Movie poster from "Say Anything",of John Cusacks famous serenade scene.One of my favorite movies from the fabulous 80's was "Say Anything",a teenage love story between a Lloyd(John Cusack),a wannabe kickboxer and ordinary guy and Diane(Ione Skye),a beautiful and highly intelligent "rich Daddys girl" who has a scholarship waiting for her to study abroad.Of course Dianes father meddles and encourages their breakup and then they get back together and fly off to England at the conclusion.More than anything,the scene where Lloyd stands in front of his beater car(70's Malibu)in a trenchcoat,with his boombox lifted high over his head,playing Peter Gabriels"In Your Eyes" in front of his girls house to woo her back,stands out as a classic movie moment.It spawned many spoofs on shows like "Family Guy" & "South Park",and the "Drew Carey Show" & "Greys Anatomy" and I admit I have a gigantic black & white poster from that scene,identical to the photo above,hanging in our den next to all the beer signs and Giants posters lol.
And its funny to note that in 2008,standing in a girls yard with a loud radio would get you locked up for stalking,nevertheless in this movie,at that time,it was romantic!We have a copy of the movie and whenever we have "date-night" it is a favorite flashback movie.John Cusacks onscreen sister,with whom he lived,was played by none other than his REAL offscreen sister,actress Joan Cusack!If you have never seen it,it plays on WE and AMC networks alot-in fact it airs on AMC tomorrow morning at 9:30 EST!
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"She's gone. She gave me a pen. I gave her my heart, and she gave me a pen."
It was a great film by Cameron Crowe, who wrote/directed it. Crowe was also involved in Jerry McGuire, Almost Famous, and the classic Fast Times at Ridgemont High, to name a few. Say Anything was the first movie of his that I saw, and he quickly became one of my favorite directors.
For a long time it was out of print, and for years I searched for it with no luck. Eventually, I found a used copy for sale at a video store in the Poconos. The tape was worn out, with poor picture and a small section that I could only forward/rewind through, but I was glad to have it.
Now I have a "special edition" of the movie on DVD.
1989 also had another great movie: Heathers.
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