There Goes My Baby (1994)

Graduates of a Los Angeles high school in 1965 see America's culture and politics gradually change.

Director:

Floyd Mutrux

Writer:

Floyd Mutrux

Stars:

Dermot Mulroney, Ricky Schroder, Kelli Williams

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dermot Mulroney	...	Pirate
Ricky Schroder	...	Stick (as Rick Schroder)
Kelli Williams	...	Sunshine
Noah Wyle	...	Finnegan
Jill Schoelen	...	Babette
Kristin Minter	...	Tracy
Lucy Deakins	...	Mary Beth
Kenneth Ransom	...	Calvin (as Kenny Ransom)
Seymour Cassel	...	Pop
Paul Gleason	...	Mr. Burton (as Paul Xavier Gleason)
Frederick Coffin	...	Mr. Maran
Janet MacLachlan	...	Lottie
Andrew Robinson	...	Frank
Humble Harve Miller	...	The Beard
Shon Greenblatt	...	Morrisey

Storyline

In the final few days of Pop's Paradise - a hamburger joint that's been a second home to Westwood High's senior class - and a group of friends must face the biggest decisions of their lives. There's Stick, a surfer headed for Vietnam, Pirate, who wants to discover America along Route 66, and Michael, whose political activism may destroy his Harvard-bound future. Little do any of them realize that their final carefree days will also mark the end of their - and all of America's - innocence.

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Plot Keywords:

year 1965 | high school graduate | los angeles california | high school | police | 

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Taglines:

It was a summer they would never forget.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Filmed in 1990, but wasn't released until four years later due to Orion Pictures' bankruptcy.

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Goofs

Set in 1965, a poster for "The Endless Summer" can be seen in Stick's bedroom. "The Endless Summer" wasn't released until 1966.

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Connections

References Cat Ballou (1965)

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Soundtracks

Leader of the Pack
Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Shadow Morton (as George Morton)
Performed by Jill Schoelen, Evelyne Riebel and Janette Kaloustian
Produced by Budd Carr and Paul Politi
Used by Permission of Screen Gems-EMI Music Inc. (BMI)

User Reviews

The end of an era!

"There Goes My Baby" (title of a 1965 song) is one of the many movies that deals with the end of an era in this case: the American innocence established between the end of WWII and the murder of President Kennedy. The movie shows us the last day and evening of the class of '65 where the boys and girls are together before they take off to the real world i.c. college, tour of duty in Vietnam, discovering the real America by car, becoming a music-star or a member of the flower-power movement in San Francisco... Each of these students have their hopes and dreams. Each character represents a different aspect of the American society. At the end of the movie not many dreams have come true. The difficulty of this kind of movie is that there are several students that are being followed so each story is very thin spread during the course of the movie. There is no real depth of caracter or background. The movie never explains why these students act the way they act or what their motive is to do something. Nevertheless the performance and drive of each actor is superb especially Dermot Mulroney, Rick Schroder and pre-E.R. Noah Wyle. They are all very convincing in their role and they glue very well together. A great asset of this film is the use of the music from 1965. Dialogue is not needed because the songs of that era say it with more passion and determination than any scripted dialogue could ever do. This movie is a-must-see for everyone who wants to know how it was in 1965 when America lost her innocence. After seeing this movie it seems that the golden sixties were never that golden and the youth had as much trouble as they have today! Highly recommended.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 September 1994 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Last Days of Paradise

Filming Locations:

Edwards Drive-in Theatre, 4469 East Live Oak Avenue, Arcadia, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$10,500,000 (estimated)

Gross USA:

$123,509

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$123,509

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nelson Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

99 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color