PSA for John Hughes fans
The Pretty in Pink: Everything's Duckie Edition will be out on DVD August 29. How I didn't hear about this sooner is a mystery to me.
There's an alternate ending on the DVD--the one where Duckie gets the girl.
I had no clue, none, that this ending had ever been filmed. Apparently, it was changed after the test audience didn't like Andie ending up with Duckie. The only explanation I can offer is it was 1986, and Andrew McCarthy was very, very pretty.
This interview in Entertainment Weekly with Jon Cryer is so great--he's humble and funny and appreciative of the mark he's left as Duckie.
It gets better. The song Duckie and Andie were supposed to dance to is "Heroes" by David Bowie. *happy dance* It doesn't say if the original song is there with the original ending, but I'm assuming it will be.
I love "If You Leave" to bits. But "Heroes" is even better.
I rewatched the movie to refresh my memory and make it more interesting when I get to see the original ending. It seems so obvious now that it should be Duckie. They drop hints, the most blatant is Iona's comment to Andie that Duckie has "strong lips." There's more chemistry in the scene where Duckie and Andie are sprawled on her bed studying history than all the smooching between Andie and Blane. It's not that there's no chemistry between Andie and Blane; I think Andie was attracted to him. But he wasn't enough for her.
Andie helps Blane turn into the person he wants to be. She frees him from Steff's control. The Blane/Steff (yes, that slash is on purpose) is fascinating to watch--there's clearly a history there. At the very least, they've been joined at the hip since kindergarten and Steff has always been the leader and dictated Blane's social choices.
Blane is to Andie as Amanda Jones is to Keith in Some Kind of Wonderful, except Andie's motivations in dating Blane are purer than Keith's in dating Amanda. Andie and Blane each give each other something they need, but they aren't quite right for each other--there's a lot of distance between them that has nothing to do with economics and class politics.
Because of Andie, Blane will find himself an actual, good relationship someday. Because of Blane, Andie finds out she is desirable and that not all "richies" are jerks.
I think this may be one of the more complicated John Hughes movies, really, except the bitchy popular girls are mere caricatures, and Blane is a sadly underdeveloped character. Iona, Steff, Duckie, Andie, and her father are more solid.
So tell me, what's your favorite scene in a John Hughes' movie, and why? Quote dialogue if you'd like.
There's an alternate ending on the DVD--the one where Duckie gets the girl.
I had no clue, none, that this ending had ever been filmed. Apparently, it was changed after the test audience didn't like Andie ending up with Duckie. The only explanation I can offer is it was 1986, and Andrew McCarthy was very, very pretty.
This interview in Entertainment Weekly with Jon Cryer is so great--he's humble and funny and appreciative of the mark he's left as Duckie.
It gets better. The song Duckie and Andie were supposed to dance to is "Heroes" by David Bowie. *happy dance* It doesn't say if the original song is there with the original ending, but I'm assuming it will be.
I love "If You Leave" to bits. But "Heroes" is even better.
I rewatched the movie to refresh my memory and make it more interesting when I get to see the original ending. It seems so obvious now that it should be Duckie. They drop hints, the most blatant is Iona's comment to Andie that Duckie has "strong lips." There's more chemistry in the scene where Duckie and Andie are sprawled on her bed studying history than all the smooching between Andie and Blane. It's not that there's no chemistry between Andie and Blane; I think Andie was attracted to him. But he wasn't enough for her.
Andie helps Blane turn into the person he wants to be. She frees him from Steff's control. The Blane/Steff (yes, that slash is on purpose) is fascinating to watch--there's clearly a history there. At the very least, they've been joined at the hip since kindergarten and Steff has always been the leader and dictated Blane's social choices.
Blane is to Andie as Amanda Jones is to Keith in Some Kind of Wonderful, except Andie's motivations in dating Blane are purer than Keith's in dating Amanda. Andie and Blane each give each other something they need, but they aren't quite right for each other--there's a lot of distance between them that has nothing to do with economics and class politics.
Because of Andie, Blane will find himself an actual, good relationship someday. Because of Blane, Andie finds out she is desirable and that not all "richies" are jerks.
I think this may be one of the more complicated John Hughes movies, really, except the bitchy popular girls are mere caricatures, and Blane is a sadly underdeveloped character. Iona, Steff, Duckie, Andie, and her father are more solid.
So tell me, what's your favorite scene in a John Hughes' movie, and why? Quote dialogue if you'd like.