Court, is his complete lack of a reasonable career plan. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. In february 2007, say anything performed on last call with carson daly. It doesnt have a lesson or a message, but it observes its moral choices so carefully that it helps us see our own.
Sep 09, 2019 the seattle filming locations of say anything. John cusack stars in cameron crowes 80s cult classic say anything. Say anything band, an american rock band say anything, the selftitled album by the band. Say anything declared one of the most quintessential high school movies of all time, cameron crowes 1989 film centered around lloyd doblers john cusack pursuit of diane court ione skye. Brought to life by john mahoney, who turns in the best acting ive ever seen from him. This film really showcases how truly marvellous he is, and on the side there. Say anything may be best known in some circles as the boom box scene movie but having watched the movie, i can now say that it says a lot more than that. Dvd and bluray release date, trailer and movie stats. Skye made her film debut in rivers edge in 1986, followed by a role as the title character in the rachel papers 1989. She is the class valedictorian, and she has received a scholarship to study in england. It surprises just about everyone when she returns the sentiment. Before you can add any subtitle file to any movie, you must make sure the exact srt file for the particular movie format is downloaded from the right source, such as.
Pearl jam twenty also known as pj20 is a 2011 american documentary directed by cameron crowe about the band pearl jam. Apr 14, 2014 are say anything lovebirds lloyd dobler and diane court still together. Her father john mahoney is a caring, trusting parent who will do anything he can to encourage his daughter, but his secret is that he has done. A noble underachiever and a beautiful valedictorian fall in love the summer before she goes off to college. Basinger would lose the town to her partner in the deal, the pension fund of chicagobased ameritech corp. I think you could make a case for an oscar nomination for. After graduation, the opposites fall for each other, spend the summer together, and end up making love, the details. On april 14, 1989, cameron crowe brought his directorial debut, say anything, to theaters. A frank portrait of teens on the cusp of adulthood, this movie mines a type of movie that has acquired a deservedly negative reputation and comes up with gold.
Lloyd attempts to win her heart over the objections of her overprotective father before diane leaves for a scholarship in england. It was a nice idea that became an epidemic, but once and awhile there was a gem like some kind of wonderful. Vehicle used a lot by a main character or for a long time. Pictures are property of movie companies owner of the respective movies. In this classic 1980s film, diane court is a high school senior with a bright future. Ione skye has admitted on the film s audio commentary that there was definitely offscreen chemistry between her and john cusack during filming, and that had they not been involved with other people at that time, they probably would have gone home together the day they shot the scene where lloyd teaches diane to drive a stick shift. While the original version of the speech which crowe completed. Mar 01, 2015 fan made trailer for cameron crowes say anything starring john cusack and ione skye. Find out where say anything 1989 is streaming, if say anything 1989 is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. The magic, the heart of say anything, is that it dares to be normal. I wish there was more of the central relationship and. John cusacks iconic career plans speech could have been much longer. Are say anything lovebirds lloyd dobler and diane court.
You can call say anything a teen flick, but writerdirector cameron crowe almost famous tells a story about people who just happen to be teens. Todays standard movie script contains a setup, some development, and then some kind of violent or comic cataclysm that is intended to pass for a resolution. Apr 17, 2014 a quarter of a century later and the film is more beloved than ever. Exrock journalist cameron crowe, known for two screenplays about teenagers caught up in the fast lane, has written and directed for the. But dianes overly possessive, divorced father john mahoney doesnt approve and it will take more than the power of love to. In a charming, critically acclaimed tale of first love, lloyd john cusack, an eternal optimist, seeks to capture the heart of diane ione skye, an unattainable highschool beauty and straighta student. A typical teen romcom, the story follows a high school valedictorian whos been sheltered for most of her life, but when she. Even lloyd hardly seems to think kickboxing is a workable profession. She played diane court, a withdrawn high school valedictorian, in the 1989 film say anything. At the same time, it is clear that there is a considerable stress surrounding the irs investigation. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Diane is a brainiac with an overprotective father john mahoney. He is a complete human being with a full range of emotions, and his love, joy, jealousy, anger, fear and vulnerability make for a better film. Full movie 1989 lets join, fullhd moviesseasonepisode here.
Diane tells lloyd that she is just too stressed out to get into anything deep with lloyd. Say anything movie filming locations the 80s movies rewind. Dec 06, 2012 its not great and its super short but there were segments that i liked about it that i thought were worth sharing. The film follows the romance between lloyd dobler john cusack, an average student, and diane court, the class valedictorian, immediately after their graduation from high school. With john cusack, ione skye, john mahoney, lili taylor. The film premiered at the 2011 toronto international film festival and also had. High school senior lloyd dobler wants nothing more than to go out with beautiful and intelligent diane court.
Preliminary footage was being shot as of june 2010. I think cameron crowe really avoided the teen movie cliche of having the popular girl fall for the school nerd andor vice versa. Say anything completed one of their first headlining tours in fall 2006, when they toured with piebald and mewithoutyou. At a tribeca film festival reunion to celebrate the films 30th anniversary. But when he drives past the scene of their controversial first date it is westlake center in downtown seattle.
Why keanu reeves and the movie will still blow your mind. Say anything is an excellent directorial debut for cameron crowe, one of my personal favorites. Possibly the greatest 80s teenflick alongside breakfast club. Why this never got as massive cinema release back in the 1980s is a mystery. Crowe completed filming in april 2011, after using 12,000 hours of footage of the band for the documentary. It hangs on to its time and you can always associate this film with the time frame it was released in. Say anything, a 2008 board game published by north star games. In a charming, critically acclaimed tale of first love, lloyd john cusack, an eternal optimist, seeks to capture the heart of diane ione skye, an unattainable highschool beauty and straighta. Exrock journalist cameron crowe, known for two screenplays about teenagers caught up in the fast lane, has written and directed for the first time a. The film progresses with scenes showing us that lloyd and diane are gradually getting more and more friendly with each other. I would like to show it to the makers of a film like slackers and ask them if they do not feel shamed. Subscribe to the fandango movieclips classic trailers channel to rediscover all your favorite movie trailers and. As say anything turns 30, a look at the classic boom box serenade. In say anything, a smart, funny story about growing up and struggling with imminent responsibilities, lloyd john cusack is a teenage kickboxer on no particular career path.
In the 1989 classic, cusack was memorably cast as the chronically underachieving lloyd, a. Say anything follows all of the threads of its story through to the end. Without giving away the details, i especially liked a scene at the end when dobler pocketed an insult as gandhi used to say from his girlfriends father. When lloyd first calls diane, he mentions how they sat together at belsquare which is a mall in bellevue wa, a suburb of seattle. Days away, brazil and forgive durden opened for the band on select dates. In addition to hilariously and sensitively illuminating the mixed feelings of outsiderdom and first love, say anything is also that rare film teen or otherwise that honestly celebrates female strength and male sensitivity without resorting to offensive pap, confirming crowes arrival as one of the potentially more astute filmmakers in hollywood. That such intelligence could be contained in a movie that is simultaneously so funny and so entertaining is some kind of a miracle. In the 1989 classic, cusack was memorably cast as the chronically. Say anything is one of those rare movies that has something to teach us about life. Posted on march 23, 2017 by admin with no comments. Thus, i consider this 1989 film to be morally and philosophically excellent even though its technique is not brilliant, and it doesnt have the explosive chemistry more typical of a romcom. Say anything 1989 where to stream and watch decider.
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