Endless Love
1981
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Teri Shields was born on 11 August 1933 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for Sahara (1983), Endless Love (1981) and Wanda Nevada (1979). She was married to Frank Shields. She died on 31 October 2012 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
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- Newark, New Jersey, USA
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- Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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She acted alongside her daughter in Wanda Nevada, Endless Love, and Backstreet Dreams. [6] In 2009, Brooke announced that her mother was suffering from dementia. [7] On October 31, 2012, Shields died at age 79 following a long illness related to dementia.
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In suburban Chicago, 15 year old Jade Butterfield and 17 year old David Axelrod fall in love after being introduced by Jade's older brother Keith. Jade and David develop a passionate relationship. One night, Jade's mother Ann catches Jade and David making love by the fireplace. Ann seems to experience their relationship vicariously. Her husband Hug...
Endless Love is based on Scott Spencer's 1979 novel of the same name. The film is directed by Franco Zeffirelli and written by Judith Rascoe. The film stars Brooke Shields and Martin Hewitt in the two leading roles. It is also the film debut of Hewitt, Tom Cruise, Jami Gertz, Jeff Marcus and Ian Ziering. Principal photography of this film began on ...
Box office
The film premiere for Endless Love took place on July 16, 1981, at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City. The film was released the next day. Despite the poor critical reception, the film was a box office success. It made $4,163,623 on its opening weekend and went on to gross $31,184,024 in total, becoming the twenty-second highest earning film domestically in 1981.Internationally, the film took in a further $1,308,650 bringing its total worldwide gross to $32,492,674.
Reception
The film received mostly negative reviews upon its release. Roger Ebertcompared the film unfavorably with the novel, describing Martin Hewitt as miscast and criticizing the narrative, although he did praise Brooke Shields' performance: Janet Maslin in The New York Timeswrote: Film historian Leonard Maltinseemed to agree, calling the film a "textbook example of how to do everything wrong in a literary adaptation." In 2014, Scott Spencer, the author of the novel on which the film was based, wro...
The film's theme song, written by Lionel Richie and performed by Richie and Diana Ross and also called "Endless Love", became a number 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100, and was the biggest-selling single in Ross' career. Billboard magazine chose it as "The Best Duet of All Time" in 2011, 30 years after its debut. It spent nine weeks at #1 and receive...
The film was released on Blu-ray on Shout! Factory in mid-August 2019, with enhanced 5.1 surround sound. It is also available in the streaming format via various providers.
Endless Love at IMDbEndless Love at the TCM Movie DatabaseEndless Love at AllMovieA 17-year-old boy's intense love for a 15-year-old girl is opposed by her parents and foiled by his own actions. Director. 1 Credit. Franco Zeffirelli. Screenwriter. 1 Credit. Judith Rascoe....
- Franco Zeffirelli
Screenplay. Parental disapproval of two teenagers wrapped up in a passionate love affair causes a confusion of arson, death and insanity.
Mini Bio. Teri Shields was born on August 11, 1933 in Newark, New Jersey, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for Sahara (1983), Endless Love (1981) and Wanda Nevada (1979). She was married to Frank Shields. She died on October 31, 2012 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
