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Release Date:
28 February 1986 (USA) moreTagline:
He's good. She's good. He's just Duckie. morePlot:
A girl from the wrong side of the tracks, a geeky new-waver who worships her, a rich High School Hunk who has her eye, and John Hughes. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
1 win moreNewsDesk:
(12 articles)
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No to Duckie or Blane, Si to Steff moreUS TV Schedule:
| Mon. July 6 | 1:15 PM | AMC |
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Molly Ringwald | ... | Andie Walsh | |
| Harry Dean Stanton | ... | Jack Walsh | |
| Jon Cryer | ... | Duckie (Phil Dale) | |
| Annie Potts | ... | Iona | |
| James Spader | ... | Steff | |
| Andrew McCarthy | ... | Blane McDonnagh | |
| Jim Haynie | ... | Donnelly | |
| Alexa Kenin | ... | Jena Hoeman | |
| Kate Vernon | ... | Benny Hanson | |
| Andrew Dice Clay | ... | Bouncer at CATS (as Andrew 'Dice' Clay) | |
| Emily Longstreth | ... | Kate | |
| Margaret Colin | ... | English Teacher | |
| Jamie Anders | ... | Terrence | |
| Gina Gershon | ... | Trombley, Girl Friend / Gym Class | |
| Bader Howar | ... | Sales Girl |
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96 minCountry:
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EnglishColour:
Colour (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
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Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Iceland:L | Australia:PG (DVD rating) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-8 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:7 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #28001) | West Germany:12Fun Stuff
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The movie is dedicated to Alexa Kenin and Bruce Weintraub. Kenin, who played Jena, was murdered in New York just after the movie was released. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When Blane puts Andie in his car, the painted brick wall with the newspaper boxes is in the background, without Duckie. In the next shot, he is sitting on the newspaper box. moreQuotes:
Duckie: Well, that's very nice. I'm glad. Well here's... here's the point, Andie. I'm not particularly concerned with whether or not you like me, because I live to like you and... and I can't like you anymore. So... so when you're feeling real low and... and dirty, and your heart is splattered all over hell, don't look to me to pump you back up 'cause... 'cause... 'cause maybe for the first time in your life I WON'T BE THERE!Andie: I can't believe your saying this.
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Possible spoilers: To hell with the Duckie vs. Blane question. Steff's the only interesting one.
1. He's fearless: Duckie's afraid to tell Andie he loves her, Blane's afraid of his friends, but Steff walks up and hits on her right in front of his friends without caring what they'll think. He exploits Blane's shame about Andie but clearly feels no shame himself.
2. Duckie's suffering puppy love, Blane's just curious, but Steff has been after Andie for years. When he says it's "not *only* for sex," he's probably telling the truth, in his own sarcastic way. Key scene, when Blane and Andie walk in on Steff and Benny Bimbo, and Steff clearly wishes he were with the hot geeky girl, instead of the vapid blonde, even if Benny is better-looking, sexually available, and approved by his friends. And it's not only the challenge attracts him to Andie: despite his arrogance, he's probably been turned down before. He just suspects that with Andie, he'd have something real, and with Benny, whether her ecstasy is real or faked, it will be conducted according to "Cosmo."
3. He's willing to fight for what he wants, i.e., sabotaging Andie's relationship with Blane. OK, he's fighting dirty--but he's fighting at all. The others are about as decisive as Hamlet.
Right, enough deep thought devoted to what should probably be regarded as another teen movie. I give full credit to Spader, who fleshed out what could have been a one-dimensional baddie by making him really interested in Andie in his own sociopathic way, instead giving lip-service to a script that could have been played with the character being vicious solely out of hurt pride and snobbery.