Say Anything

Theatrical Release Date: 1989 04 14 (USA)

UPC: 024543024521

Studio: 20th Century Fox

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Adult Situations, Adult Language, Suitable for Teens]

Summary: Ione Skye plays Diane Court, high-school valedictorian on the verge of heading to England on a prestigious scholarship. This is especially thrilling to Diane's divorced father, James (John Mahoney), who has always shared a special relationship with the girl, less father/daughter than friend/friend. When Diane begins dating irresponsible army brat Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack), her father despairs at her choice of an "underachiever." Pressured by her dad to break off the relationship, Diane spends the rest of the summer being pursued by the lovestruck Lloyd, who does everything he can to win her back. Diane finally realizes there's more to life than perfection when her sainted father comes under the scrutiny of the IRS. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Category: Romance

Features: Commentary by director Cameron Crowe, John Cusack, and Ione Skye
Ten deleted scenes, 13 extended scenes, & five alternate scenes
Featurette
Theatrical trailers & TV spots

Say Anything

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 03/05/2002

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DD2 Dolby Digital Stereo

Runtime: 100 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: English,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 --
1. Main Titles
2. Graduation
3. Kick Boxing
4. Good News
5. A Date
6. A Songwriter
7. The Keymaster
8. Lloyd Is Doomed
9. The I.R.S.
10. Old People
11. Friends With Potential
12. A Father's Concern
13. About the Future
14. Love Hurts
15. Advice
16. Serenade
17. About Your Father
18. Plea Bargaining
19. The Flight
20. End Titles

Lucia Bozzola

Returning to the milieu that served his first screenplay, Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), so well, Cameron Crowe's writer/director debut Say Anything is more than just another 1980s teen flick. Free of John Hughes-esque slickness and clich?d generational warfare, Crowe's trio of main characters, including (gasp) Diane's father, are complex people with problems and emotions that are not easily resolved. As in Fast Times, all of the teen characters are quirky and natural, especially Lloyd's female best friends D.C. and Corey (played by an acerbically lovelorn Lili Taylor). John Cusack makes eccentric kickboxer Lloyd utterly charming in his earnest verbosity and unabashed adoration of Ione Skye's smart, ambitious Diane; no teen-film romantic gesture can match Lloyd's boom-box blasting of Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes." In addition to hilariously and sensitively illuminating the mixed feelings of outsider-dom and first love, Say Anything is also that rare film (teen or otherwise) that honestly celebrates female strength and male sensitivity without resorting to offensive pap, confirming Crowe's arrival as one of the potentially more astute filmmakers in Hollywood. ~ Lucia Bozzola, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Jonathan Chapin  Actor 
Jay R. Goldenberg  Actor 
Bill Stevenson  Actor 
Arlan Feiles  Actor 
Thomas Payne  Actor 
Don "The Dragon" Wilson  Actor 
Lisanne Falk  Actor 
Tom Lawrence  Actor 
Polly Platt  Actor 
Kathleen Layman  Actor 
Edward A. Wright  Actor 
Gloria Cromwell  Actor 
Chynna Phillips  Actor 
Montrose Hagins  Actor 
Stephen Shortridge  Actor 
Philip Baker Hall  Actor 
Richard Portnow  Actor 
Kim Walker  Actor 
Nicholas Kallsen  Actor 
Donald Willis  Actor 
Glenn Walker Harris, Jr.  Actor 
Jerry Ziesmer  Actor 
Jim Ladd  Actor 
Lenore Woodward  Actor 
John Green, Jr.  Actor 
Jeremy Piven  Actor 
John Hillner  Actor 
Annie Waterman  Actor 
Charles Walker  Actor 
Joanna Frank  Actor 
Russel Lunday  Actor 
Gregory Sporleder  Actor 
John Bruner  Actor 
Patrick O'Neill  Actor 
Christopher Ziesmer  Actor 
Jaime Gomez  Actor 
Bebe Neuwirth  Actor 
Kathryn Fuller  Actor 
Allison Roth  Actor 
James L. Brooks  Executive Producer 
Cameron Crowe  Director 
Cameron Crowe  Screenwriter 
Anne Dudley  Composer (Music Score) 
Richard Gibbs  Composer (Music Score) 
Polly Platt  Producer 
Nancy Wilson  Composer (Music Score) 
John Cusack  Actor 
Ione Skye  Actor 
John Mahoney  Actor 
Lili Taylor  Actor 
Amy Brooks  Actor 
Pamela Segall  Actor 
Jason Gould  Actor 
Loren Dean  Actor 
Joan Cusack  Actor 
Lois Chiles  Actor 
Eric Stoltz  Actor 

Country: USA