Foxes (1980)

Director:

Adrian Lyne

Writer:

Gerald Ayres (written by)

Release Date:

29 February 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Daring To Do It!

Plot:

A group of friends come of age in the asphalt desert of the San Fernando Valley set to a blazing soundtrack and endless drinking, drugs and sex.

Plot Keywords:

Drug | Teenage Girl | Overweight | Teenager | Innocence

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jodie Foster	...	Jeanie
Cherie Currie	...	Annie
Marilyn Kagan	...	Madge
Kandice Stroh	...	Deirdre
Scott Baio	...	Brad
Sally Kellerman	...	Mary
Randy Quaid	...	Jay
Lois Smith	...	Mrs. Axman
Adam Faith	...	Bryan
Sloan Roberts	...	Loser (as Jon Sloan)
Jill Barrie Bogart	...	Sissie
Wayne Storm	...	Frank
Mary Margaret Lewis	...	Gladys
Grant Wilson	...	Greg
Fredric Lehne	...	Bobby

Also Known As:

Twentieth Century Foxes (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Australia:M | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (video rating) (1986) | UK:AA (original rating) | USA:R (certificate #25691)

Filming Locations:

Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Casablanca Filmworks

Trivia:

The original title was "20th Century Foxes" but was shortened to "Foxes" to avoid a lawsuit from film studio 20th Century Fox.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Brad was riding with Jeanie, the size of her cigarette changed during shots.

Quotes:

[closing narration]
Jeanie: Back in the heavy stoned days, when we used to stay up and talk a lot, Annie and me, we were talking about dying, how it feels and all. I said I'd never get buried. I couldn't stand them shoveling dirt in my face. Like, I know I'd be dead, but I still might have this strong compulsion to breathe...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The History of 'Flashdance' (2007) (V)

Soundtrack:

That's What I Like About My Baby

Undernourished, melodramatic teen flick from Adrian Lyne

Despite the presence of the always top flight Jodie Foster, Adrian Lyne's soaper about the desperate lives of four teenage girls living in sunny but suffocating Southern California is hampered by movie of the week cliches and a meandering storyline that never really goes anywhere. Divorces, absentee parents, easy access to alcohol and drugs, and a strong dose of hopelessness and ennui drive the foxes of the title to varying levels of destruction. Unless you were at a particularly impressionable age when you first saw the film, Foxes is likely to feel too deliberate and drawn out. It is fun, however, to take a peek at the performances of Scott Baio, Sally Kellerman, Randy Quaid, Lois Smith, and Cherie Currie (my favorite, though, is Marilyn Kagan as sexually maturing Madge) as well as the histrionics of glammy rockers Angel. Added bonus: Donna Summer sings the theme "On the Radio."