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Some Kind Of Wonderful Trailer 1987Director: Howard DeutchStarring: Eric Stoltz, Lea Thompson, Mary Stuart Masterson, Craig Sheffer, John Ashton, Official C...
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Some Kind of Wonderful: Directed by Howard Deutch. With Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson, Lea Thompson, Craig Sheffer. When Keith goes out with Amanda, the girl of his dreams, Amanda's ex-boyfriend plans to get back at Keith.
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- Drama, Romance
- Howard Deutch
- 1987-02-27
Some Kind of Wonderful is a 1987 American teen romantic drama film directed by Howard Deutch and starring Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Lea Thompson. It is one of several successful teen dramas written by John Hughes in the 1980s.
In a gender-reversed version of his previous hit Pretty in Pink, John Hughes retreads all-too- familiar ground in Some Kind of Wonderful, the story of a sens...
- THE SCRIPT WAS ORIGINALLY CONCEIVED AS A SEX COMEDY. “There was the first draft that was sort of like a broader sex comedy,” Mary Stuart Masterson told Entertainment Weekly, explaining that “my character was named Keith and she wanted to be male.”
- HUGHES WROTE FERRIS BUELLER'S DAY OFF WHEN HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE REWRITING SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL. Deutch and Hughes would work on the Some Kind of Wonderful script late at night, and Deutch would fall asleep on the couch in their office while Hughes typed up rewrites of the script.
- MOLLY RINGWALD AND ANDREW MCCARTHY TURNED DOWN ROLES. Hughes offered his frequent collaborator Molly Ringwald a role in Some Kind of Wonderful, but she rejected it.
- LEA THOMPSON SAID “YES” TO THE MOVIE BECAUSE HOWARD THE DUCK BOMBED. Lea Thompson was offered the part of Amanda Jones but turned it down because “I didn’t want to play second banana, and the Mary Stuart Masterson part was better.
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Mary Stuart Masterson and Eric Stoltz turn in sweet performances as non-conformist high school kids (her a tomboy, him an artist, both mechanics) trying to find not only love but also their paths in life.
