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Little Darlings

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  • 1h 36m
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6.5/10
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Kristy McNichol and Tatum O'Neal in Little Darlings (1980)
Official Trailer
Play trailer2:34
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ComedyDrama
Two fifteen year-old girls from different sides of the tracks compete to see who will be the first to lose their virginity while at a summer camp.Two fifteen year-old girls from different sides of the tracks compete to see who will be the first to lose their virginity while at a summer camp.Two fifteen year-old girls from different sides of the tracks compete to see who will be the first to lose their virginity while at a summer camp.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
5.9K
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  • Director
    • Ron Maxwell
  • Writers
    • Kimi Peck(screenplay)
    • Dalene Young(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Tatum O'Neal
    • Kristy McNichol
    • Armand Assante
  • Director
    • Ron Maxwell
  • Writers
    • Kimi Peck(screenplay)
    • Dalene Young(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Tatum O'Neal
    • Kristy McNichol
    • Armand Assante
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 56User reviews
    • 34Critic reviews
    • 45Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 nominations

    Videos2

    Little Darlings
    Trailer 2:34
    Watch Little Darlings
    Sneak Previews Season 2 Episode 22
    Video 29:04
    Watch Sneak Previews Season 2 Episode 22

    Photos66

    Matt Dillon in Little Darlings (1980)
    Matt Dillon and Kristy McNichol in Little Darlings (1980)
    Kristy McNichol and Tatum O'Neal in Little Darlings (1980)
    Kristy McNichol and Tatum O'Neal in Little Darlings (1980)
    Kristy McNichol and Tatum O'Neal in Little Darlings (1980)
    Kristy McNichol and Tatum O'Neal in Little Darlings (1980)
    Tatum O'Neal in Little Darlings (1980)
    Matt Dillon and Kristy McNichol in Little Darlings (1980)
    Kristy McNichol in Little Darlings (1980)
    Tatum O'Neal in Little Darlings (1980)
    Matt Dillon and Kristy McNichol in Little Darlings (1980)
    Kristy McNichol and Alexa Kenin in Little Darlings (1980)

    Top cast

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    Tatum O'Neal
    Tatum O'Neal
    • Ferris
    Kristy McNichol
    Kristy McNichol
    • Angel
    Armand Assante
    Armand Assante
    • Gary
    Matt Dillon
    Matt Dillon
    • Randy
    Margaret Blye
    Margaret Blye
    • Ms. Bright
    • (as Maggie Blye)
    Nicolas Coster
    Nicolas Coster
    • Mr. Whitney
    Krista Errickson
    Krista Errickson
    • Cinder
    Alexa Kenin
    Alexa Kenin
    • Dana
    Abby Bluestone
    Abby Bluestone
    • Chubby
    Cynthia Nixon
    Cynthia Nixon
    • Sunshine
    Simone Schachter
    • Carrots
    Jenn Thompson
    • Penelope
    Troas Hayes
    • Diane
    Mary Betten
    • Miss Nichols
    Marianne Gordon
    Marianne Gordon
    • Mrs. Whitney
    Paige Conner
    Paige Conner
    • Girl in T-Shirt
    Edith Ivey
    Edith Ivey
    • Sophisticated Mother
    J. Don Ferguson
    J. Don Ferguson
    • Husband
    • Director
      • Ron Maxwell
    • Writers
      • Kimi Peck(screenplay) (story)
      • Dalene Young(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Kristy McNichol took up smoking as part of the preparation for the role, but couldn't quit the habit. She was a regular smoker for nearly 10 years after finishing the movie.
    • Goofs
      When the girls first get their cabin assignments, Penelope says that Cabin C is for Little Kids (10-year-olds). Later, when Cinder is taking the bets, a much-older girl hands her money and says that Cabin C is betting on Ferris to win.
    • Quotes

      Dana: I knew this one girl and I swear, she did it on a rollercoaster. Hey Ferris, where's the weirdest place you ever did it?

      Ferris: None of your business.

      Cinder: Why not?

      [to the girls]

      Cinder: She probably doesn't know anything.

      Ferris: I know enough.

      Cinder: Ever been to fourth base?

      Ferris: I'm fifteen. No one goes to fourth base...

      Cinder: I hit a home run at fourteen. Well I guess some of us are women, and some of us are little girls.

      [to Angel]

      Cinder: Which are you?

      Angel: I think guys are a pain in the ass.

      Cinder: Two little virgins. How quaint. No wonder they're always fighting. It's all that unreleased energy. Probably lezzies.

      Ferris: Maybe she is, but I'm straight.

    • Crazy credits
      Marianne Gordon is listed in the credits as Mrs. Whitney. The actress filmed scenes as Ferris Whitney's (Tatum O'Neal) mother but her scenes were cut from the film. They gave her the credit as a courtesy!
    • Alternate versions
      NBC broadcast this film in early 1983 (and reran it in mid-1984) using an alternate version complete with originally cut footage to replace the risqué material as well as sloppy dubbing to cover up all traces of "virginity loss". In one case, when Cinder asks Sunshine to "play something sexy" on her flute, the dubbing changed the line to "play something SULTRY." In place of "whoever loses her virginity first--wins!" came the change "whoever gets a guy first--wins!" There was also a fairly large scene brought out of the vault which had Angel saving Ferris from drowning after Ferris' boat capsizes in a storm. Other new scenes: the hijacked bus breaking down just outside of Camp Little Wolf, forcing the girls to walk back with the condom machine; Miss Nichols asking each of the girls if they know anything about one of the campers being involved with Mr. Callahan; the girls going to Miss Nichols to confess their story (to get Gary out of trouble), including a reluctant Cinder (sporting a black eye from Sunshine's sock to her face).
    • Connections
      Featured in Sneak Previews: Little Darlings, Simon, Little Miss Marker, The Black Stallion, Hide in Plain Sight (1980)
    • Soundtracks
      Shake It
      Written by Terence Boylan

      Performed by Iain Matthews (as Ian Matthews)

    User reviews56

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    Featured review
    10/10
    Should be shown in junior high schools - I wish it had been in mine
    This film impressed me so much back then that I not only made all my friends and family see it, but I drove all the way to Georgia to see where it was filmed.

    It's not just about sex - it's about the two ways you can look at sex when approaching puberty. The wrong way - the Ferris Whitney way - is to romanticize it like Romeo and Juliette. The other wrong way -- Angel's way and the way I saw it at the time -- is to see it as something scary, invasive, animalistic, and biological which is approaching to seize you, engulf you, and reprogram you into a mindless reproduction-machine.

    Of the eight characters, only Angel discovers the truth: "God, it was so... PERSONAL, like you could see right through me". Sex turns out not to be storybook romance OR a tyrannical usurping of your body by the Forces of Evolution, but something very, very, very, very real, immediate... and YOU.

    In the boathouse, Angel discovers that sex is not something scary she is forced to be, but something wonderful she was always meant to be.

    In the words of the novel, "All the fear and uncertainty melted away as they kissed. Soon she didn't know who was touching whom, only that it was wonderful, and right, and fine. And the moon stared impenetrably through the window".

    Notice how "before", she's withdrawn, sarcastic, and hostile; and "after", she's relaxed and kind of at one with the world, like she's a part of it, instead of a stranger in it.

    In the very last scene, she hugs her mom -- something she NEVER would have done before -- saying "What's this crap about sex being nothing? You've been hanging around creeps!" This resonated very, very strongly with me at that age; I wanted that to happen to ME. And I don't mean getting laid.

    The movie was supposedly filmed in Madison, Georgia,at Hard Labor Creek state park. I was wondering if any evidence that a movie had been made would even still exist after two years. The first thing I came upon was a big sign over the road: "Camp Little Wolf". My God! All the sets and props were intact... and abandoned.

    Alone, I explored. I walked on the dock and sat on the swing. When night came, I slept in Cabin A, in the bed that Angel did. The next day, I jumped into the lake, hoping that this baptism would somehow cause the same ...transformation which happened to her: the transformation from child to adult.

    And finally, before leaving, I sat for hours in the boathouse, on the spot where "it" happened, just thinking.

    Did I like the film, "Little Darlings"? Yeah.

    Yeah, I did.
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    • davetocus
    • Feb 23, 2005

    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 21, 1980 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Kleine Biester
    • Filming locations
      • Camp Daniel Morgan, Hard Labor Creek State Park - Fairplay Road, Rutledge, Georgia, USA(camp: Camp Little Wolf, summer camp scenes)
    • Production company
      • Stephen Friedman/Kings Road Productions
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $34,326,249
    • Gross worldwide
      • $34,326,249
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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