Main Cast: Daniel Jordano, Matthew Penn, Leon Grant, Mary Ward, Marisa Tomei
Release Year: 1986
Country: US
Run Time: 103 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
In this comedy drama, three exuberant high-school graduates finally find a direction in life when they decide to fix-up a ramshackle Catskill resort and turn it into a little slice of rock & roll heaven for teens. They work hard to make the repairs and pay the over $8,000 in back taxes. When locals hear of their plans, they misunderstand and try to stop the young men as do wicked industrialists and the corrupt president of the town council who want to use the locale to dump toxic wastes. The lively soundtrack features songs by Phil Collins, Julian Lennon, Arcadia, and Pete Townshend. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Harold Gould - Rockerfeller; Robert Milli - Cromwell; Jimmy Baio - Steinberg; John Bennes - Employment Counselor; Joel Blake - Executive; Hildy Brooks - Danny's Mom; Peter Carew - Phone Caller; Timothy Carhart - Emmett; Kevin Hagen - Chief Deputy; John Randolph Jones - Sheriff Billy Sullivan; Monique Mannen - Susan; Tom McDermott - Paint Store Salesman; Court Miller - Claiborne; William Newman - Joshua; Douglas Warhit - Larry Diamond; Kelly Wolf - Valedictorian; William Burton - Flyer; Jery Hewitt - Backhoe Driver; David Lipman - Bank Buddy; Chuck Picerni, Jr. - Flyer; Agnes Cummings - Supermarket Checker; John Anzaloni - Guitar Player, Silk's Band; Anthony Arcure - Diner Customer; Harrison Balthaser - Deputy; Jack Banning - Executive; Ronnie Baron - Executive; Bonnie Jean Broen - Spikes' Fantasy Dancer; Joseph R. Burns - Deputy; Teresa Burns - Phone Caller; Madelaine Carol - Spikes' Fantasy Dancer; Edna Chew - Spikes' Fantasy Dancer; Sheila Coonan - Edna; John Corcoran - Sam, Luncheonette Owner; William Cosgriff - Mint Buyer; Gena D'Orazio - Spikes' Fantasy Dancer; Pat de Vita - Phone Caller; Frank Faldermyer - Kidnaped Priest; Paul Finan - Phone Caller; Clement Fowler - Banker Williams; Martha Frei - 78 Pound Lady; Germaine Goodson - Background Singer, Silk's Band; Frank Rollins Harrison - Executive; Kim Hauser - Marie; Hal Holden - Irate Bank Customer; Steven Hurwitz - Executive; Ruth Judd - Employment Counselor; Bruce Kluger - Gene Epstein; Philip Kraus - Art Lewis; Jerry Leonti - Principal Canelli; Bonnie Lewis - Lady Who Finds Cheap Steaks; David Lile - Executive; Anthony Marciona - Ronnie Long; Michael May - Flyer; Jerry McGee - Executive; Liz McLellan - Spikes' Fantasy Dancer; Donna Moore - Keyboard Player,Silk's Band; Charles Morelli - Deputy; Katherine Elizabeth Neuman - Danny's First Girl Friend; Joseph J. O'Brien - Equipment Store Manager; Max Olivas - Head Flyer; Brad Orrison - Flyer; Lenore Pemberton - Spikes' Fantasy Dancer; Jeff Pope - Drummer, Silk's Band; Glen Robert Robillard - Joel; J.D. Rosenbaum - Davey Beck; Albert Rutherford - Supermarket Manager; Frank Scasso - Van Go Go; Carol Schuberg - Background Singer, Silk's Band; Lisa Schultz - Jill; Larry Seansen - Steinberg's Priest; Donald Sharton - Executive; William Soose - Man with Dog; Jean Spillane - Phone Caller; Susan Steed - Phone Caller; Willy Switkes - Mint Buyer; Raymond Thorne - Perkins; Sel Vitella - Executive; Vickie Weinstein - Secretary; Louise Woolf - Luncheonette Waitress; Pete Antico - Flyer; Robert Berger - Executive
Credit
Steve Miller - Art Director, Lynnette Barkley - Choreography, Ronn Forella - Choreography, Alison Pearl - Choreography, Aude Bronson-Howard - Costume Designer, Bob Weinstein - Director, Harvey Weinstein - Director, Gary Karr - Editor, Sharyn Ross - Editor, George Acogny - Composer (Music Score), Daniel Bechet - Composer (Music Score), Alan Brewer - Composer (Music Score), Alan Brewer - Musical Direction/Supervision, Pete Townshend - Songwriter, George Acogny - Songwriter, Daniel Bechet - Songwriter, Alan Brewer - Songwriter, China Crisis - Songwriter, Phil Collins - Songwriter, Phil Galdston - Songwriter, Ben E. King - Songwriter, Trevor Lawrence - Songwriter, Simon Le Bon - Songwriter, Jed Lieber - Songwriter, Jerry Lieber - Songwriter, Julian Littman - Songwriter, Stephen Broughton Lunt - Songwriter, Brian McIntosh - Songwriter, Robbie Nevil - Songwriter, Doug Nichol - Songwriter, Alison Pearl - Songwriter, Anna Pepper - Songwriter, Anita Pointer - Songwriter, June Pointer - Songwriter, Ruth Pointer - Songwriter, Nick Rhodes - Songwriter, Sendall - Songwriter, Mike Stoller - Songwriter, John Van Tongeren - Songwriter, Rick Wakeman - Songwriter, Peter Frampton - Songwriter, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - Songwriter, Jeanne Van Phue - Makeup, Waldemar Kalinowski - Production Designer, Eric Van Haren Noman - Cinematographer, Alan Brewer - Producer, Patrick Wachsberger - Producer, Bob Weinstein - Producer, Harvey Weinstein - Producer, Florence Fellman - Set Designer, Jeremy Leven - Screenwriter, Bob Weinstein - Screenwriter, Harvey Weinstein - Screenwriter, The Rolling Stones - Featured Music, Michael Jackson - Featured Music
Playing for Keeps is a 1986 comedy filmdirected and written by brothersBob and Harvey Weinstein. It stars Daniel Jordano, Matthew Penn and Leon W. Grant as a trio of inner-city teenagers attempting to strike it rich by turning a hotel into a rock 'n' roll resort. A then little-known Marisa Tomei has a supporting role.
The film was produced by Miramax and released by Universal Pictures. To date the film is the only Miramax production (excluding co-productions) that Miramax doesn't own because Universal still owns the film. Universal also released the film as a Region 1 DVD on August 23rd, 2003.
