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Jerry Leichtling was born in 1948. Jerry is a writer and producer, known for Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), Blue Sky (1994) and Switched at Birth (1999).
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- Cage Sued Turner When She Claimed He Was Arrested Three Times During Production
- The Cast and Crew Had to Work 20 Hours A Day, Six Days A Week
- Kathleen Turner Is only Nine Years Older Than On-Screen Daughter Helen Hunt
- It Features An Early Appearance from Jim Carrey
- Debra Winger Nearly Played Peggy Sue
- Steve Guttenberg Was Considered For Nicolas Cage’s Part
- The Original Script Saw Peggy Sue Become The Inventor of Pantyhose
- The Singer Who Performs Peggy Sue Later Played Buddy Holly in 1987’s La Bamba
- It Was The Final Film of John Carradine
- Dennis Quaid Turned Down The Role of Charlie
Years later, Kathleen Turner publicly reflected on her troubles with Cage in her 2008 autobiography Send Yourself Roses. In this memoir, Turner alleged that her leading man “was arrested twice for drunk driving and once for stealing a dog” during production. Declaring these allegations to be “false and defamatory,” Cage proceeded to sue his old co-...
According to Kathleen Turner, the cast and crew of Peggy Sue Got Married were all required to work 20 hours a day for six days a week at the behest of director Francis Ford Coppola. This was because Coppola was contractually required to finish the project on schedule, and if he failed to do so he would lose final cut priveleges. While Coppola is fa...
Peggy Sue Got Married’s plot requires that its star Kathleen Turner play a high school student after she is whisked back in time to the year 1960. She may have been convincing playing a teenager, but Turner was actually 32 years old when she took on the role. Nor was Turner the only cast member who was a long way off the actual age of her character...
Peggy Sue Got Married is probably best remembered for its two leading stars, Kathleen Turner and Nicolas Cage, but it also boasts an early role from another future household name: Jim Carrey. The actor and comedian was aged 24 at the time, with just a few film and TV credits on his CV. Carrey would continue to work steadily through the 80s with rol...
The role that eventually went to Kathleen Turner was initially set to be taken by Debra Winger. The actress was hot in Hollywood at the time following the success of An Officer and a Gentleman and Terms of Endearment, and was cast by initial director Jonathan Demme. When Demme quit, Winger championed Penny Marshall as his replacement, but the studi...
Before Nicolas Cage landed the role of Peggy Sue’s beau Charlie, another prominent 80s actor was in the running. Steve Guttenberg (who had not long since broke big with Police Academy) auditioned for the role and was considered before the filmmakers decided on Cage. In his autobiography, Guttenberg reflects that – perhaps unwisely – he spent the bu...
Any time travel movie raises the question of whether or not a character who goes back in time can change the future. In earlier drafts of the Peggy Sue Got Married screenplay, this was more central to the plot. For one, Peggy Sue tried to prevent the accident that would leave her school friend Rosalie in a wheelchair. On top of this, the original s...
Peggy Sue Got Married takes its title from a 1959 song by legendary rock’n’roll singer-songwriter Buddy Holly. This song is performed in the high school reunion sequence by a Buddy Holly impersonator, Marshall Crenshaw – and this would not be the last time he played Buddy Holly on screen. The following year Crenshaw would portray Holly himself oppo...
John Carradine, who co-stars as the elderly Leo, made his final film appearance in Peggy Sue Got Married. The seasoned actor passed away two years after the film was released, in November 1988, at the age of 82. The actor left behind a significant legacy of over 350 screen appearances dating back to 1930. Carradine had long enjoyed a particular ass...
Steve Guttenberg wasn’t the only well-known actor considered for the part of Charlie. Before Nicolas Cage was finally cast, the role was reportedly offered to Dennis Quaid. Aged 32 at the time, Quaid was a rising star following roles in The Long Riders, Jaws 3-D and Dreamscape. However, Quaid decided to pass on Peggy Sue Got Married in order to tak...
Sep 15, 2023 · “Peggy Sue Got Married” (1986), directed by Francis Ford Coppola and written by Jerry Leichtling and Arlene Sarner, follows Peggy as she attempts to discover if she can—or should— change...
Jerry Leichtling was born in 1948. Jerry is a writer and producer, known for Peggy Sue Got Married (1986), Blue Sky (1994) and Switched at Birth (1999).
The film was written by husband-and-wife team Jerry Leichtling and Arlene Sarner. The film was a box office success and received positive reviews from critics. It was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Actress (Turner), Best Cinematography, and Best Costume Design.
Aug 15, 2014 · Jerry Leichtling is a screenwriter (Peggy Sue Got Married, Blue Sky), speechwriter, playwright, lyricist (Peggy Sue Got Married - The Musical) and unpaid laugher at friends' screenings..
