A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon

Infobox Film
name = A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon


caption = a teaser ad for the film
director = William Richert
producer = Mel Klein
Noel Marshall
Russell Schwartz
writer = William Richert (novel & screenplay)
starring = River Phoenix
Ann Magnuson
Meredith Salenger
music = Bill Conti (US version)
Elmer Bernstein (non US version)
cinematography = John J. Connor
editing = Suzanne Fenn
distributor = 20th Century Fox
released = 1988
runtime = 90 minutes
country = USA
language = English
budget =
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amg_id = 1:35276
imdb_id = 0095736

"A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon" is a 1988 film about a high school graduate who must find out if he wants to go to business school at the request of his father or go his own way and get a full time job. He shows he's rebellious throughout the film but eventually comes to understand what his parents want from him. The film stars River Phoenix, Ann Magnuson and Meredith Salenger. It is based upon the novel "Aren't You Even Gonna Kiss Me Goodbye?" by William Richert.

This film deviated considerably from the original director's cut, which is now available under the title "Aren't You Even Gonna Kiss Me Goodbye?"

It was filmed in 1986 and released in 1988.

Plot

The teen drama A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon is directed by William Richert, who adapted the screenplay from his own semi-autobiographical novel Aren't You Even Going to Kiss Me Goodbye? Set in a wealthy Chicago suburb during the 1960s, middle-class Jimmy Reardon (River Phoenix) hangs out with his upper-class best friend, Fred Roberts (Matthew Perry), and sleeps with Fred's snobby girlfriend, Denise Hunter (Ione Skye). He spends his time writing poetry and drinking coffee while he decides what to do after high school. His parents won't help him pay for tuition unless he attends the same business college as his father did, but Jimmy doesn't want to follow that path. Instead, he focuses on coming up with enough money for a plane ticket to go to Hawaii with his wealthy yet chaste girlfriend, Lisa Bentwright (Meredith Salenger). On the night of a big party, Jimmy is given the task of driving home his mother's divorced friend, Joyce Fickett (Ann Magnuson), who conveniently seduces him. Since he is late picking up Lisa, she goes to the dance with the rich Matthew Hollander (Jason Court) instead. Jimmy then crashes the family car and shares an intimate rapprochement with his father (Paul Koslo).

External links

*imdb title|id=0095736|title=A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon
*amg movie|id=1:35276|title=A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon
*rotten-tomatoes|id=night_in_the_life_of_jimmy_reardon|title=A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon