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Baby It's You was a 1983 film written and directed by John Sayles. It starred Rosanna Arquette and Vincent Spano. This was Sayles' first film for a major Hollywood studio. He based the screenplay on an autobiographical story by Amy Robinson but was also close to his own high school experiences. Photo of John Sayles by Robert Birnbaum John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950 in Schenectady, New York) is a fiercely independent American film director and writer who frequently takes a small part in his own and other indie films. ...
Photo of John Sayles by Robert Birnbaum John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950 in Schenectady, New York) is a fiercely independent American film director and writer who frequently takes a small part in his own and other indie films. ...
Arquette at Cannes in (2002) Rosanna Lauren Arquette (born August 10, 1959, in New York, NY) is an American actress, film director, and film producer. ...
Vincent Spano (born October 18, 1962) is an American actor. ...
March 4 is the 63rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (64th in leap years). ...
1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...
1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Photo of John Sayles by Robert Birnbaum John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950 in Schenectady, New York) is a fiercely independent American film director and writer who frequently takes a small part in his own and other indie films. ...
Arquette at Cannes in (2002) Rosanna Lauren Arquette (born August 10, 1959, in New York, NY) is an American actress, film director, and film producer. ...
Vincent Spano (born October 18, 1962) is an American actor. ...
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The film wasn't actually produced by the studio but actually financed on the basis of a distribution commitment. As a result, during post-production, Paramount executives began criticizing the downbeat ending of the film and the choice of classic pop music on the soundtrack. Sayles fought his way through the test screening process and was able to get his cut released but in retaliation the studio half-heartedly promoted it.
This was the first theatrical film ever to feature the music of Bruce Springsteen. Bruce Frederick Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an American rock and folk singer, songwriter, and guitarist. ...
The film has had difficulty being released to DVD due to the expensive costs for music clearance and Paramount's continued disinterest. All DVDs - replicated (factory pressed), recorded (burned), video, audio, data, or otherwise — are DVD-ROM discs, though many refer to a DVD-ROM as a pressed data disk only. ...
Synopsis
Baby It's You is about a romance between a Jewish Girl named Jill Rosen (Arquette), who is bound for Sarah Lawrence College, and a blue-collar Italian boy nicknamed the Sheik (Spano) in 1966 New Jersey. Eventually, Sheik gets expelled from school and after a fight with Jill goes to Florida while she attends an all-girls college Sarah Lawrence College is a co-educational, four-year liberal arts college in Bronxville and Yonkers, New York, United States. ...
Official language(s) None, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area Ranked 47th - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²) - Width 70 miles (110 km) - Length 150 miles (240 km) - % water 14. ...
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