Smooth Talk
Connie, the fifteen-year-old black sheep of her family, finds her summertime idyll of beach trips, mall hangouts, and innocent flirtations shattered by an encounter with a mysterious stranger.
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Cast
15 people
Laura Dern
Connie Wyatt
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Arnold Friend
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Mary Kay Place
Katherine Wyatt
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Levon Helm
Harry Wyatt
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Elizabeth Berridge
June Wyatt
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Margaret Welsh
Laura Condon
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William Ragsdale
Jeff
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Geoff Hoyle
Ellie Oscar
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Joyce Chopra Director · Tom Cole Screenplay Joyce Carol Oates Author
Worldwide gross $17K · United States release November 17, 1985 · Produced in United States, United Kingdom
Box office
Worldwide gross
$16,785
Production
American Playhouse
Production
Goldcrest Films International
Production
Nepenthe Productions
Production
Palmyra
Production
Palmyra Films
Production
United States · United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 10, 1985
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
United States · November 17, 1985
Limited theatrical
United States · December 7, 2004
Physical · DVD
United States
September 21, 1985 · Premiere · Mill Valley Film Festival
January 21, 1986 · Premiere · Sundance Film Festival [Dramatic Competition]
September 19, 2020 · Premiere · New York Film Festival (Restored Version)
June 25, 2021 · Limited theatrical · New York City, Lincoln Center (4K Restored Version)
Australia
August 15, 2021 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival (Restored Version)
France
March 5, 2024 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
United Kingdom
November 14, 1986 · Theatrical
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