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1998
This is my father
Director - Paul Quinn
Wrtier - Paul Quinn
Aidan Quinn, James Caan, Stephen Rea, John Cusack, Colm Meaney and Moya Farrelly.
A very passionate film by the Quinn brothers (starring Aidan, beautifully photographed by Declan and directed by Paul) about one man's journey into past to discover the sad secerets of his family's past. Kieran (Cann), an Irish, lonely hi-school teacher living in Chicago. Frustrated with his life, job and students who just don't care. One day, by chance he discovers an old photograph of his parents, which brings him back to Ireland, to the town where his mother grew up, and discover the story of his parents. Aidan Quinn portrays Kieran's father in the films flashbacks. John is Eddie Sharp (what a name eh!) an American Photorapher who flies all over the place taking pictures for Times. He encounters Kieran's parents one night on a beach inIreland. Requesting the copule to play American football with him. In return, he takes a photograph of the copule. The photograph that would eventually bring Kieran back to Ireland. Although John is only in the film, during the middle for about 7 minutes. It is a film that I recommand with all my heart. I saw this film at the Toronto Film Festival, hoping John would show up... But... And "It" made me cry. Enjoy it.
The film will hopefully soon, receive a theatrical release.
1997
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Director - Clint Eastwood (Unforgiven)
Writer - John Lee Hancock
Based on the novel by - John Berendt
Kevin Spacy, John Cusack, Jack Thompson, Irma P. Hall, Jude Law, Allison Eastwood, Paul Hipp, The Lady Chablis, Jeoffrey Lewis, Dorty Loudon, Anne Hasey, Kim Hunter, Richard Herd, Leon Rippy, Bob Guston, Michael O'hagas, Gary Anthony Williams and Tim Black.
John plays writer John Kelso who is sent by Town and Country magazine to Savannah for coverage of a Jim William (very well played by Spacy) Christmas party. Following the party Williams was found in his study with his lover (Law) lying dead on the floor, So Williams, now charged with first degree murder asks John to help with his case by digging out information, in exchange for the book right to his story. So now John an outsider is force to get involved... Based on the very succesful true crime novel by John Berendt. Director Clint Eastwood (Unforgiven, Bridges of Madison County) was blamed for his adoptation of the novel, for not being able to bring out all of the unique and wonderful charcters that made the novel so special. But the film is still well acted. I liked John's performance in the film, and I also read and enjoyed the book. I now want to plan a trip to Savannah.
Available on DVD, LD and for rent on VHS from Warner Bro.
1997
Anastasia
Directors - Don Bluth and Gary Goldman
Writers - Susan Gauthier, Bruce Graham, Bob Itzudiker, Moni White.
Voice Talents - Meg Ryan, John Cusack, Kelsey Grammer, Hank Azaria,
Christopher Lloyd and Angela Lansbury.
Fox's first animated feature, based (supposivley) on the story of Anastasia, a Russian Princess who in an escape from Rasputin loses her memory. Now Years later, all grown up (in an orphanage) she maked a trip to Paris with the help of con-man Dimitri who belives she is the lost princess, and plans to make a fortune for bringing her back to her family. Now, of course the two fall in love. Wrestle with the evil forces of Rasputin who wants Anastasia dead. Of course... The animation is in no comparison with Disney's, in my opinon, and watch out for Anastasia (dub by Meg Ryan) listen to her voice as she talks then sing, listen to the difference. However, I thought John was superb as the voice of Dimitri.
John said that he did the movie in welcome of his niece (Joan's new born baby boy).
Available to own on VHS from Fox.
1997
Con Air
Director - Simon West
Writer - Scott Rosenberg
Nicholas Cage, John Malkovich, John Cusack, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, Mykel T. Williamson, Colm Meaney, Rachel Ticotin and Dave Chappelle.
Cameron Poe (Cage) a former ranger, is put in Jail for manslaughter, in which he was defending his wife in a druken fight. Now 7 years later, he is paroled, and guess which ariline he decides to fly with, a plane consist all members of "America's Most Wanted" (They're all being shipped to a new prison) The group led by Virus (Malkovich) of course, hijacks the plane, and plans a new destination. Cameron will have to rise up to the task, and save the day. John plays Larkin, a Marshal in charged of the shipping operation. It's not a bad Bruckhimer production But I have no idea why John made this movie.
Available to own on DVD, LD and VHS from Hollywood pictures.
1997
Grosse Pointe Blank
Director - George Armitage (Miami Blues)
Writers - Tom Jankiewicz, D.V. DeVincentis, Steve Pink and John Cusack
John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Dan Aykroyd, Alan Arkin, Joan Cusack, Jeremy Piven, Hank Azaria, Mitchell Ryan, Michael Cudlitz, Benny Urquidez, Barbara Harris and Ann Cusack.
Martin (John), a stressed-out professioanl killer invited to attend his 10 year hi-school reunion. Besides not sure of what to tell his classmates about his field of experties, he'll have to reunite once again, with Debi (Driver) the girl he ditched 10 years ago on prom night. Martin, not so sure what to do, gets advice from his shrink (Arkin) - who is affraid of Martin and is constantly refusing to work with him - into going. So Martin decides to revisit memory lane one more time (there is also a job there waiting for him to finish)... But that's interfered by fellow assassin Grocer (Aykroyd) who is trying constantly to convince Martin into joining his union of hitmen. It's a very funny dark comedy-romance. John is so loveable in this role. And also note that Joan is just brilliant as the overworked paranoid secreatry (Thanks Sara). I am sure it's what got so many of us addicted. So if you haven't seen this film, and call your self a John supporter, get up, and bang your head against wall three times, also, remember to rent it.
Available to own on DVD, LD and VHS from Hollywood pictures.
1996
City Hall
Director - Harold Becker (Malice)
Writers - Paul Sharder, Nicholas Pileggi, Bo Goldman and Ken Lipper.
Al Pacino, John Cusack, Bridget Fonda, Danny Aiello, David Paymer, Martin Landau, Anthony Franciosa, Lindsay Duncan, and Nestor Serrano.
John as an idealistic deputy mayor, working for the very charistimatic NYC mayor played by Paicno. The death of a heroic cop, six year boy and a drug dealer sents John in discovery of the corruption and decit in the political
world of the Big Apple. With strong supporting cast which includes Bridget Fonda as police union lawyer romantically involved with John's charcter, and Dan Aiello as a Booklyn loving boss. I enjoyed this movie quite a lot. It's
nice seeing John act beside Pacino in a great performance.
Available to own on DVD, LD and VHS from Columbia pictures.
1994
Bullets over Broadway
Director - Woody Allen (Annie Hall)
Writers - Woody Allen, Douglas McGrath
Dianne Wiest, John Cusack, Jennifer Tilly, Chazz Palminteri, Rob Reiner, Tracy Ullman, Mary-Louise Parker, Jack Warden, Joe Viterelli, Jim Broadbent Harvey Fierstein and Annie-Joe Edwards.
Set in Broadway in the 1920's considerd one of Woody's best works, stars John as David Shayne, a struggling writer, trying to get his Broadway play in the works. Sells it to a mobster boss, but in return will have to cast boss's unintelligent, no-talent mistress (Tilly) in a part. Only to find his (lousy) play, saved by a hit-man (Palminteri) sent to protect Tilly. An ensemble cast which inlcudes a great Oscar winning performance by Diane Wiest as a Aging diva (think Norma in Sunset Blvd). A very funny and delightful film. I especially like the park bench scenes with John and Diane Wiest.
Available to own on LD, and VHS from Miramax.
1994
Road to Wellville
Director - Alan Parker (Evita)
Writer - Alan Parker
Anthony Hopkins, Bridget Fonda, Matthew Brodrick, John Cusack, Dana Carvey, Michael Lerner, Colm Meaney, John Neville, Lara Flunn Boyle, and Traci Lind.
John Harvey Kellogg(Hopkins) has a turn-of-the-centry health senatorium with hectic rules. Brodrick and Fonda play a wealthy copule who goes to the senatorium to find Kelloggs's cure, but instead get sexual frustration and anal humilations. John plays a person who invested a bunch of money in making corn flakes, the rest of the plot you have to figure out by yourself. An interesting and bizzare film. Although I personnally didn't find the movie very joyable. However I really digged that hat John was wearing in the film.
Available to own on LD, and VHS from Columbia pitures.
1993
Money for Nothing
Director - Ramon Menendez
Writers - Ramon Menendez, Carol Sobieski and Tom Musca
John Cusack, Michael Madson, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Rapaport, Debi Mazar, Fionnula Flanagan, Maury Chaykin, James Gandolfini, and Elizabeth Bracco.
Based on a true story. John plays unemloyed longshorman who finds over a milliondollars in the middle of the road. Instead of skipping town right away with the money,he leaves a trail behind for a detective who's on his tail. He gets the mob to help launder the money for him. Also turning to his ex-girlfriend for help. John didn't like how the movie turned out, but I think it's still one enjoyable ride.
Available to own on LD, and VHS from Touchstone pitures.
1993
Map of the Human Heart
Director - Vincent Ward
Writers - Vincent Ward and Louis Nowra
Jason Scott Lee, Annd Parillaud, Patrick Bergin, Robert Joamie, Annie Gailpeau, John Cusack, Jeanne Moreau.
Young Eskimo Avik(Lee) tells Map Maker (Cusack) the story of him and his lover Albertine(Parillaud), about how they struggled with racism in a white world. The two were childhood sweethearts, gets split up. Reunite during the WW2 in Dresden. Except now Albertine is married to some one else. I didn't like the movie all that much, I found it kind of boring, and plus John was only in the beginning and the end of the film.
Available to own VHS from HBO pictures.
1993
Floundering
Director - Peter McCarthy
Writer - Peter McCarthy
James LeGros, Ethan Hawke, Steve Buscemi, John Cusack, Lisa Zane, Sy Richardson.
James Boyz(LeGros) is unemployed and is going nowhere in life. He owes money to the IRS, his unemployment compensation has run out. Finds out his girlfriend (Zane) is fooling around with another man. Trying to restore his life, James drags himself all around town, and thinks about what he could do. John plays one oh his drinking buddies, 5 minutes of screen time. I didn't like it, I thought the movie was pointless and irretating.
Available to own on VHS from A-PIX entertinament.
1992
Shadows and Fog
Director - Woody Allen (Manhattan)
Writer - Woody Allen
Woody Allen, Kathy Bates, John Cusack, Mia Farrow, Jodie Foster, Fred Gwynne, Julie Kavner, Madonna, John Malkovich, Kenneth Mars, Kate Nelligan, Donald Pleasence, Lily Tomlin, Philip Bosco, Robert Joy, Wallas Shawn, Kurtwood Smith, Josef Sommer, David Ogden Stiers, Micheal Kirby, Anne Lang.
John's first film with director Woody Allen, not one of the great Woody films. The plot seems to be all over the place. Allen plays a loner clerk, waken up in the middle of the night to help hunt down a serial killer. The film set in a old European riverside town. Beautifully shot in Black and White by Carlo Di Palma. John plays a philosophy college student who is a frequent goer of the town's brothel fooling around with Prostitues played by Lili Tomlin, Jodie Foster and Kathy Bates.
Available to own on LD and VHS from Orion Home Video.
1992
Roadside Prophets
Director - Abbe Wool
Writer - Abbe Wool
John Doe, Adam Horovitz, David Carradine, Timothy Leary, Arlo Guthrie, Barton Heyman, Jennifer Balgobin.
Cameos - John Cusack
Joe(Doe) and Sam(Horovitz) are on a mission to bring the ashes of a fellow biker to Nevada. On their way they meet up with a lot of eccentrics and stay at a lot of cheap motels. I haven't seen this film yet, but I hear it's a 90's wannabe EASY RIDER.
Available to own on LD, and VHS from New Line.
1992
The Player
Director - Robert Altman
Writer - Michael Tolkin
Tim Robbins, Greta Scarcchi, Fred Ward, Whoppi Goldberg, Peter Gallagher, Brion James, Cynthia Stevenson, Vincent D'Onofrio, Dean Stockwell, Richard E. Grant, Dina Merrill, Sydney Pollack, Lyle Lovett, Randall Batinkoff, Gina Gershon
Cameos - Michael Tolkin, Louise Fletcher, Dennis Franz, Malcolm McDowell, Ray Walston, Rene Auberjonois, David Alan Grier, Jayne Meadows, Micheal Bowen,Steve James, Brian Tochi, Burt Reynolds, Cher, Nick Nolte, Jack Lemmon, Lily Tomlin, Marlee Matlin, Julia Roberts, Bruce Willis, Anjelica Huston, Elliot Gould, Sally Kellerman, Steve Allen, Richard Anderson, Harry Belafonte,Shari Belafonte, Karen Black, Gary Busey, Robert Carradine, James Coburn,Cathy Lee Crosby, John Cusack, Brad Davis, Peter Falk, Teri Garr, Leeza Gibbons, Scott Glenn, Jeff Goldblum, Joel Grey, Buck Henry, Kathy Ireland, Sally Kirkland, Andie MacDowell, Martin Mull, Mimi Rogers, Jill St.John, Susan Sarandon, Rod Steiger, Joan Tewkesbury, Robert Wagner.
Griffin Mill (Robbins) a young studio exec who is the head suspect for a murder investigation, at the same time he is worried about getting fired by the studios. Director Altman (Nashville, M.A.S.H.) shows us the dark side of the movie bussiness. John as himself in the film, I hear that that's the way John really is in real life. But you be the judge. I recomande this film, not just to see John, but it is truly a masterpiece. One of Altman's best.
Available to own on DVD, LD and VHS from New Line.
1992
Bob Roberts
Director - Tim Robbins
Writer - Tim Robbins
Tim Robbins, Giancarlo Esposito, Ray Wise, Rebecca Jenkins, Harry J. Lennix, John Ottavino, Robert Stanton, Alan Rickman, Gore Vidal, Brian Doyle-Murray, Anita Gillette, David Strathairn
Cameos - Susan Sarandon, James Spader, John Cusack, Fred Ward, Pamela Reed.
Robbins first feature as writer/director plays Bob Roberts a folk-singing, millionaire campaigning for a seat in the Senate. Doing anything in order to get elected. Shot in the style of a documentary, Bob Roberts is a great observation of the cynical world of Politics and Media. A very good film.
John has a small part as the host of a popular live show (like SNL). The movie was fun to watch, and I especially enjoyed John being real mean to Bob the canidate.
Available on LD and VHS form Live Entertainment.
1991
True Colors
Director - Herbert Ross
Writer - Kevin Wade
John Cusack, James Spader, Imogen Stubbs, Mandy Patinkin, Richard Widmark.
Peter(Cusack) and Tim(Spader) are law school buddies that take different paths. Tim the strait narrow one works for the Justice Department while Peter "the manipulator", does whatever he can to get a head to his goal in becoming a Senator. Of course later on in the film, Tim is forced to investigate and destroy Peter. A good study of Friendship and Politics. This is one of my personal favourites. I feel sorry for John's charcter every time. I especially liked his speech near the end of the movie.
Available on LD, and VHS from Paramount.
1990
The Grifters
Director - Stephen Frears
Writer - Donald E. Westflake
Based on the novel by - Jim Thompson
Anjelica Huston, John Cusack, Annette Bening, Pat Hingle, J.T. Walsh, Charles Napier, Henry Jones, Gailard Sartain, Jeremy Piven.
Lilly(Huston), Roy(Cusack) and Myra(Bening) are three con artists, struggling to get a head and stay in the life their acustomed to. The three stuck in an interesting relationship. Mother, Son and Son's Lover. Eventually it all boils down to TRUTH. The story is pretty complicated. Very good adoptation from the novel. I really like the movie, and John's charcter is very different compared to the other characters he's played.
Available on LD, and VHS from Universal Home Entertinament.
1989
Say Anything
Director - Cameron Crowe
Writer - Cameron Crowe
John Cusack, Ione Skyle, John Mahoney, Joan Cusack, Lily Taylor, Richard Portnow, Pamela Segall, Jason Gould, Loren Dean, Bebe Neuwirth, Aimee, Brooks, Eric Stoltz, Chynna Phillips, Joanna Frank.
John Cusack in one of his most famous roles as Lloyd Dobler, who decides to ask out the girl of his dreams Diane Court (Ione Skyle), who is smart talented and has a scholarship to study in England. The film is about how the two of them get together and deal with the problems they face as a young
copule. Also with Diane's father investigated by the IRS. A very good study of Young Relationships. I love this movie, it's a really romatic and sweet movie. I especially loved the scene where Lloyd holds the boombox outside under Diane's window playing their song. So romantic. I wished a guy did that for me.
Available on LD, and VHS from Fox.
1989
Fat Man and Little Boy
Director - Roland Joffe
Writers - Bruce Robinson, Tony Garnett, Roland Joffe
Paul Newman, Dwight Schultz, Bonnie Bedelia, John Cusack, Laura Dern, John C. McGinley, Natasha Richardson, Ron Frazier.
The creation of the first atomic bomb brought tensions between J. Robert Oppenheimer(Schultz) and his military employer, General Leslie Groves(Newman) Also the people involved in the project have conflects dealing morality. About whether it's right or wrong to create such a deadly weapon. John plays one of the Physicist. I semi-like the movie. But I read somewhere that John was very proud of his perfomance in the film. And I really can't stand watching John SUFFER...
Available on LD, and VHS from Paramount.
1988
Stars and Bars
Director - Pat O'Connor
Writer - William Boyd
Daniel Day-Lewis, Harry Dean Stanton, John Cusack, Joan Cusack, Spalding Bray, Will Patton, Martha Plimpton, Glenne Headly, Laurie Metcalf, Maury Chaykin.
Daniel Day-Lewis plays a stuffy English art expert who travels from New York to Georgia to price a Renoir. I don't know much about this film because I havne't seen it.
Available on LD, and VHS from Columbia Pictures.
1988
Tapeheads
Director - Bill Fishman
Writers - Bill Fisherman and Peter McCarthy
John Cusack, Tim Robbins, Mary Crosby, Connie Stevens, Susan Tyrell, Lyle Alzado, Don Cornelius, Katy Boyer, Doug McClure, Clu Gulager, Jessica Walters.
Cameos - Stiv Bators, Sam Moore, Junior Walker, Martha Quinn, Ted Mugent, Weird Al Yankovic.
John and Tim play two childhood friends who get fired from their security jobs, and decides to make music videos. John as the talkative manager and Tim as the talent. As they were doing small jobs for money, they accedantly receive an important video reavealing a sex scandal involving a presendential candidate. So of course the get chase around by a mob of hitmen. At the same time trying to deal with their recent success with videomaking. It's a very bizzare film. Very funny and enjoyable. John has a quite mustache, or dosen't he? I especially like the part where a Bartander asks John and Tim to say the alphabet backwards skipping all the vowels, in sign language.
Available on LD, and VHS from Avenue Pictures
1988
Eight Men Out
Director - John Sayles
Writer - John Sayles
Based on the novel by - Eliot Asinof
John Cusack, D.B. Sweeney, Perry Lang, Jace Alexnader, Bill Irwin, Clifton James, Micheal Rooker, Micheal Lerner, Christopher Lloyd, Studs Terkel, David Strathairn, Charlie Sheen, Kevin Tighe, John Mahoney, John Sayles, Gordon Clapp, Richard Edson, James Read, Don Harvey, John Anderson, Maggie Renzi.
Based on the 1918 "Black Sox" scandal, wehre eight members of the Chicago White Sox (including baseball heros like Hap Felsch (Sheen), "Shoeless" Joe Jackson(Sweeney) and "Sleepy" Bill Burns(Lloyd)) for $80,000, were willing to give up the chance to conqure World Series. The film discuss how the players deal with their moral and sportsmanhsip. John Plays Buck Weaver who is not so sure what to do in the situation. I'm not much of a baseball fan, but still enjoyed the film very much. A great perfomance by John.
Available on LD, and VHS from Orion Home Video
1987
Hot Pursuit
Director - Steven Lisberger
Writer - Steven W. Carabatsos
John Cusack, Robert Loggia, Jerry Stiller, Wendy Gazelle.
John, forced to stay behind because of failing his exams, plans to go to the carribean to meet up with his girlfriend's family. Saved by a kind professor, John tries to catch up with her family, but runs into a series of disaster. At the same time, her family gets into big trouble. While John of course, tries to save the day. It's a very delightful comedy. I like the scene where John goes "psycho" on the plane, when the captain decided to change the destination after a vote by the passangers.
Available on LD, and VHS from Paramount Pictures
1987
Broadcast News
Director - James L. Brooks
Writer - James L. Brooks
William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter, Jack Nicholson, Joan Cusack, Robert Prosky, Lois Chiles, Gennie James.
Cameos - John Cusack.
Directed by master James L. Brooks (As good as it gets, Terms of Endearment) comes a delightful drama about the behind of a network news shows. Starring Hurt, Brooks and Hunter. Who besides working together are in a three-way relationship. The deals with their relationship while all progressing in their profession. It's a very good film. I liked it athough John has only about 5 seconds of screen time. You might even miss his face, but try to listen... If you can't find it, e-mail me and I'll tell you which part he is in. Joan also have a interesting part in the film.
Available on LD, and VHS from Fox
1986
Stand by Me
Director - Rob Reiner
Writer - Raynold Gideon
River Phoenix, Wil Wheaton, Jerry O'Connell, Corey Feldman, Kiefer Southerland, Richard Dreyfuss, Casey Siemaszko, John Cusack.
Four friends (Phoenix, Wheaton, O'Connell, Feldman) spends the last days of their summer searching for the dead body of a missing boy. Through this task, they learn about death and personal courage. John plays Danny Wil Weaton's(thanks Julie) dead brother who shows up in the film in flash backs. I really like the movie. It's one of those movies you can't miss, and with John in it, it's even better.
Available on LD, and VHS from Columbia Pictures
1986
One Crazy Summer
Director - Savage Steve Holland
Writer - Savage Steve Holland
John Cusack, Demi Moore, William Hickey, Curtis Armstrong, Bob(cat) Goldthwait, Mark Metcalf, Joel Murray. Tom Willard, Joe Flaherty.
A optimistic college student (Cusack) and a group of wacky teens are going to Nantucket Island in New England. Where they plan to have a fun-filled adventurous summer. On the way they rescue Demi Moore's charcter who's beening chased by gangs furious that she stole their money. She then joins the bunch and causes everyone a load of trouble while traveling abroad. It was fun to watch, but between the two films both directed by Holland, Better off Dead is the better one.
Available on LD, and VHS from Warner Bros.
1985
The Sure Thing
Director - Rob Reiner
Writers - Jonathan Roberts, Steven L. Bloom
John Cusack, Daphne Zuniga, Anthony Edwards, Boyd Gaines, Lisa Jane Persky, Viveca Lindfors, Nicolette Sheridan, Tim Robbins.
John Cusack and Daphne Zuniga plays two college students who dislikes each other but still menages to, at the same time flirt with each other. The film deals with how after sharing the same ride to California, they develop feelings for one another. I love this movie it's one of my favourites, It's really funny how John snarfs beer, and eats all those terible junk foods for breakfast "on the go". It's well directed by Rob Renier who also made When Harry met Sally, and The American President (another favourite film of mine).
Available on LD, and VHS from Columbia Pictures
1985
The Journey of Natty Gann
Director - Jeremy Paul Dagan
Writer - Jeanne Rosenberg
Meredith Salenger, John Cusack, Ray Wise, Scatman Crothers, Lainie Kazan,Verna Bloom.
Set in the Depressions of the 1930's. A 14 year old girl travels across the country to find her father, in her search, she befriends a boy(Cusack) and a loveable wolf. I enjoyed this movie, It's one of those Disney family adventure film. John looked great in this film, and I really like that hat he was wearing.
Available on LD, and VHS from Walt Disney
1985
Better Off Dead
Director - Savage Steve Holland
Writer - Savage Steve Holland
John Cusack, Curtis Armstrong, Diane Franklin, Kim Darby, David Ogden Stiers, Dan Schneider, Amanda Wyss, Taylor Negron, Vincent Schiavelli, Demian Slade, Scooter Stevens.
John plays Lane Myers who's girlfrind decides to dump him for a more popular guy. Lane, at first trying to cope with the grief, searches for different ways to commit suicide. After several unsuccesssful attempts he decides to win back his girl by out-ski her obnoxious new boyfriend (Who's the "Famous Skier in town"). But in the process, he finds him self falling for an exchange student staying next door. This is one of John's most famous roles. A favourite of mine, it's funny, especially Lane's family, who are almost like the Addam's Family. I have nightmares about going to their house for dinner.
Available on VHS from Fox
1984
Sixteen Candles
Director - John Hughes
Writer - John Hughes
Molly Ringwald, Justin Henry, Michael Schoeffing, Haviland Morris, Gedde Watanabe, Anthony Michael Hall, Paul Dooley, Carlin Glynn, Blanche Baker, Edward Andrews, Carole Cooke, Max Casey, Adams Showalter, Liane Curtis, John Cusack, Joan Cusack, Brian Doyle-Murray, Jami Gertz, Cinnamon Idles, Zelda Rubinstein.
Molly Ringwald plays an awkard teen who's been dreaming of her sixteenth birthday to be very special, but becuase of her sister's wedding, her whole family forgets about her birthday, and it turns to the worst day of her life. That is.. until the boy of her dreams starts to fall for her. A romantic comedy in the sense of Better off Dead. John plays a nerd from school. I really like this movie, and it was fun watching John and Joan acting together back then, especially Joan.
Available on LD, and VHS from Universal Home Entertainment
1984
Grandview, USA
Director - Randal Kleiser
Writer - Ken Hixon
Jamie Lee Curtis, Patrick Swayze, C. Thomas Howell, M. Emmet Walsh, Troy Donahue, William Windom, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Ramon Bieri, John Cusack, Joan Cusack, JasonCourt.
I have seen this film, but could not come up with a plot outline, because it was a shallow film with no character studies, I think it's trying to deal with issues of grwoing up and relationships, but it didn't work. In my opinion, this is one movie to skip, considering the size of John's part.
Available on VHS from Fox
1983
Class
Director - Lewis John Carlino
Writers - Jim Kouf and David Greenwalt
Jacqueline Bisset, Rob Lowe, Andrew McCarthy, Cliff Robertwon, John Cusack, Stuart Margolin, Casey Siemaszko.
A film dealing with the relationship of two Boarding school roomates, played by McCarthy and Lowe. It starts with McCarthy coming to the school, and about how the two devlopes a firendship and how that friendship is destoryed. John plays a friend of the two. The movie is fun to watch, also the fact that this was John's first movie, it defienetly deserves viewing. John is so cute and young in this film. "Oh's just so adorable!"
Available on LD, and VHS from Vestron Video
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