Smooth Talk [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs]

Smooth Talk [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs]

Director: Joyce Chopra Cast: Laura Dern
Laura Dern
, Treat Williams
Treat Williams
, Mary Kay Place
Mary Kay Place
, Elizabeth Berridge
Elizabeth Berridge
Joyce Chopra
Smooth Talk [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs]

Smooth Talk [Criterion Collection] [2 Discs]

Director: Joyce Chopra Cast: Laura Dern
Laura Dern
, Treat Williams
Treat Williams
, Mary Kay Place
Mary Kay Place
, Elizabeth Berridge
Elizabeth Berridge
Joyce Chopra

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Overview

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?"

Product Details

Release Date: 02/23/2021
UPC: 0715515255813
Original Release: 1985
Source: Criterion Collection
Language: English
Time: 1:31:00
Sales rank: 5,283

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Laura Dern Connie
Treat Williams Arnold Friend
Mary Kay Place Katherine
Elizabeth Berridge June,Eddie
Levon Helm Harry
Sarah Inglis Jill
Margaret Welch Laura
Geoff Hoyle Ellie
William Ragsdale Jeff
Cab Covay Pickup Driver
Michael French Stan
Joy Carlin Laura's Mother
Mark McKay Bobby King
Carl Mueller Mall Boy
David O'Neill Mall Boy,Mall Boy
Craig Caddell Mall Boy
Gary Harris Mall Creep
Sally Schuab Saleslady
William Desmond Laura's Dad
Michael Vaughn Leroy
Rob Blair Beach Boy
Edgar Kahn Beach Boy
Spenser Mains Eddie's Friend
Darian Alioto Mall Creep
Margaret Welsh Laura
Russ Kunkel Composer
George Massenburg Composer
Bill Payne Composer

Technical Credits
Rocky Capella Stunts
Joyce Chopra Director
Martin Rosen Producer
Tom Cole Screenwriter
Lidsay Law Producer
Timothy Marx Producer
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