Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
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Joshua Schaefer | ... | Peter |
Keri Russell | ... | Erica | |
R.D. Robb | ... | Matt | |
Mark L. Taylor | ... | Peter's Father (as Mark Taylor) | |
Marcia Moran | ... | Marge, Peter's Mother (as Marcia Shapiro) | |
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Johnny Green | ... | Nick |
Buck Kartalian | ... | Nonno, Marge's Dad | |
Catherine Hicks | ... | Ms. Lewis | |
Patrick Thomas O'Brien | ... | Erica's Father (as Patrick O'Brien) | |
Darleen Carr | ... | Erica's mother | |
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Biff Manard | ... | The Sad Man |
Annie O'Donnell | ... | Sad Man's Wife | |
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Ernestine Mercer | ... | Crazy Lady |
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Bill Hollis | ... | Mr. Hatfield |
Jean St. James | ... | Ms. McCoy (as Jean Pflieger) |
Peter loves his next door neighbour Erica and, on the advice of his grandfather, decides to camp out on her front lawn for the entire summer, or until she agrees to go out with him. His father is none too happy about the idea and refuses to let his son back in the house, even to get a change of clothes. Peter's friend, Matt, thinks Peter should give up on women (like he has) and just have sex with fruit, and have a total devotion to masterbation. Written by Jimbo <mcgyver@cybergal.com>, BobbyJ <gilbynziggy@yahoo.com>
A film that I'd never heard of and chanced upon by accident, Eight Days a Week deserves to be a mainstay of teen cinema in the same way that John Hughes' eighties work is.
Joshua Schaeffer has just the right balance of geek and cool individualism to pull off a character that could very easily fall into stalker territory and R.D. Robb is excellent as his sex-obsessed sidekick; keeping what could very easily become a caricature grounded in reality. The supporting cast of oddballs never overshadow the main story, but equally don't feel like padding as we learn more about their slightly kooky lives.
It's a shame that films like this go unnoticed in a world where much more crass attempts at summing up teenage life (complete with thirty year old actors) can become box office hits.