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A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon

Movie (1988)

"He's got 24 hours to convince the one girl he really loves that he's honest, faithful, and fully committed. It's going to be a long night."

A recent high school graduate is faced with two options, either go to a business school where his father wants him to go to, or get a full time job. However he decides to defy his father and go to Hawaii. Trouble is he has no money. Along the way he comes to understand his parents and eventually bonds with his father.

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Released:	Jul 21st, 1988
Budget:	N/A
Revenue:	$6,264,058.00

A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon Main Cast

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River Phoenix
plays Jimmy Reardon

Ann Magnuson
plays Joyce Fickett

Meredith Salenger
plays Lisa Bentwright

Ione Skye
plays Denise Hunter

Louanne
plays Suzie Middleberg

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Matthew Perry's movie debut.
Movie Goof (anachronisms): When Jimmy talks to Rosie at the bowling alley, "He's So Fine" is playing. The film is set in 1962; "He's So Fine" was released in 1963.
The movies narration was originally performed by director (William Richert). 20th Century Fox decided the movie would be better geared towards a teen audience and Richert's narration sounded 'too grandfather like'. After much debating with Richert, (River Phoenix) was brought back over a year after the film wrapped to record the narration that would replace that of Richert in the final cut.
The parents of lead actor (River Phoenix) asked director (William Richert) to remove a line by character Joyce Fickett in which she states to Jimmy Reardon; "Jimmy, I want to fuck you", fearing that it would affect their 16 year old sons relationship with his tween fan base. Richert refused to remove it completely but muted the line instead.

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