A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon

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A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon
Theatrical release poster
Directed byWilliam Richert
Screenplay byWilliam Richert
Based onAren't You Even Gonna Kiss Me Goodbye?
by William Richert
Produced byRussell Schwartz
Starring
CinematographyJohn J. Connor
Edited bySuzanne Fenn
Music by
Production
company
20th Century Fox
Release date
February 26, 1988
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5 million[citation needed]
Box office$6,264,058[1]

A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon, also known as Aren't You Even Gonna Kiss Me Goodbye?, is a 1988 American

coming of age drama film written and directed by William Richert and starring River Phoenix, Ann Magnuson, Meredith Salenger, Matthew Perry (in his film debut), Ione Skye, and Louanne. It is based upon Richert's 1966 novel Aren't You Even Gonna Kiss Me Goodbye?. The story centers on a high school graduate who must decide if he wants to go to business school
at the request of his father, or go his own way and find a full-time job, while also deciding on who he wants to be in life and if he should leave his house.

A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon was filmed in 1986 and released in early 1988. The released film deviates considerably from the original director's cut, which is now available under the title Aren't You Even Gonna Kiss Me Goodbye?.

Plot summary

In a wealthy Chicago suburb during the early 1960s, middle-class Jimmy Reardon hangs out with his upper-class best friend, Fred Roberts, and sleeps with Fred's snobby girlfriend, Denise Hunter. He spends his time writing poetry and drinking coffee while he decides what to do after high school. His parents won't help him pay for tuition unless he attends the same business college as his father did, but Jimmy doesn't want to follow that path. Instead, he focuses on coming up with enough money for a plane ticket to go to Hawaii with his wealthy yet chaste girlfriend, Lisa Bentwright. On the night of a big party, Jimmy is given the task of driving home his mother's divorced friend, Joyce Fickett, who conveniently seduces him. Since he is late picking up Lisa, she goes to the dance with the rich Matthew Hollander, instead. Jimmy crashes the family car and then shares a rapprochement with his father.

Cast

Release

On August 19, 1987, 20th Century Fox had acquired domestic theatrical distribution rights of the film from production company

CBS/Fox Video to handle home video domestic distribution rights to its titles.[2]

Reception

The film barely broke even at the box office, grossing a little over $6.2 million dollars against a $5 million dollar budget.[3]

On

Time Out magazine wrote: "While the film has the charm of rose-tinted retrospect and is often very funny, the pacing is wrong (it seems much longer than it is) and the sex scenes fail to convince."[5] TV Guide stated that the film has been "Unjustly ignored by the vast majority of the critics and public".[6]

References

  1. ^ A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon at Box Office Mojo
  2. ^ Greenberg, James (1987-08-19). "Fox To Release 'Jimmy Reardon', Island Cedes To Major Handling". Variety. pp. 4, 32.
  3. ^ "A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon".
  4. ^ "A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon". Rotten Tomatoes.
  5. Time Out London. Archived from the original
    on 26 September 2007.
  6. ^ TV Guide

External links

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