shows a picture of James Dean in his famous red jacket with the white t-shirt and jeans from _Rebel without a Cause (1955)_, a movie which came out on a later date. See more »Soundtracks
Why Do Fools Fall in LoveWritten by Morris Levy and Frankie Lymon
Performed by Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
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I hadn't seen this movie in years, and I was so lucky to see it by chance on Comedy Central this morning. This movie is a charmer.
Set in 1955, it covers some of the same nostalgic territory as "A Christmas Story," but it does so beautifully, with very accurate and attractive art direction.
Chris Young, Keith Coogan, Danny Nucci, and John Cameron Mitchell are all at their most attractive and charming youthful best here. The fact that the film has all of them doing good work, as well as a lot of other talented character actors, is an indication of the craftsmanship that went into this picture.
It's a portrait, a slice-of-life of our hero's last year of so of high school.
The very last minute of the picture, seeing Michael McKeen as the hero grown up, just doesn't mesh with what came before, but don't let that keep you from seeing and appreciating this film. It's a delight.
This is a pretty darn clean and wholesome picture. There may be some understandable sexual, hormonal aspects and humor here, but pretty much anyone age 14 (or 12) on up will be mature enough to enjoy this film.
It's just too bad there aren't more recent credits for Chris Young. He's sweet, charming, and sensitive here. Surely there's a place for that among roles for character actors in their 30s.