Say Anything [20th Anniversary Edition]

Director: Cameron Crowe Cameron Crowe

Overview

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.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/03/2009
UPC:	0024543617266
Original Release:	1989
Rating:	PG-13
Source:	20Th Century Fox
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono, Dolby Surround, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:40:00
Sales rank:	2,775

Special Features

Closed Caption; Commentary by Cameron Crowe, John Cusack and Ione Skye; A conversation with Cameron Crowe; I Love Say Anything...! featurette; 5 alternate scenes; 10 deleted scenes; 13 extended scenes; Vintage featurette; Theatrical trailers; TV spots; Photo gallery

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

John Cusack	Lloyd,Constance
Ione Skye	Diane
John Mahoney	James
Lili Taylor	Corey
Jeremy Piven	Actor
Eric Stoltz	Actor
Amy Brooks	D.C.
Jason Gould	Mike
Loren Dean	Joe
Glenn Walker Harris Jr.	Jason
Charles Walker	Principal,Sheila
Russel Lunday	Parent
Polly Platt	Mrs. Flood
Gloria Cromwell	Ruth
Patrick O'Neill	Denny
Gregory Sporleder	Howard
John Green Jr.	Luke
Bebe Neuwirth	Mrs. Evans
Chynna Phillips	Mimi
Allison Roth	Tammy
Lisanne Falk	Sandra
Jonathan Chapin	Guy
Donald Willis	Guy
Arlan Feiles	Guy
Christopher Ziesmer	Guy,U.S. Attorney
John Bruner	Guy
Montrose Hagins	Bess
Kathryn Fuller	Eva
Lenore Woodward	Sabina
Edward A. Wright	Mr. Taylor
Joanna Frank	Mrs. Kerwin
Jay R. Goldenberg	Al Kerwin
Richard Portnow	Agent Stewart
Stephen Shortridge	Ray
Kathleen Layman	Saleswoman
Tom Lawrence	Shop Customer
Annie Waterman	IRS Secretary
Philip Baker Hall	IRS Boss
John Hillner	Court's Attorney
Don 'The Dragon' Wilson	Sparring Parnter
Nicholas Kallsen	Nose-Setter
Thomas Payne	Man in Kickboxing Doorway
Lois Chiles	Mrs. Court
Bill Stevenson	Partyer
Jaime P. Gomez	Partyer
Judy Prescott	Partyer
Brooke Holland	Partyer
Lisa Picotte	Girl
Sunshine Lee	Girl
Mindy Feldman	Girl
Pamela Adlon	Rebecca
Jim Ladd	D.J.

Technical Credits

Cameron Crowe

Cameron Crowe	Director,Screenwriter
Polly Platt	Producer
James L. Brooks	Executive Producer,Producer
Randy Stone	Casting

Editorial Reviews

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 clichéd 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.

This film is rated PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America.
Parents Strongly Cautioned. Some Material May Be Inappropriate For Children Under 13

barnesandnoble.com

One of the best films of 1989 -- a film that is really about something, that cares deeply about the issues it contains -- and yet it also works wonderfully as a funny, warmhearted romantic comedy.

Roger Ebert