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Synopsis: Clay, an eighteen-year-old freshman, comes back from his first term at Princeton to spend his Christmas vacation with his broken-up wealthy family in Los Angeles. His former girlfriend, Blair, is now involved with his ex-best-friend, Julian. She warns Clay that Julian needs help: he is using a lot of cocaine and has huge debts. What follows is a look at the youth culture of wealthy post adolescents in Beverly Hills with a strong anti-drug message. Apart from the setting and the names, the film has very little to do with Bret Easton Ellis's book by the same title on which it was based.
Genre: Crime, Drama
Director(s): Marek Kanievska
Production: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.4
Metacritic:
49
Rotten Tomatoes:
54%
R
Year:
1987
98 min
1,853 Views


# I believe #

# I believe ##

What's your name?

Richard.

Hi.

You're gonna give me

a negative self-image.

Impossible.

This is great,

isn't it?

The three of us together,

seeing you again.

You happy or sad?

I'm not sad.

You don't look happy.

But do I look good?

Always.

You're gonna get

real serious now, huh?

No.

I'm sorry.

What for?

Everything.

It doesn't matter anymore.

I just wish that you knew.

It's not the same

with you and me.

It's not the same.

Well, what's it like?

When you left,

you left the both of us.

Everything just changed

so quickly.

Julian needed somebody.

I guess I needed

somebody, too.

It doesn't matter.

Forget it.

- Did you talk to Julian?

- No.

I asked you

to talk to him.

All right, I'll call Betty Ford,

get him a room.

-Just talk to him. He's your friend too.

-It's funny.

When you called me,

I thought I was coming home to see you.

# Stop actin' so crazy #

#You say your mommy ain't home,

it ain't my concern #

#Just don't play with me,

and you won't get burned #

# I have only

one itchin' desire #

# Let me stand

next to your fire #

# Stand, yeah #

# Let me stand, baby #

# Let me stand #

# Ohh, let me stand #

#Aow! #

# Oh, move over, Rover #

#And let Jimi take over #

#Yeah, you know

what I'm talkin' about #

#Yeah,

get on with it, baby #

#That's what I'm

talkin' about #

# Now, dig this #

# Now, listen, baby #

#You try to give me

your money #

#You better save it, babe #

# Save it

for your rainy day #

# I have only

one burnin' desire #

# Let me stand

next to your fire ##

Thought I'd

find you here.

I'm having trouble

at home.

Which one?

All of them.

Who drove?

You did.

Ahh.

Oh, parking is key.

You ever think

about going back?

Where?

School. I did.

I just like

dropped by,

took a nostalgic

walk around.

And?

It was weird.

All the kids

had grown up.

It wasn't like it was

when we were there.

Think they miss us?

No.

Come on, Clay Easton,

Julian Wells--

Legends, baby.

We could do anything.

What are you going to do?

Take a nap.

After that?

Business.

Are you dealing?

My most lofty ambition

is to deal.

You look bad.

What's going on?

I'm serious.

I'm seriously getting frustrated

with these questions.

Someday we're gonna

look back on this.

It's all gonna seem groovy.

- Are you going to see Blair?

- Yeah. She's working downtown.

Give her my love.

The soap is fine.

There are flecks on her neck.

You can't see anything.

Take care of the flecks.

Great. Great.

Sign the contracts

for next week's shoot.

We got to get

them signed.

If you want a new bar,

get rid of the flecks.

This shoot better be over by Friday.

I've got Rose Bowl tickets.

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Harley Peyton

Harley Peyton is an American television producer and writer. He worked in both capacities on Twin Peaks and was nominated for an Emmy Award for his writing on the series. He went to Harvard and Stanford. more…

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