Smooth Talk

UPC: 027616915207

Studio: MGM

MPAA Rating: PG13   Contains:[Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language]

Summary: Produced for PBS's American Playhouse series, Smooth Talk was given a brief theatrical release before its "official" February 9, 1987 TV debut. Laura Dern plays a teenager anxious to experience the pleasures of sexual contact. Left alone in the family summer cottage when her mother (Mary Kay Place), father (Levon Helm) and sister (Elizabeth Berridge) go shopping, Dern decides to wander into town for male companionship. She makes the acquaintance of Treat Williams, a handsome if mildly psychotic type who identifies himself as "A. Friend" and behaves like James Dean. When she returns home, Dern is bewildered and dishevelled. We can only speculate as to whether or not she was raped by Williams; we do know that she isn't the same person we met at the beginning of the film. Smooth Talk was based on a 1970 short story by Joyce Carol Oates entitled "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Category: Drama

Awards: Best Picture – Independent Spirit Awards Best Director – Independent Spirit Awards Best Screenplay – Independent Spirit Awards Best Actor – Independent Spirit Awards Best Actress – Independent Spirit Awards Best Picture – Sundance Film Festival

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Smooth Talk

Format: Digital Video Disc (DVD)

Release Date: 12/07/2004

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Pre-1954 Standard, 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DD1 Dolby Digital Mono

Runtime: 92 Minutes

Sides: 2

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Subtitles: English,French,Spanish

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Side #1 -- Widescreen
1. Main Title [4:15]
2. Family Feud [5:45]
3. Cruising the Mall [12:48]
4. Deal Her Out [2:05]
5. "I'm Watching You" [6:46]
6. Reconnecting [6:46]
7. Things Go Too Far [7:06]
8. Sibling Confidant [6:19]
9. Father/Daughter Bond [3:13]
10. "Arnold Friend" [7:04]
11. "He's Kind of Strange" [5:12]
12. Scary Smooth Talker [6:57]
13. The Capture [5:36]
14. Kidnapped Innocence [3:07]
15. Safe & Sorry [4:43]
16. End Credits [3:46]
Side #2 -- Fullscreen
1. Main Title [4:15]
2. Family Feud [5:45]
3. Cruising the Mall [12:48]
4. Deal Her Out [2:05]
5. "I'm Watching You" [6:46]
6. Reconnecting [6:46]
7. Things Go Too Far [7:06]
8. Sibling Confidant [6:19]
9. Father/Daughter Bond [3:13]
10. "Arnold Friend" [7:04]
11. "He's Kind of Strange" [5:12]
12. Scary Smooth Talker [6:57]
13. The Capture [5:36]
14. Kidnapped Innocence [3:07]
15. Safe & Sorry [4:43]
16. End Credits [3:46]

Cast and Crew: Mark McKay  Actor 
David Berridge  Actor 
William Desmond  Actor 
Geoff Hoyle  Actor 
Carl Mueller  Actor 
Michael French  Actor 
Margaret Welsh  Actor 
Edgar Kahn  Actor 
Cab Covay  Actor 
William Ragsdale  Actor 
Craig Caddell  Actor 
Darian Alioto  Actor 
Michael Vaughn  Actor 
Joy Carlin  Actor 
David Michael O'Neill  Actor 
Rob Blair  Actor 
Spenser Mains  Actor 
Sally Schuab  Actor 
Gary Harris  Actor 
Russ Kunkel  Composer (Music Score) 
Joyce Chopra  Director 
Tom Cole  Screenwriter 
Lidsay Law  Producer 
Timothy Marx  Producer 
George Massenburg  Composer (Music Score) 
Bill Payne  Composer (Music Score) 
Martin Rosen  Producer 
Treat Williams  Actor 
Laura Dern  Actor 
Mary Kay Place  Actor 
Levon Helm  Actor 
Sarah Inglis  Actor 
Elizabeth Berridge  Actor 

Country: USA