Lucas (1986)

User Rating:

6.5/10   

Director:

David Seltzer

Writer:

David Seltzer (written by)

Release Date:

28 March 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

Tagline:

It's about falling in love. For the first time.

Plot:

A socially inept fourteen year old experiences heartbreak for the first time when his two best friends -- Cappie, an older-brother figure, and Maggie, the new girl with whom he is in love -- fall for each other.

Plot Keywords:

High School | Boy | Football Team | Nerd | American Football

Awards:

3 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Fri. July 17

10:30 AM

AMC

Cast

Corey Haim	...	Lucas
Kerri Green	...	Maggie
Charlie Sheen	...	Cappie
Courtney Thorne-Smith	...	Alise
Winona Ryder	...	Rina
Tom Hodges	...	Bruno (as Thomas E. Hodges)
Ciro Poppiti	...	Ben
Guy Boyd	...	Coach
Jeremy Piven	...	Spike
Kevin Wixted	...	Tonto (as Kevin Gerard Wixted)
Emily Seltzer	...	Marie
Erika Leigh	...	Mary Ellen
Annie Ryan	...	Angie (as Anne Ryan)
Jason Alderman	...	Tony
Tom Mackie	...	Billy

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

UK:15 (video premiere) | Iceland:L | Australia:M | Germany:6 | Sweden:11 | UK:12 (video re-rating) (2004) | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Arlington Heights, Illinois, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

'Ellen Degeneres' was the other actress up for the part of Elise, which went to Courtney Thorne-Smith.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Maggie drops Lucas off for the first time he leans the seat forward to collect his bike from the back seat and closed the door, not putting the seat back up. Even as Maggie grabs his net and umbrella the seat is still down. But when the camera shifts to the other side of the car, the seat is magically up again.

Quotes:

Lucas: Are you referring to the size of my penis?
Bruno: Yeah, I am.
Lucas: With a flaccid penis, it's the number of folds that count. Besides, I'm not semi-erect like some of you guys here.
Bruno: What did you say?
Lucas: A University of Chicago study. You can tell the fags in a warm shower by who's got the longest dong. Hey, yours seems to be growing even now.
Bruno: The hell it is!
Lucas: It IS, look!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "I Love the 80's 3-D" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Hit Me With Your Best Shot

A Touching and Emotional Teen Drama.

Haim gives his overall best performance as the 14-year-old title character who has a crush on new girl Green and they bond during the summer, but by the time school begins, he gets teased by the jocks and Green leaves him out in the cold and has eyes for football hunk Sheen, who has become Lucas's bodyguard. Fraught with rejection and neglect, Lucas attempts to prove himself worthy by trying out for the football team, which he knows is no easy task for a boy his age. Unlike many other teen movies, LUCAS gives us a character that we can actually relate to, and the other characters fit in perfectly. One of the best teen movies of the 80's.

4 out of 5