That Was Then... This Is Now (1985)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Christopher Cain

Writers:

S.E. Hinton (novel)
Emilio Estevez (screenplay)

Release Date:

8 November 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Crime

Plot:

Two juvenile delinquents find themselves growing apart, for one is growing up, and the other is staying young and reckless.

Plot Keywords:

Teenager | Drugs | Juvenile Delinquent | Boy Boy Friendship | Punk Girl

Cast

Emilio Estevez	...	Mark Jennings
Craig Sheffer	...	Bryon Douglas
Larry B. Scott	...	Terry Jones
Matthew Dudley	...	Curly Shepard
Jill Schoelen	...	Angela Shepard
Kim Delaney	...	Cathy Carlson
Barbara Babcock	...	Mrs. Douglas
Frank Howard	...	M & M Carlson
Morgan Freeman	...	Charlie Woods
Francis X. McCarthy	...	Mr. Carlson (as Frank McCarthy)
Diane Dorsey	...	Mrs. Carlson
Ramon Estevez	...	Mike Chambers (as Ramon Sheen)
David Miller	...	Punk
Steven Pringle	...	Dirty Dave
Robert Swan	...	Smitty (as Bob Swan)

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (TVC)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Canada:18A (Ontario) | Australia:M | Canada:14A | Finland:K-14 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Capitol Hill Area, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA

Company:

Media Ventures

Trivia:

The movie "That Was Then...This is Now" takes place in Minneapolis & Saint Paul, Minnesota. The S.E. Hinton novel is set in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In just about every scene where a bus is involved, it's bus #461.

Quotes:

Mark Jennings: Let's move out... Teabag!

Movie Connections:

References The Outsiders (1983)

Soundtrack:

Rap Song

movie is ok

That was then, this was now was, to my opinion, a pretty good movie, with plenty of action to keep you interested. The characters however, look different from what I imagined in the book. Still, Mark and Bryon made things interesting both in the book and the movie. A lot of the other characters, such as Cathy, M&M, Charlie, Angela, and the shepherd brothers also made the movie and the book interesting, especially near the end.