Baby It's You (film)
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| Baby It's You | |
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| Directed by | John Sayles |
| Produced by | Griffin Dunne Amy Robinson |
| Written by | John Sayles Story: Amy Robinson |
| Starring | Rosanna Arquette Vincent Spano Joanna Merlin Jack Davidson |
| Cinematography | Michael Ballhaus |
| Editing by | Sonya Polonsky |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | March 4, 1983 |
| Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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Baby It's You is an American film released in 1983 written and directed by John Sayles.[1]
It starrs Rosanna Arquette and Vincent Spano.
This was Sayles' first film for a major Hollywood studio. He based the screenplay on an autobiographical story by Amy Robinson but it's also close to his own high school experiences.
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[edit] Plot
Baby It's You is about a romance between a upper middle class Jewish Girl named Jill Rosen (Arquette), who is bound for Sarah Lawrence College, and a blue-collar Italian boy nicknamed the Sheik (Spano) in 1966 New Jersey.
The movie follows their high school experiences during their romance - Jill's participation and success in high school acting productions, Jill's rebuffing Sheik's sexual advances, Sheik's infidelity with a promiscuous friend of Jill's, and a suicide attempt by that friend. Eventually, Sheik is expelled from school, and after a fight with Jill, goes to Florida while she leaves to attend college. Jill visits Sheik in Florida, and although she is unimpressed with Sheik's life in Florida (he has found work in a nightclub lipsynching to Frank Sinatra recordings), the two finally consummate their relationship. Soon after Jill leaves, Sheik arrives at work to find that he has been unceremoniously replaced by a real singer. Angry and disaffected with his life in Florida, he sets out to reunite with Jill. Jill's college experience has not been happy - she has not met with the acting or social success she had in high school and has become depressed. She has also become disaffected with her life. In the end, the two reunite.
[edit] Background
The film wasn't actually produced by the studio but financed on the basis of a distribution commitment. As a result, during post-production, Paramount executives began criticizing the downbeat ending of the film and the choice of classic pop music on the soundtrack. Sayles fought his way through the test screening process and was able to get his cut released but in retaliation the studio half-heartedly promoted it.
This was the first theatrical film ever to feature the music of Bruce Springsteen.
The film has had difficulty being released to DVD due to the expensive costs for music clearance and Paramount's continued disinterest.
[edit] Cast
- Rosanna Arquette as Jill Rosen
- Vincent Spano as Albert 'Sheik' Capadilupo
- Joanna Merlin as Mrs. Rosen
- Jack Davidson as Dr. Rosen
- Nick Ferrari as Mr. Capadilupo
- Dolores Messina as Mrs. Capadilupo
- Leora Dana as Miss Vernon, Teacher
- Bill Raymond as Mr. Ripeppi, Teacher
- Sam McMurray as Mr. McManus, Teacher
- Liane Alexandra Curtis as Jody, High School Girl
- Claudia Sherman as Beth, High School Girl
- Marta Kober as Debra, High School Girl
- Tracy Pollan as Leslie, College Girl
- Rachel Dretzin as Shelly, College Girl
- Susan Derendorf as Chris, College Girl
[edit] Awards
- Boston Society of Film Critics Awards: BSFC Award; Best Actress, Rosanna Arquette; 1984.
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Baby It's You at the Internet Movie Database.
[edit] External links
Films directed by John Sayles |
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Return of the Secaucus 7 • Lianna • Baby It's You • The Brother from Another Planet • Matewan • Eight Men Out • City of Hope • Passion Fish • The Secret of Roan Inish • Lone Star • Men with Guns • Limbo • Sunshine State • Casa de los Babys • Silver City • Honeydripper |
