Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

Regisseur:

Francis Ford Coppola

Drehbuchautoren:

Jerry Leichtling (writer)
Arlene Sarner (writer)

Premierendatum:

10. Oktober 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Drama | Fantasy | Romanze

Werbezeile:

Knowing what you know now, what would you do differently?

Plot:

Peggy Sue faints at a Highschool reunion. When she wakes up she finds herself in her own past, just before she finished school.

Plot Keywords:

Husband Wife Relationship | Dysfunctional Family | Sentimental | Teen Angst | Poignant

Filmpreise:

Nominated for 3 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 6 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Does "nature" or "nurture" determine our future??

Besetzung

Kathleen Turner	...	Peggy Sue
Nicolas Cage	...	Charlie Bodell
Barry Miller	...	Richard Norvik
Catherine Hicks	...	Carol Heath
Joan Allen	...	Maddy Nagle
Kevin J. O'Connor	...	Michael Fitzsimmons
Jim Carrey	...	Walter Getz
Lisa Jane Persky	...	Delores Dodge
Lucinda Jenney	...	Rosalie Testa
Wil Shriner	...	Arthur Nagle
Barbara Harris	...	Evelyn Kelcher
Don Murray	...	Jack Kelcher
Sofia Coppola	...	Nancy Kelcher
Maureen O'Sullivan	...	Elizabeth Alvorg
Leon Ames	...	Barney Alvorg

Alternativ:

Peggy Sue hat geheiratet (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

103 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (DeLuxe)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono

Altersfreigabe:

South Korea:12 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:T | Singapore:NC-16 | Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Finland:S | Norway:15 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:12 | Canada:PG

Drehorte:

Petaluma, California, USA

Firma:

Delphi V Productions

Dies und das:

Nicolas Cage based his character's voice on Pokey of "The Gumby Show" (1957). Francis Ford Coppola and the producers hated the voice and Cage was nearly fired. But Cage managed to convince Coppola he was making a good choice.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: Maddie's hair style changes between shots when Peggy first sees her outside at the reunion, to when they are inside and Maddie tells Peggy to find a table, and when Maddie and her husband join the table.

Dialogzitate:

Michael: But we had heat, baby. Passion! Fire! We owe it to ourselves to fuse together, at least one more time.
Peggy Sue: Oh, that's a good line. You are gonna be a terrific writer.
Michael: You thinks so?
Peggy Sue: Yeah.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Verweis/Anspielung/Erwähnung in "Married with Children: Peggy Sue Got Work (#1.9)" (1987)

Soundtrack:

Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop

Does "nature" or "nurture" determine our future??

In the 1986 film, "Peggy Sue Got Married", a question is asked during the 25-year class reunion, and Peggy Sue answers, "If I knew what I know now, I'd do it a lot differently." So, she faints, her heart stops, and she wakes up in 1960, with a chance to do it all over again. Would she still get pregnant at 18 and marry Charlie, who grows up to be a cheating husband, bringing her much misery?

She seems to try hard to do it differently. She spends lots of time with Richard, the high school geek, helping him understand the types of things that will come - man on the moon by 1969, pantyhose, small computers, large radios! She asks, "Is time travel possible?" He says, "Time is like a burrito, folds over on itself." She laughs when her father brings home a new Edsel. Richard says, "Change your destiny, marry me." "No", she says, "Peggy Sue got married, and that's it." (Thus the title of the film.)

Later, when Peggy Sue wakes up in 1985 again, in the hospital, we must ask ourselves, was this just a dream? No, it wasn't, because Charlie shows her a book classmate Michael had given her, a book he wrote, that he dedicated to her, based on a one magical night they had together, which had not happened the first time through. During the "dream", she had suggested he write a book based on that night.

Thus, the movie answers, at least for Peggy Sue, the question of doing it all over again. In the end, she still did the same thing, but the future somehow looked brighter for her and Charlie. The right conclusion, I think, because it has become well-established that "nature" is more important than "nurture" in forming our adult tendencies.

It was fun seeing all the fine actors, most before their prime. Of course Kathleen Turner (Peggy Sue) was already established at age 32, with hits like Body Heat (81), Romancing The Stone (84), and Prizzi's Honor (85) on her resume'. Nick Cage (real name Nick Coppola), who plays Charlie, was 22 and in his 9th film, but the first with a featured role. Jim Carrey was only 24, still 8 years before he was noticed with Ace Ventura, Mask, and Dumb/Dumber films, all in 1994.

Joan Allen was an old 30, playing a high schooler, in her first theatrical film, and 9 years before her defining role in Nixon as Pat. Helen Hunt, Peggy Sue's daughter, was 23 and already in her 28th film, 3 years after Quarterback Princess, but 6 years before the hit TV series, Mad About You. And then there was Sofia Coppola, 15, who played Peggy Sue's little sister, in her 7th film. Had she either been attractive, or a good actress, she might not have become a director (Virgin Suicides, Lost In Translation).

I was a teenager in the 60s, and this film for me is nostalgic, especially hearing all the original songs from that time. My only complaint about the movie is Nick Cage's voice. Something about it at age 22 made it very irritating to listen to. Now that he has grown up, I find his voice much more pleasant. Had he not been the director's nephew, I doubt that he would have gotten the role of Charlie. Overall I rate this one "8" of 10. I like it a lot.