That scene is done so beautifully by dern and treat williams that one never forgets it. Her experimenting begins to get out of hand when the mysterious arnold friend takes an interest in her. Though featurelength, it has an unconventional, shortstory. Smooth talk is a film from 1985 based on the story where are you going, where have you been it stars laura dern as connie and treat williams as arnold friend. Based on the short story, where are you going, where have you been, by joyce carol oates, this film chronicles 15yearold connies sexual awakening in the northern california suburbs. The shiveringly memorable smooth talk friday at beverly cineplex and brentwood theatre may be the first film to get adolescence in america right, down to the last, delicate seismographic tremor. Smooth talk tells a melancholy comingofage story thats also part grimm fairy tale and horror story. Produced for pbss american playhouse series, smooth talk was given a brief theatrical release before its official february 9. A disturbing coming of age drama, the winner of the grand jury prize at 1986 features 18 yearsold laura dern who appears innocent, gawky, and provocative all at once. As a sophomore in high school, she longs to get into the world as most teens do. If you like smooth talk you are looking for psychological, tense and serious movies about with coming of age, small town, innocence lost, summer, sexual awakening, teenage life and teenage love themes of drama, romance and thriller genre shot in uk or usa. Smooth talk is a 1985 american drama film directed by joyce chopra, loosely based on joyce.
A freespirited 15yearold girl flirts with a dangerous stranger in the northern california suburbs and. Without spoiling it too much, she exudes an almost unbearably tense mixture of fear, arousal, and confusion that makes the rest of the movie or maybe the rest of movies seem belabored. Great memorable quotes and script exchanges from the smooth talk movie on. The movie ends not with death, not with a sleepwalkers crossing over to her fate, but upon a scene of reconciliation, rejuvenation.
Smooth talk is one of the few films ever made whose climactic scene takes place on the borderline between reality and the imagination. Comparison of smooth talk to where are you going, where have you been. Smooth talk 1985 is an erotic drama, romance movie starring laura dern and treat williams. Smooth talk smooth talk is director joyce chopras the lemon sisters dramatic rendering of the joyce carol oates short story where are you going, where have you been. These dvds will play on any dvd player anywhere in the world region free. This sale is for smooth talk 1985 starring treat williams on dvd. Joyce chopra cast treat williams, laura dern, mary kay place a freespirited 15yearold girl flirts with a dangerous stranger in the. Smooth talk, which opens today at the 68th street playhouse, is not a big movie. Lost in america 1985 official trailer albert brooks, julie hagerty roadtrip movie hd duration. Fifteenyearold connie laura dern spends the summer before her sophomore year fixating on getting male attention. Her experimenting begins to get out of hand when the. Produced for pbss american playhouse series, smooth talk was given a brief theatrical release before its official february 9, 1987 tv debut. Freespirited fifteenyearold connie wyatt may be too young to drive, but shes already driving the boys crazy. Based on the short story, where are you going, where have you been, by joyce carol oates, this film chronicles a 15yearold girl, connies, laura dern sexual awakening in the northern california suburbs.
A sexual awakening, yes, but an awakening to darkness. Smooth talk is a 1985 american drama film directed by joyce chopra, loosely based on joyce carol oates 1966 short story where are you going, where have you been. Joyce carol oakess short story, where are you going, where have you been. Financial analysis of smooth talk 1985 including budget, domestic and international box office gross, dvd and bluray sales reports, total earnings and profitability.
The movie is almost uncanny in its selfassurance, in the way it knows that the first. Her mom does nothing but put her down and her father ignores the completely dysfunctional family. The movie won the grand jury prize in the dramatic category at that years sundance festival. High school sophomore connie wyatt dern, a 14yearold girl on the verge of becoming a woman, is anxious to escape the boredom of family farm life. Her suspicious mother wants to keep her safely at home, but connie would rather while away the languid summer days hanging out. While her mother, katherine mary kay place, nags her about painting the house and favors her older sister, connie spends her days going to the mall with her friends. One day, while the rest of her family is having a barbeque, connie is confronted at home by a handsome. Smooth talk 1985 a freespirited 15yearold girl flirts with a dangerous stranger in the northern california suburbs and must prepare herself for the frightening and traumatic consequences. You can look at them and almost literally see the need in their eyes. It is a study in deviant psychology, and in the power that one person can have over another, especially if one pushes in the direction where the other person is already headed. Movie story based on the short story, where are you going, where have you been, by joyce carol oates, this film chronicles 15yearold connies sexual awakening in the northern california suburbs.
Smooth talk vhs vestron video 1985 laura dern treat. I cant say i really know the work of oates, but she did comment on the issue. Smooth talk cast and crew cast photos and info fandango. The film, smooth talk, is a tale about a 15year old girl, connie wyatt, who begins to explore her sexuality. Comparison of smooth talk to where are you going, where.
When i found out that the story was adapted to the screen, i tried to find the movie, smooth talk 1985 directed by joyce chopra and i saw it finally last weekend. Connie, the heroine in smooth talk, is a girl like that. Chopras sympathetically observed study of a teenage girl trembling on the brink of womanhood is adapted from a short story. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing smooth talk near you. Based on the short story, where are you going, where have you been, by joyce carol oates, this film chronicles 15yearold connies sexual awakening in the northern california. Laura dern plays a teenager anxious to experience the pleasures of sexual contact. With treat williams, laura dern, mary kay place, margaret welsh. The joyce carol oates story this movie is based on, where are you going, where have you been would have made an excellent thirty minute short. Smooth talk is a film directed by joyce chopra with laura dern, treat williams, mary kay place, margaret welsh, year. Available on dvd from freespirited fifteenyearold connie wyatt laura dern may be too young to drive, but shes already. As he inhabits a movie based on a joyce carol oates short story, arnold is all kinds of metaphor. Unfortunately, the happy ending of smooth talk shits all over the entire moral of the story. Smooth talk 1985 pg 1h 32min drama, romance, thriller 17 november 1985 usa a freespirited 15yearold girl flirts with a dangerous stranger in the northern california suburbs and must prepare herself for the frightening and traumatic consequences.
Produced on a relatively shoestring budget in 1985, the film was based upon prolific writer joyce carol oates stirring 1966 short story where are you going, where have you been. Treat williams, laura dern, mary kay place, margaret welsh, sara inglis, levon. Find movie and film award information for smooth talk 1985 joyce chopra on allmovie. Based on the short story, where are you going, where have you been, by joyce carol oates, this film chronicles a 15yearold girl, connies, sexual awakening in the northern california. A freespirited 15yearold girl flirts with a dangerous stranger in the northern california suburbs and must prepare herself for the frightening and traumatic consequences.
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