Peggy Sue Got Married

Synopsis: Peggy Sue Got Married is a 1986 American comedy-drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola starring Kathleen Turner as a woman on the verge of a divorce, who finds herself transported back to the days of her senior year in high school in 1960. The film was written by husband and wife team Jerry Leichtling and Arlene Sarner.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Production: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
  Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Metacritic:
74
Rotten Tomatoes:
85%
PG-13
Year:
1986
103 min
611 Views


Over BLACK, we HEAR the sounds of an old TAPE RECORDING.

Young VOICES are filtered amid a noticeable hum, hiss and

crackle. We HEAR giggling and then someone named Charlie

making vows of love to someone named Peggy Sue.

CHARLIE (0.S).

Hi this is Charlie and...

Come on, say your name.

PEGGY (O.S.)

Peggy Sue.

CHARLIE (O.S.)

And we're here on the couch...

PEGGY (0.S.)

Don't say that...

EXT. PEGGY'S NEIGHBORHOOD — DAY

A split—level house on a slight grade of lawn. A red Honda

the driveway.

CHARLIE (O.S.)

We're here on the sofa bed...

PEGGY (0.S.)

Charlie...

CHARLIE (O.S.)

...to record how much we love each

other. Sitting beside me is the

cutest majorette in the history of

the world. And she would Like to

say something.

A real estate agent, a WOMAN, carries a "For Sale" sign to

the center of the lawn and begins driving it in with a

hammer.

CHARLIE (O.S.)

Come on Peggy. Say what we

rehearsed.

PEGGY (O.S.)

I can't. I'm too embarrassed.

INT. BODELL HOUSE

MOVING VIEW, revealing the empty house. We HEAR the RECORDING

LOUDER.

CHARLIE (O.S.)

But you love me don't you?

PEGGY (0.S.)

Yeah. Come on Charlie, turn it off.

CHARLIE (O.S.)

And nothing will ever change that.

Charlie starts giggling. We HEAR fumbling and tickling.

CLOSE VIEW INTO THE KITCHEN - First we see a woman's hand, on

the floor. It is partially covered with flour.

MOVING VIEW reveals PEGGY BODELL, in her early 40's, fainted

from heartbreak while baking a cake. Flour is scattered on

the floor. She recovers from her faint. Confused, she

steadies herself and brushes the flour from her dress.

INT. GARAGE -- DAY

Peggy's son, SCOTT, 16, is playing an old reel to reel tape

recorder. There are stacks of boxes filled with personal

things and records. His sister, BETH, 23, is packing.

SCOTT:

Boy, have they changed. Who gets

it?

BETH:

I don't know, just put it back.

CHARLIE (O.S.)

Oh, gotta go. Here's a little

make—out music.

A record starts:
"You Belong to Me" by the Duprees.

INT. CHARLIE'S APARTMENT

CHARLIE BODELL, early 40's, singing the same song. He can't

hit a high note, turns off the water and steps out of the

shower. JANET, his young, buxom girlfriend is in the bedroom.

CHARLIE:

Goddamnit, I just can't hit those

high notes anymore.

JANET:

You know Charlie, if you're serious

about this, I know a great vocal

coach.

Charlie's perplexed reaction.

EXT. BODELL HOUSE - DAY

"Crazy Charlie's Discount Appliances" truck has parked in

front of the house. WORKMEN are loading boxes of records,

tapes, etc. Charlie pulls up, waves to workmen.

INT. KITCHEN/HALLWAY

Peggy is loading the odd—shaped cakes into boxes. We note the

grandfather clock tolling nine.

VIEW IN HALLWAY:

Beth meets her father at the door.

BETH:

Hi Dad, can I have 100 dollars for

a brake job?

CHARLIE:

Did I hear 70 dollars? What do you

need 50 dollars for? How's your

Mom?

Peggy comes out of the kitchen. Charlie has stopped

conspicuously at the threshold. A workman comes from behind

Peggy.

WORKER:

Coming through.

CHARLIE:

Frank, watch the clock.

Peggy looks outside.

EXT. HOUSE — PEGGY'S POV

Janet is seated in Charlie's car.

INT. HOUSE

PEGGY:

There's something pathetic parked

in front of my house.

CHARLIE:

Come off it, Peggy. And what do you

mean your house? This is my house.

I paid for it, I'm still paying for

it.

PEGGY:

I'm still waiting for the mortgage

check.

CHARLIE:

I mailed it to you on Wednesday.

PEGGY:

Well, today's Saturday and it's

still not here.

CHARLIE:

Jesus, Peggy. Take it easy. I'm not

used to that stuff. You always did

the bills. Blame the damn post

office.

A workman approaches carrying an old mono record player:

black and white, a real fifties artifact. For a moment their

mutual resentment melts, as they look at each other.

PEGGY:

That stays.

The workman looks to Charlie for approval. Charlie nods. The

workman shrugs, and heads back to the basement.

CHARLIE:

You got a Tab?

PEGGY:

I don't buy them anymore. You were

the only one who drank them.

INT. REC ROOM

Peggy leads the way. At the far end, she flips a light switch

that turns on a wall sculpture of lava lamps.

CHARLIE:

You don't want them? They're going

to make a big comeback any minute.

Mark my words, these lamps are

going to...

PEGGY:

I know. Put Scott through college.

CHARLIE:

I'll think of a way to sell, them.

(beat)

One day.

Peggy opens a box filled with records. She closes it and

moves to another. Charlie checks the contents of another box

on the other side of the room.

PEGGY:

Are you taking Janet to the reunion

tonight?

CHARLIE:

I'm not going.

Scott calls from the top of the stairs.

SCOTT:

Come on Dad!

CHARLIE:

Be right there. I'll go through the

rest of this stuff next weekend.

SCOTT:

Bye Mom.

PEGGY:

Bye sweetheart.

Peggy and Charlie look at each other as Scott leaves.

CHARLIE:

(with real, regret)

I never thought it would go

this far.

Charlie exits. Peggy looks around. She slaps the flap of a

box down, to close it, but it jumps back up.

DISSOLVE:

EXT. PEGGY'S DRIVEWAY

Peggy and Beth carry the cake boxes into the car A NEIGHBOR

trimming the hedge watches them lasciviously.

Peggy and Beth drive off.

EXT. STREET

Peggy's car rounds a corner into the business section of

town.

EXT. LOVIN' OVEN BAKE SHOP

Peggy pulls up to the front door of The Lovin' Oven, her bake

shop. Bags of bread and rolls lean against the door. Beth

jumps out and opens the door of the shop. Peggy stacks the

boxes in Beth's arms and opens the door for her.

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Arlene Sarner

Nachdem sie 1966 am Forest Hill Collegiate Institute in Toronto graduierte, heiratete sie ihre High-School-Liebe, den damals noch unbekannten kanadischen Musikproduzenten Bob Ezrin. Doch die Ehe ging trotz zweier gemeinsamer Kinder in die Brüche. Und so wechselte sie ihren Beruf und verließ die Musikbranche, in der sie gemeinsam mit ihrem Mann arbeitete, und gründete eine eigene Agentur, die hauptsächlich für Werbung und Werbeclips arbeitete. more…

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