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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Daniel Jay Franklin (story)
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Release Date:
3 March 1989 (USA) more
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Tagline:
With dreams like these who needs reality?
Plot:
Bobby Kellar has a crush on Lainie Diamond, girlfriend of school jerk Joel. Coleman is working on an... more | add synopsis
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Corey Haim to return to the screen
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Slow news day: Corey Haim to return to the screen
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Corey Feldman ... Bobby Keller
Corey Haim ... Dinger

Jason Robards ... Coleman Ettinger
Piper Laurie ... Gena Ettinger

Harry Dean Stanton ... Ike Baker

Meredith Salenger ... Lainie Diamond

William McNamara ... Joel

Ria Pavia ... Maureen

Lala Sloatman ... Shelley (as Lala)
Laura Lee Norton ... Marge

John Ward ... Derek
Matt Adler ... Dumas
Josh Evans ... Low Life #1
Jody Smith ... Low Life #2

Kent Faulcon ... Low Life #3
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Long Before Tomorrow (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
114 min
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Four days before filming, Corey Haim broke his leg and Dinger's character had to be rewritten to include the injury. While his actual cast was removed during filming, he had to wear a fake one for the remainder of the production. In the movie Dinger says that his mother hit him with her car. In real life, Haim broke his leg while trying to teach his mom how to drive a motorbike. She couldn't use the breaks well yet and ran into the side of a building, breaking her nose and Corey's leg. more
Quotes:
Lainie Diamond: You're crazy.
Bobby Keller: And I'm cute too. Aren't I?
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Movie Connections:
References The Lost Boys (1987) more
Soundtrack:
TIME RUNS WILD more

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Surreal and Fun, 18 September 2000
9/10

I consider this film to be one of the staples of growing up in this society. The script has fun with the trials and nuances of growing up, without being preachy. On the plot side, this film can be a little difficult to follow on the first time watching, as the story is very imaginative and surreal. Viewers are flitted back and forth between reality and a very well-done dream sequence that features great performances by the talented Jason Robards and Corey Feldman.

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