Movies:
Four Friends
DVD Release
- Release Date: 2005
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- Genre: Comedy Drama
- Movie Type: Romantic Drama
- Themes: Faltering Friendships, High School Life
- Director: Arthur Penn
- Main Cast: Craig Wasson, Jodi Thelen, Jim Metzler, Michael Huddleston, Reed Birney
- Release Year: 1981
- Country: US
- Run Time: 114 minutes
- MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Also known as Moritorium and Georgia's Friends, Four Friends follows the titular quartet from high school to young adulthood. The film is set during the tumultuous 1960s, an era when everyone's values were turned inside out, shaken around, and reassembled. The central character is first-generation American Craig Wasson, who confounds his Yugoslavian father (Miklos Simon) by pursuing his own let-it-all-hang-out lifestyle. Wasson's best friends are athlete Jim Metzler and chubby Michael Huddleston; all pursue the affections of bewitching Jodi Thelan. Though they are obviously deeply in love with one another, Wasson and Thelan continue to foolishly avoid a long-term commitment as the sixties unfold around them. Four Friends calls for a fresher approach than the one offered by director Arthur Penn, whose handling of the material is much too pat and old-fashioned. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie GuideCast
- Craig Wasson - Danilo Prozor
- Jodi Thelen - Georgia Miles
- Jim Metzler - Tom Donaldson
- Michael Huddleston - David Levine
- Reed Birney - Louis Carnahan
Julia Murray - Adrienne Camahan; Julia Murray - Adrienne Carnahan; David Graf - Gergley; Zaid Farid - Rudy; Miklos Simon - Mr. Prozor; Elizabeth Lawrence - Mrs. Prozor; Beatrice Fredman - Mrs. Zoldos; James Leo Herlihy - Mr. Carnahan; Lois Smith - Mrs. Carnahan; Petrea Burchard - Lady Flag Burner; Paul Greco - Car Thief; Glenne Headly - Lola; James Maxwell - Hippie; Natalia Nogulich - Vera; Mercedes Ruehl - Woman in Taxi; Felix Shuman - Principal; Dick Sollenberger - Doctor; William Theiss - Georgia Miles; George Womack - Mr. Bellknap; Jim Netzler
