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6.4/10
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In a 1966 New Jersey high school, Jill and new student Sheik from the other side of the tracks make their way in a first love romance.In a 1966 New Jersey high school, Jill and new student Sheik from the other side of the tracks make their way in a first love romance.In a 1966 New Jersey high school, Jill and new student Sheik from the other side of the tracks make their way in a first love romance.
- Awards
- 1 win total
Bill Raymond
- Mr. Ripeppi
- (as William Joseph Raymond)
- Director
- Writers
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Did you know
- TriviaRobert Downey Jr. has said of this film at the Robert Downey, Jr. Film Guide website: "At the time, I was working at a restaurant called Central Falls as a busboy, a lot of friends of mine were all auditioning for this. I had four weeks work in 'Baby It's You', and I told all my friends I was now, officially, a major talent and film star, and then they cut my scenes out. You don't even see me except in one scene, you see me in the background, until this self-indulgent actress leans forward to try and get more camera time. My friends called it 'Maybe It's You'."
- GoofsWhen Sheik and Jill leave on their trip to the New Jersey shore, they cross a large bridge that has the slogan "Trenton Makes - The World Takes" on it. This bridge actually takes you from Trenton into Morrisville, Pennsylvania.
- Quotes
Albert 'Sheik' Capadilupo: When we were in high school...
Jill Rosen: [shouts] We're not in high school any more!
- ConnectionsFeatured in At the Movies: Teenage Sex Movies (1983)
- SoundtracksWooly Bully
Written by Domingo Samudio (as D. Samudio)
Performed by Sam the Sham and The Pharaohs
Courtesy of PolyGram Records, Inc.
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Unlike other viewers, I didn't really connect with this on any major level. And I don't think their longing for each other was anything more than adolescent infatuation (hey, we've all been there!), made all the more desperate by separation anxiety. A couple of 18-year-olds struggling to find themselves in the world. OK as a romantic comedy drama, but no great shakes.
Performances were all solid. Interesting to see Matthew Modine pop up briefly as the college boyfriend. And it looked great -- nice and moody -- seemed like something out of the 1960s.
One thing bothered me: The use of Bruce Springsteen songs from the 1970s in a movie that was to have taken place in 1967 (not 1965, as another reviewer said -- the signs at Rosanna Arquette's prom clearly said, "Class of 1967"). Anyway, those Springsteen songs from the soundtrack wouldn't have been out yet. But I guess it was done to add a "Jersey feel" to the movie.
Performances were all solid. Interesting to see Matthew Modine pop up briefly as the college boyfriend. And it looked great -- nice and moody -- seemed like something out of the 1960s.
One thing bothered me: The use of Bruce Springsteen songs from the 1970s in a movie that was to have taken place in 1967 (not 1965, as another reviewer said -- the signs at Rosanna Arquette's prom clearly said, "Class of 1967"). Anyway, those Springsteen songs from the soundtrack wouldn't have been out yet. But I guess it was done to add a "Jersey feel" to the movie.
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Box office
- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,867,792
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $12,420
- Mar 6, 1983
- Gross worldwide
- $1,867,792
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