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Two juvenile delinquents find themselves growing apart, for one is growing up, and the other is staying young and reckless.Two juvenile delinquents find themselves growing apart, for one is growing up, and the other is staying young and reckless.Two juvenile delinquents find themselves growing apart, for one is growing up, and the other is staying young and reckless.
Francis X. McCarthy
- Mr. Carlson
- (as Frank McCarthy)
Ramon Estevez
- Mike Chambers
- (as Ramon Sheen)
Robert Swan
- Smitty
- (as Bob Swan)
Paul M. Lane
- Paul
- (as Paul Lane)
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- TriviaEmilio Estevez's original script followed the book's ending more closely. Paramount Pictures executives forced Estevez to re-write the ending to be more "optimistic" and "realistic".
- GoofsIn just about every scene where a bus is involved, it's bus #461.
- Quotes
Mark Jennings: Let's move out... Teabag!
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Children of Times Square (1986)
- SoundtracksBorn Alone
Written by Scott Lipsker & Mike Kapitan
Performed by Kipp Lennon
Produced by Scott Lipsker & Mike Kapitan
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"The movie was okay, but the book was better"
In English class, we read S.E. Hinton's saga of teenage angst. The students were enthralled with the story. While the setting was from years past, the ethical questions raised and the teenage situations were quite apropos. The story generated a great deal of quality discussion in class...education at it's finest.
The movie, however, was a bit of a disappointment for us. Taken by itself, it was a fine example of 80's brat-packish fluff. It was formulamatic, but entertaining. One could hardly say that the movie was based on the book, though. Bryon's personal growth journey and coming of age, so well illustrated in the novel, was sacrificed to car chases and Hollywood's penchant for tidy endings, in the movie.
While I would recommend both, I would caution that they are two separate stories, sharing the same character names. Perhaps there is the lesson: You cannot watch the movie to get out of reading the book! .
The movie, however, was a bit of a disappointment for us. Taken by itself, it was a fine example of 80's brat-packish fluff. It was formulamatic, but entertaining. One could hardly say that the movie was based on the book, though. Bryon's personal growth journey and coming of age, so well illustrated in the novel, was sacrificed to car chases and Hollywood's penchant for tidy endings, in the movie.
While I would recommend both, I would caution that they are two separate stories, sharing the same character names. Perhaps there is the lesson: You cannot watch the movie to get out of reading the book! .
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $8,630,068
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,502,780
- Nov 10, 1985
- Gross worldwide
- $8,630,068
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was That Was Then... This Is Now (1985) officially released in India in English?
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