A famous rock star falls in love with a child psychologist who has ears only for the classics, and has never heard of him.A famous rock star falls in love with a child psychologist who has ears only for the classics, and has never heard of him.A famous rock star falls in love with a child psychologist who has ears only for the classics, and has never heard of him.
- The James Roberts Band - Bass
- (as Robert 'Pops' Popwell)
- Cal Mussetter
- (as Heather Devore-Haase)
Storyline
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- TriviaThe movie was not the cinema film debut of singer Rick Springfield who had previously portrayed Lieutenant Zac in the feature film Battlestar Galactica (1978). This was despite the fact that film posters for the movie boasted slogans like "Rick Springfield in his motion picture debut".
- GoofsWhen Jamie sends flowers to Diana (at around 12 mins), they are pink and red, but when his road guy comes back with the refused flowers, they are yellow.
- Quotes
Diana Lawson: Will you stop harassing me? I know who you are, you're a rock person of some sort.
James Roberts: Do you like my music?
Diana Lawson: No, I don't like your music.
James Roberts: Why?
Diana Lawson: It's bubblegum!
James Roberts: Yeah? Well 21 million Americans seem to think different!
Diana Lawson: Well, bully for them!
James Roberts: *Bully* for them? What kind of word is "bully"? What kind of music do you like?
Diana Lawson: Tony Bennett.
James Roberts: Jesus...
Diana Lawson: No... Tony Bennett!
- ConnectionsEdited into The Green Fog (2017)
- SoundtracksLove Somebody
Performed by Rick Springfield
The story to me seemed to be half done in that it couldn't decide whether to be a comedy or a drama. And I just couldn't feel the chemistry between his character Jamy and the love interest Diana (Janet Eilber) While I think that Patti Hansen's character of Niki Nides got unfortunately left in the background, and left under developed due to the material each one had been given to work with (or the lack of it).
The soundtrack for this movie had some of Rick's best works on it written by him. No small feat and it also had some other really standout musicians on it (Peter Gabriel, Graham Parker, and Nona Hendryx) And the real shame in this is that the movie was so poorly done in the wriitng, directing, and some of the other character actors involved it managed to somehow sink the soundtrack where by unfortunately and VERY unfairly sealing Rick's possible fate as a washed up teen idol. Which is NOT the title that a man of his talent deserves How sad!
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Box office
- Budget
- $8,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $11,113,806
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,410,001
- Apr 8, 1984
- Gross worldwide
- $11,113,806
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1