Themes: Innocence Lost, Journey of Self-Discovery, Drug Addiction
Main Cast: Dyan Cannon, John Heard, George Coe, Lola Mason, Rebecca Schaeffer
Release Year: 1990
Country: US
Run Time: 102 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Actress Dyan Cannon, whose 1976 directorial debut Number One was nominated for a "best short subject" Academy Award, moves on to feature-length projects with The End of Innocence. In addition to directing, Ms. Cannon wrote the screenplay and played a leading role in this story of a young girl spiritually torn apart by forces beyond her control. Rebecca Schaeffer plays Stephanie Lewis, unwanted and ignored by her eternally squabbling parents. Mom and Dad do further damage to Stephanie's battered psyche by giving her mixed messages concerning sex and religion. The girl's self-esteem dwindles to microscopic proportions thanks to a series of no-good boyfriends. Suffering a nervous breakdown, she is placed in an asylum, where for the first time she treated as a human being rather than a nuisance by compassionate psychiatrist John Heard. Completed in the late 1980s, End of Innocence was released in 1990, one year after the death of star Rebecca Schaeffer. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Billie Bird - Mrs. Yabledablow; Dennis Burkley - Tiny; Viveka Davis - Honey; Eric Harrison - Sister; Paul Lieber - Rabbi; Michael Madsen - Earl; Madge Sinclair - Nurse Bowlin; Renée Taylor - Angel; Diana Barrows - Arlene; Todd Field - Richard; Bridget Fonda; Arlene Golonka - Claire; Charlie Hawke - Some New Guy (Chuck); Albert Henderson - Grandpa; Linda Lutz - Mrs. Gross; Jack McGee - Officer Jake; Stephen Meadows - Michael; Bill Moseley - Man on the Hill; Romy Rosemont - Waitress; Connie Sawyer - Grandma; James Terry - Another Guy; Shani Ginsberg; Stoney Jackson - Leroy; James Shanta - Guy in the Park
Credit
Mindy Roffman - Art Director, Shani Ginsberg - Casting, Stanley Fimberg - Co-producer, Carole Little - Costume Designer, Dyan Cannon - Director, Bruce Cannon - Editor, Leonard Rabinowitz - Executive Producer, Michael Convertino - Composer (Music Score), Fuzzbee Morse - Songwriter, Paul Bryan Eads - Production Designer, Alex Nepomniaschy - Cinematographer, Vince Cannon - Producer, Thom Tyson - Producer, Helen Pollak - Producer, Rawn Hutchinson - Stunts, Donna Evans - Stunts, Dyan Cannon - Screenwriter, Jill Gordon - Screenwriter
The End of Innocence is a semi-autobiographical film from 1990 that was directed by, was written by, and starred Dyan Cannon. The story concerns a young girl too concerned about pleasing others that she forgets to take care of herself.
