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Release Date: 1985

Cast: Carl Mueller, Darian Alioto, Treat Williams, Sarah Inglis, Elizabeth Berridge, William Ragsdale, Laura Dern, David Berridge, Levon Helm, Mary Kay Place, Margaret Welsh, Sara Inglis ...MORE

Cast: Carl Mueller, Darian Alioto, Treat Williams, Sarah Inglis, Elizabeth Berridge, William Ragsdale, Laura Dern, David Berridge, Levon Helm, Mary Kay Place, Margaret Welsh, Sara Inglis, Geoff Hoyle ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Crime Fiction, Romantic drama, Romance Film, Coming of age, Indie

Smooth Talk is a 1985 drama film, loosely based on Joyce Carol Oates' 1966 short story Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?, which was in turn inspired by the Tucson murders committed by Charles Schmid. The protagonist and main character, Connie Wyatt, is played by Laura Dern. The antagonist, Arnold Friend, is played by Treat Williams. The film was produced by American Playhouse and Goldcrest Films, and originally released to movie theaters in 1985. The original music score was composed by Russ Kunkel and Bill Payne. The movie won the Grand Jury Prize in the Dramatic category at that... MORE

Smooth Talk is a 1985 drama film, loosely based on Joyce Carol Oates' 1966 short story Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?, which was in turn inspired by the Tucson murders committed by Charles Schmid. The protagonist and main character, Connie Wyatt, is played by Laura Dern. The antagonist, Arnold Friend, is played by Treat Williams. The film was produced by American Playhouse and Goldcrest Films, and originally released to movie theaters in 1985. The original music score was composed by Russ Kunkel and Bill Payne. The movie won the Grand Jury Prize in the Dramatic category at that year's Sundance Festival. Connie Wyatt is a restless 15-year-old who is anxious to explore the pleasures of her sexual awakening. Before she enters her sophomore year in high school, she spends the summer moping around her family cottage. She suffers from her mother's put-downs, while hearing nothing but praise for her older sister, June. Her father somehow manages to float around the family tensions. She also helps paint the cottage, just as her mother constantly demands her to. Connie passes the time cruising shopping malls with her friends and flirting with boys. When an actual date leads to LESS