Shout (1991)

Director:

Jeffrey Hornaday

Writer (WGA):

Joe Gayton (written by)

Release Date:

4 October 1991 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Rock & Romance Explode In A Texas Town.

Plot:

A new music teacher (John Travolta) in a 1955 West Texas home for wayward boys brings new vision and hope for many of the interned boys. |

Plot Keywords:

Teacher | Music Teacher | Texas | Box Office Flop | Boys School

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

John Travolta	...	Jack Cabe
Jamie Walters	...	Jesse Tucker (as James Walters)
Heather Graham	...	Sara Benedict
Richard Jordan	...	Eugene Benedict
Linda Fiorentino	...	Molly
Scott Coffey	...	Bradley
Glenn Quinn	...	Alan
Frank von Zerneck Jr.	...	Toby (as Frank von Zerneck)
Michael Bacall	...	Big Boy
Sam Hennings	...	Travis Parker
Gwyneth Paltrow	...	Rebecca
Kristina Simonds	...	Rachel
Charles Taylor	...	Deputy
Paula Bellamy-Franklin	...	Orphanage Cook / Additional Voices (voice)
Jerry Tullos	...	Bandstand M.C.

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Spain:13 | USA:PG-13 | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:PG (Ontario)

Filming Locations:

Circle Drive, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company:

Robert Simonds Productions

Trivia:

Gwyneth Paltrow's film debut.

Quotes:

Alan: What's your name?
Rebecca: Rebecca.
Alan: My name is Alan, and I love you.
[They kiss]

Movie Connections:

References Shane (1953)

Soundtrack:

I Was a Fool

Skip it. Please skip it.

I have to agree with Maltin on this one. It stunk like crazy. Travolta a music teacher in a all boys school was an admirable feat, but not really that well pulled off. The interplay between the boys school and the girls school was trite and too precious at times but we did have some really nice girls to look at (Graham, Paltrow) unfortunately they looked like they were ready to be housewives of the 50s rather than teenagers, sometimes frumpy and few moments where they actually looked like they were not haggard students. As well the boys looked like they were living in a shanty town in comparison to the girls The finer points of the film were seeing Richard Jordan, an actor that I think was underrated in our time, unfortunately his role of strict school master almost mirrored his role of strict orphan director from another bomb he was in "Solarbabies", only slightly less sadistic. However if you choose to rent or (If your really lucky) catch this on cable listen carefully to the DJ on their radio, you just might recognize him, yet another underrated actor that was at least was fortunate to be heard and not seen in this movie.