1984's RECKLESS starred a pre-SPLASH Daryl Hannah as Tracey Prescott, a rich girl who gets mixed up with "bad boy" motorcyle riding Johnny Rourke (Aidan Quinn in his film debut). It was a typical opposite side of the tracks romance, but it was a lot better than you would think. I had dismissed it when it originally came out, only to see it later written up in AMERICAN FILM magazine.
One of the reasons it was better than expected was the fact it was the film debut of director James Foley who would go on to make AT CLOSE RANGE and GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS. The writer of the film was Chris Columbus before he wrote GREMLINS and GOONIES.
Here is the trailer.
I haven't seen the film since the 1980's but always remembered one scene:
The duo running through the school at night, with one of my favorite songs of the decade, Kim Wilde's "Kids In America" blaring over the PA system.
An MGM release, I believe the rights are now with Warner. I don't know if it is music rights holding it up, but it deserves a DVD release. It seems like a perfect candidate for the Warner Archive.
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
FORGOTTEN FILM: RECKLESS (1984)
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I always liked this film too. Daryl Hannah and Aidan Quinn had undeniable chemistry in this film - a scorching couple! And speaking of music, the use of "Never Say Never" by Romeo Void is pretty amazing also.
It's baffling how come this film hasn't seen the light of day, DVD-wise. May be music rights? Or maybe Warner Bros. just doesn't give a crap about this little film that has gone largely forgotten.
Nice post - I haven't thought about this film in some time.
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It's available on here now. I have no idea what they did with the soundtrack.
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