Foxes (1980)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Adrian Lyne

Writer:

Gerald Ayres (written by)

Release Date:

29 February 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Daring To Do It!

Plot:

A group of friends come of age in the asphalt desert of the San Fernando Valley set to a blazing soundtrack and endless drinking, drugs and sex.

Plot Keywords:

Drugs | Overweight | Teenager | Teenage Girl | Wedding

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Jodie Foster	...	Jeanie
Cherie Currie	...	Annie
Marilyn Kagan	...	Madge
Kandice Stroh	...	Deirdre
Scott Baio	...	Brad
Sally Kellerman	...	Mary
Randy Quaid	...	Jay
Lois Smith	...	Mrs. Axman
Adam Faith	...	Bryan
Sloan Roberts	...	Loser (as Jon Sloan)
Jill Barrie Bogart	...	Sissie
Wayne Storm	...	Frank
Mary Margaret Lewis	...	Gladys
Grant Wilson	...	Greg
Fredric Lehne	...	Bobby

Also Known As:

Twentieth Century Foxes (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Australia:M | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (video rating) (1986) | UK:AA (original rating) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Casablanca Filmworks

Trivia:

Buddy Foster, Jodie Foster's brother and a child actor in his own right, was up for a part in this film. They wanted him to play the love interest to his own sister. They eventually recast the love interest role and Buddy can be seen in another part.

Goofs:

Continuity: Brad's hair changes during shots, while riding home with the girls after the Angel concert.

Quotes:

Madge: [after Jeanie was talking to a pimp on Hollywood Boulevard, looking for Annie] God, Jeanie, I don't know how you could even talk to that guy. I mean like, he looks like a... He could hypnotize you like a cobra or something you know, and the next thing you're out on the boulevard and you're dressed like the Pointer Sisters.

Movie Connections:

Featured in "The Directors: The Films of Adrian Lyne" (????)

Soundtrack:

Virginia

Lived the life

One of the best portrayals of being a teen in the late 70's early 80's. Jodie Foster is simply wonderful as the one who tries to hold all of her friends together through the difficult times of being a teen in Califirnia; actually this could have been set in any city. I lived this life of parties, concerts and excess during this same era. Being 44 and looking back it is like looking back into my own memories of kids I went to school with and the things we experienced. Though the look of this movie is dated, big hair, satin jackets etc, however it certainly is still relevant. Donna Summer's "On the Radio" is such a great song and is a vital part of the fabric of this move. This is movie is so much better than the teen sex farces that seemed to proliferate after this movie came out - because it is a pretty close portrayal of what being a teen at this time was like with absent parents and lots of free time.If you haven't seen it you should...