About Last Night (1986 film)

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About Last Night
About last night poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Edward Zwick
Produced by Jason Brett
Stuart Oken
Arnold Stiefel (executive)
E. Darrell Hallenbeck (associate)
Written by Tim Kazurinsky
Denise DeClue
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Music by Miles Goodman
Cinematography Andrew Dintenfass
Edited by Harry Keramidas
Distributed by TriStar Pictures
Release dates
 July 2, 1986
Running time
 113 min
Country United States
Language English
Box office $38,702,310 (domestic)[1]

About Last Night (styled as About Last Night...) is a 1986 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Edward Zwick, and starring Rob Lowe and Demi Moore as Chicago yuppies who enter a committed relationship for the first time. The screenplay by Tim Kazurinsky and Denise DeClue is based on the 1974 David Mamet play Sexual Perversity in Chicago. The film was remade as the 2014 About Last Night (without the ellipsis).[2]

Plot

Danny and Bernie are two single men who live in Chicago. When Danny meets Debbie at Mother Malone's ("Mother's"), a bar in the Chicago Gold Coast, the two start a relationship from a one-night stand. The film follows the couple for the first year of their relationship: their meeting after a softball game, her moving in with him, mutual friction at Thanksgiving, their breakup on New Year's Eve, his apology and declaration of love on St. Patrick's Day, and their reconciliation at a softball game.

Cast

Reception

Box office

The film was a box office success, grossing $38,702,310 domestically.[3] It was the 26th highest-grossing movie of 1986,[4] and the 10th highest-grossing R-rated movie of 1986.[5]

Critical response

The movie gained positive reviews.[6][7] Roger Ebert gave the film 4 out of 4 stars, writing in his review that "About Last Night . . . is one of the rarest of recent American movies, because it deals fearlessly with real people, instead of with special effects."[8] The lead performances were especially praised, with Ebert writing "Lowe and Moore, members of Hollywood's "Brat Pack," are survivors of last summer's awful movie about yuppie singles, St. Elmo's Fire. This is the movie St. Elmo's Fire should have been. Last summer's movie made them look stupid and shallow. About Last Night . . . gives them the best acting opportunities either one has ever had, and they make the most of them."[8]

The film holds a 61% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 28 reviews.

Soundtrack

About Last Night: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Soundtrack album by Various Artists
Released 1986 (1986)
Genre Pop, Soft Rock
Length 46:03
Label EMI America Records
Producer Narada Michael Walden
Dennis Lambert, John Oates
Michael Henderson, Paul Davis, Michael Omartian
J. D. Souther, Richard Burgess

The film's music soundtrack album was released on EMI Records. The album includes music by Sheena Easton, Michael Henderson, John Oates; as well as Jermaine Jackson, Bob Seger, and John Waite.[9]

Track listing[10]
No. Title Music Length
1. "So Far, So Good"   Sheena Easton 4:04
2. "(She's the) Shape of Things to Come"   John Oates 3:40
3. "Natural Love"   Sheena Easton 3:51
4. "Words Into Action"   Jermaine Jackson 4:56
5. "Step by Step"   J.D. Souther 4:27
6. "Living Inside My Heart"   Bob Seger 3:28
7. "Trails of the Heart"   Nancy Shanks 4:28
8. "'Til You Love Somebody"   Michael Henderson 4:00
9. "If We Can Get Through the Night"   Paul Davis 4:27
10. "True Love"   The Del-Lords 3:47
11. "If Anybody Had a Heart"   John Waite 4:34

References

  1. ↑ About Last Night at Box Office Mojo
  2. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1826590/
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  4. ↑ http://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=1986&p=.htm
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  9. ↑ About Last Night (Original Soundtrack)|Allmusic
  10. ↑ Various Artist: About Last Night..Soundtrack Album

External links

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