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Encyclopedia > Foxes (1980 film)
Foxes
Directed by Adrian Lyne
Written by Gerald Ayres
Starring Jodie Foster
Scott Baio
Sally Kellerman
Randy Quaid
Produced by Gerald Ayres
David Puttnam
Distributed by Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Release date February 29, 1980
Runtime 106 min.
Language English
Budget
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Foxes is a 1980 dramatic movie directed by Adrian Lyne and written by Gerald Ayres. It starred Jodie Foster, Scott Baio, Sally Kellerman and Randy Quaid. The original music score is composed by Giorgio Moroder. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Adrian Lyne (Born: March 4, 1941 in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England) is an English filmmaker and producer. ... Alicia Christian Jodie Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and director. ... Scott Vincent Baio (born September 22, 1961) is an Italian-American actor best known for the roles of Chachi on Happy Days and Charles on Charles in Charge. ... Sally Claire Kellerman (born June 2, 1936 in Long Beach, California) is an American actress and singer most famous for her role as Major Margaret Hot Lips OHoulihan in the film M*A*S*H (1970) for which she was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress in a... Randy Quaid Randall Rudy Quaid (born October 1, 1950 in Houston, Texas), commonly known as Randy Quaid, is an actor and the elder brother of fellow actor Dennis Quaid. ... David Terence Puttnam, Lord Puttnam of Queensgate (born February 25, 1941) is a British film producer and politician. ... Leo the Lion in the MGM logo Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer or MGM, was, until 2005, a media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of cinema and television programs. ... February 29 is the 60th day of a leap year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 306 days remaining. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... See also: 1979 in film 1980 1981 in film 1970s in film 1980s in film years in film film // Events April 30 - The Roger Daltrey film, McVicar, opens in London. ... The Yale Dramatic Association, also known as the Dramat, is one of the oldest college theater companies in the country. ... For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of... Adrian Lyne (Born: March 4, 1941 in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England) is an English filmmaker and producer. ... Alicia Christian Jodie Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and director. ... Scott Vincent Baio (born September 22, 1961) is an Italian-American actor best known for the roles of Chachi on Happy Days and Charles on Charles in Charge. ... Sally Claire Kellerman (born June 2, 1936 in Long Beach, California) is an American actress and singer most famous for her role as Major Margaret Hot Lips OHoulihan in the film M*A*S*H (1970) for which she was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress in a... Randy Quaid Randall Rudy Quaid (born October 1, 1950 in Houston, Texas), commonly known as Randy Quaid, is an actor and the elder brother of fellow actor Dennis Quaid. ... Giorgio Moroder Giorgio Moroder (born April 26, 1940 in Ortisei, Italy) is a German-speaking Italian record producer, songwriter and performer, well-known and unanimously considered the inventor of disco music. Particularly well known are Donna Summers disco hits produced by Moroder and Pete Bellotte, such as Love To...


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Plot summary

A group of four teenage girls in the San Fernando Valley, and the usual problems teenagers has to cope with. Deidre is fascinated by her sexuality, likes boys and has lots of boy troubles. Madge is unhappily overweight and angry that she is a virgin. Her parents are overprotective and she has an annoying younger sister. Annie is a teenage runaway who drinks and pops pills, and runs away from her abusive father, a policeman. Jeanie has to take care of them and is fighting with her divorced mother. They think that the school is rubbish, their boyfriends are immature and the grown-ups have come from another planet. San Fernando Valley The San Fernando Valley is an urbanized valley in southern California, lying mostly within the city limits of Los Angeles. ...


Main cast

Alicia Christian Jodie Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and director. ... Scott Vincent Baio (born September 22, 1961) is an Italian-American actor best known for the roles of Chachi on Happy Days and Charles on Charles in Charge. ... Sally Claire Kellerman (born June 2, 1936 in Long Beach, California) is an American actress and singer most famous for her role as Major Margaret Hot Lips OHoulihan in the film M*A*S*H (1970) for which she was nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress in a... Randy Quaid Randall Rudy Quaid (born October 1, 1950 in Houston, Texas), commonly known as Randy Quaid, is an actor and the elder brother of fellow actor Dennis Quaid. ... Cherie Currie (born November 30, 1959) is a rock and roll singer and actress. ... Laura Dern Laura Elizabeth Dern (born February 10, 1967 in Los Angeles, California) is an American film and television actor. ...

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 role.
  • Rosanna Arquette and Kristy McNichol were both up for the role of Annie.
  • According to a musician hired for the project, the original story concept centered around an all girl rock band who was being groomed by an established female pop singer. The script was rewritten so much, the band element of the story was dropped.
  • The film's theme song "On the Radio" is performed by Donna Summer.
  • The film was shot on location in Los Angeles, California.

On the cover of Playboy, September 1990 Rosanna Lauren Arquette (born August 10, 1959) is an American actress and director. ... Kristy McNichol (born Christina Ann McNichol on September 11, 1962) is an American actress, most known for her role as Letitia Buddy Lawrence on the drama Family, which she played from 1976 to 1980. ... Donna Summer on the cover of her 1993 collection The Donna Summer Anthology Donna Summer (born Donna Andrea Gaines on December 31, 1948) is an American pop music singer best known for a string of disco music hits in the 1970s that earned her the title Queen of Disco. Summer... The City of Los Angeles (from Spanish Los Ángeles , meaning the angels), also known as L.A., is the second-largest city in the United States in terms of population, as well as one of the worlds most important economic, cultural, and entertainment centers. ...

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