Directed by:
Joyce ChopraScreenplay:
Tom ColeCinematography:
James GlennonComposer:
Russ KunkelCast:
Treat Williams, Laura Dern, Mary Kay Place, Margaret Welsh, Levon Helm, Elizabeth Berridge, William RagsdaleVOD (1)
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Suspended between carefree youth and the harsh realities of the adult world, a teenage girl experiences an unsettling awakening in this haunting vision of innocence lost. Based on Joyce Carol Oates’s celebrated short story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” the narrative debut from Joyce Chopra features a revelatory breakout performance by Laura Dern as Connie, the fifteen-year-old black sheep of her family, whose summertime idyll of beach trips, mall hangouts, and innocent flirtations is shattered by an encounter with a mysterious stranger (a memorably menacing Treat Williams). Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance, Smooth Talk captures the thrill and terror of adolescent sexual exploration, and it transforms the conventions of a coming-of-age story into something altogether more troubling and profound. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
Treat Williams
USA
Best movies:
Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
Hair (1979)
Laura Dern
USA
Best movies:
Jurassic Park (1993)
A Perfect World (1993)
Blue Velvet (1986)
Mary Kay Place
USA
Best movies:
Terms of Endearment (1983)
The Rainmaker (1997)
Girl, Interrupted (1999)
Margaret Welsh
USA
Best movies:
American Heart (1992)
Mr. & Mrs. Bridge (1990)
The New Kids (1985)
Levon Helm
USA
Best movies:
The Right Stuff (1983)
Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
Shooter (2007)
Elizabeth Berridge
USA
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
Payback (1999)
Silence of the Heart (1984) (TV movie)
William Ragsdale
USA
Best movies:
Fright Night (1985)
Frankenstein: The College Years (1991) (TV movie)
Smooth Talk (1985)