Main Cast: David Packer, Scott McGinnis, Bridget Fonda, David Leisure, Anthony Geary
Release Year: 1988
Country: US
Run Time: 92 minutes
MPAA Rating: R
Plot
A young Ohio man moves to Los Angeles in search of a career and a girlfriend in this romantic comedy, whose action centers on the '80s singles scene. Eddy (David Packer) heads to California after his cousin, Skip (Scott McGinnis), promises him a job in the ad biz, but Eddy ends up with the unenviable task of handing out flyers on the beach. Turning his focus from the professional to the romantic, Eddy joins a video dating service and endures a series of inaccurate match-ups that drive him to adopt wilder and wilder guises for his video ads. Along the way, he meets Peggy Kellogg (Bridget Fonda), an employee of the dating service, but she's always got her boyfriend on her arm. Frustrated over Peggy's inaccessibility and the dead-end job he's unfairly been stuck with, Eddy finally decides to take a gamble -- to be himself in the yuppie fantasia of L.A. The soundtrack to You Can't Hurry Love features singer Phil Collins' cover of the '60s song from which the film takes its name. Kristy McNichol, Charles Grodin, and Sally Kellerman all appear in cameo roles. Kellerman previously appeared in writer/director Richard Martini's previous outing as a screenwriter, Three for the Road. ~ Brian J. Dillard, All Movie Guide
Frank Bonner - Chuck Hayes; Lu Leonard - Miss Frigget; Merete Van Kamp - Monique; Sally Kellerman - Kelly Bones; Charles Grodin - Mr. Glerman; Kristy McNichol - Rhonda Midnight; Judy Balduzzi - Glenda "Madonna" Glerman; Danitza Kingsley - Tracey; Nancy Davis - Sample Videotape; Kimberly Foster - Girl Reading Book; Catherine Lacy - Sonya; Kimber Sissons - Brenda; Jake Steinfeld - Sparky; Luana Anders - Macie Hayes; Tena Austin - Party Woman; Nat Bernstein - Guy on Couch; Eric Gardner - Mr. Kaminsky; Dan Golden - Photographer; Jonathan D. Krane - Producer; Lawrence Lanoff - Party Man; Simon R. Lewis - Waiter; Richard Martini - Party Man; Michael Peppe - Performance Artist; Harry Perry - Himself; Alfie the Dog - Spuds Lookalike; Francesca Brenner - Betty Newcomb; Theresa Burrell - Newcomb's Secretary; Anthony Santa Croce - Usher; Anson Downes - Psychic Man; Bill Evashwick - Guy on Couch; Linda Rae Favila - Psychic Woman; Winifred Freedman - Sample Videotape; Cal Gibson - Aquarium Man; Jennifer Karr - Girl from Ohio; James Hoyt Kelley - Sam; Rudolph Laubscher - Bus Driver; Diz McNally - Cab Driver; Jean McNally - Girl on Pier; Marco Paul, Jr. - Stuntman; Richard Perry - Bruce; Kari Peyton - Girl in Elevator; Jean Poremba - Model in Back; Jeanette Schwaba - Sample Videotape; Michael Sorich - Drug Dealer; William Woff - Delivery Man; Tim Ryan - Tim
Credit
Douglas Mowat - Art Director, Anthony Santa Croce - Associate Producer, Brian W. Brunck - Boom Operator, Simon R. Lewis - Co-producer, Colby Bart - Costume Designer, Jan Ervin - First Assistant Director, Richard Martini - Director, Richard Candib - Editor, Lawrence Kasanoff - Executive Producer, Ellen Steloff - Executive Producer, William J. Jr. Rouhana - Executive Producer, Nancy Cassett - Hair Styles, J. Marc Strachan - Location Manager, Bob Esty - Composer (Music Score), Kevin Benson - Musical Direction/Supervision, Victor Levine - Musical Direction/Supervision, Michelle Aller - Songwriter, Jeff Barry - Songwriter, Larry Blackmon - Songwriter, Lamont Dozier - Songwriter, Bob Esty - Songwriter, Brian Holland - Songwriter, Edward Holland - Songwriter, Willie Hutch - Songwriter, Tomi Jenkins - Songwriter, Robert Palmer - Songwriter, Michael Peppe - Songwriter, Harry Perry - Songwriter, Andrew Todd - Songwriter, Frank Miller - Songwriter, Tena Austin - Makeup, Giles Dunning - Camera Operator, Marcie Dale - Production Designer, Peter Lyons Collister - Cinematographer, John Schwartzman - Cinematographer, Jonathan D. Krane - Producer, Garreth Stover - Set Designer, Nicholas R. Allen - Sound Mixer, Kini Kay - Sound Editor, Anthony Santa Croce - Unit Production Manager, Richard Martini - Screenwriter, James Eaton - First Assistant Camera, Shane D. Kelly - Gaffer, Charles "Chaz" Norcross - Key Grip, Winter Horton - Production Coordinator, Suzanne Lapick - Properties Master, Greg P. Russell - Re-Recording Mixer, Jeffrey J. Haboush - Re-Recording Mixer, Janis Benjamin Collister - Script Supervisor, Tony To - Second Assistant Director, Edward M. Grant - Second Assistant Director, Dan Golden - Still Photographer, Kent Jorgensen - Best Boy Grip, Mark Mitchell - Foley Editor, Helen Dersjant - Set Dresser, Marc Hollywood - Transportation Captain, Charles Merriam - Transportation Coordinator, Chris Weber - Negative Cutter, Gary Weber - Negative Cutter
