Lucas (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Lucas |
| Original title | Lucas |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1986 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | David Seltzer |
| script | David Seltzer |
| production | David Nicksay, Kristi Zea |
| music | Dave Grusin |
| camera | Reynaldo Villalobos |
| cut | Priscilla Nedd-Friendly |
| occupation | |
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Lucas is an American tragic comedy directed by David Seltzer from 1986 . Seltzer also wrote the script. Corey Haim , Kerri Green , Charlie Sheen and Courtney Thorne-Smith play the leading roles. Winona Ryder and Jeremy Piven made their screen debuts in Lucas . The film had a budget of $ 6 million and grossed 8.2 million.
action
Lucas Bly is a smart 14 year old high school student. He meets Maggie, an attractive older girl who has just moved to town. After meeting Lucas at one of his entomology games, Maggie becomes friends with him and spends time with him for the remainder of the summer until school starts.
Lucas, who is a frequent victim of bullying and pranking, has a protector, Cappie Roew, an older student and football player. Cappie was once one of Lucas tormentors until Cappie contracted hepatitis and Lucas, for reasons no one ever knew, always brought him his homework every day to make sure Cappie didn't fail and have to repeat a year of school.
Maggie becomes the football team cheerleader to get closer to Cappie, with whom she is in love. Lucas is upset and offended by Maggie for continuing to ignore him. He starts telling Maggie that her cheerleading is "superficial" and he makes the wrong assumption that she is his partner for an upcoming school ball. Maggie contradicts him on this.
On the night of the ball, Cappie is abandoned by his girlfriend, Alise, who has noticed his attraction to Maggie. A depressed cappie shows up at Maggie, who is having some kind of party. The group decides to go get pizza. Lucas leaves the party. In the meantime, Cappie and Maggie have gone to a pizza restaurant alone. Lucas drives by by accident and sees their first kiss. Desperate, Lucas even joins the football team, for which he is actually too small. There he is teased again. When Maggie tells him that she wants his friendship, he tries to kiss her, which she refuses.
Lucas is devastated. Shortly thereafter, he suffers a serious football injury. He is visited by Maggie and they both ensure that they have a platonic friendship. When he is released from the hospital, his two tormentors, Bruno and Spike, show him respect and give him a jacket.
production
The scenes at the school were filmed at Glenbard West High School in Glen Ellyn , Illinois and Arlington High School in Arlington Heights , Illinois.
reception
Reviews for Lucas were mostly positive. Rotten Tomatoes rates 69% of the reviews as positive. Roger Ebert gave the film 4 out of four stars. Ebert later put the film on his list of the best ten films of 1986.
Awards
Corey Haim and Kerri Green were nominated for a Young Artist Award in 1987. The film was nominated for the same award for Best Family Entertainment (Drama) Film. Entertainment Weekly ranked the film # 16 in the Top 50 High School Feature Films.
accusations
In Corey Feldman's biography Coreyography (2013), following his friend's story, he described how Corey Haim was sexually abused by a grown man on the set. The perpetrator is one of the most successful personalities in the film industry.
Web links
- Lucas in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History , Scarecrow Press, 1989, p. 260
- ↑ Lucas (1986) . In: Box Office Mojo . Internet Movie Database . Retrieved March 4, 2011.
- ↑ Lucas (1986) . In: Rotten Tomatoes . Flixster . Retrieved March 4, 2011.
- ^ Roger Ebert : Lucas review . In: Chicago Sun-Times , March 28, 1986. Archived from the original on March 4, 2011. Retrieved July 13, 2010.
- ↑ Roger Ebert : Ebert's 10 Best Lists: 1967-present . In: Chicago Sun-Times , December 15, 2004. Archived from the original on March 4, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
- ^ Eighth Annual Youth in Film Awards . Young Artist Award . 1987. Archived from the original on March 4, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
- ^ Head of the Class: The 50 Best High School Movies . In: Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on March 4, 2011. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
- ↑ Spargo, Chris: 'I was molested and passed around': Corey Feldman describes his ordeal at the hands of Hollywood pedophile ring and says Corey Haim was just eleven years old when he was first raped . May 26, 2016. Retrieved August 27, 2016.
- ↑ Connelly, Sherryl: Corey Feldman's new book details sexual abuse he and Corey Haim experienced in Hollywood . October 20, 2013. Retrieved August 27, 2016.