Under small town scrutiny, a withdrawn farmer's daughter forges an intimate friendship with a worldly but reckless new girl in 1960s Oklahoma.Under small town scrutiny, a withdrawn farmer's daughter forges an intimate friendship with a worldly but reckless new girl in 1960s Oklahoma.Under small town scrutiny, a withdrawn farmer's daughter forges an intimate friendship with a worldly but reckless new girl in 1960s Oklahoma.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 6 nominations
Lauren Cole
- Rhonda Robertson
- (as a different name)
JD Evermore
- Len McCoy
- (as J.D. Evermore)
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- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaThe school scenes were shot in Wakita, Oklahoma, the same town Twister (1996) was shot. There is a museum that has props from the movie.
- GoofsIris and Maggie are seen leaving a cinema where they have just watched a showing of The Magnificent Seven, which was released in the US in October 1960. Posters for forthcoming attractions include The Curse Of The Werewolf and The Sergeant Was A Lady. The former was released in the US in June 1961 and the latter in October 1961. It is inconceivable that a cinema would be promoting a film that would not be released for another eight months, let alone one that would not be seen for a whole year.
- Quotes
Francie Deerborne: Don't be such a prude.
- ConnectionsReferences The Wizard of Oz (1939)
- SoundtracksWhat Did I Do
Performed by Len Gehl
Featured review
Unexpected Coming-of-Age Story
I didn't know what to expect from this film, because I'd never heard of it and randomly picked it out for a Sunday evening flick.
The story is about an outcast, bullied high school girl in Small Town, USA (Oklahoma) who is so unhappy with her circumstances that she wishes she would disappear. Enter the pretty, cool girl from a bigger town who moves to the neighborhood and, from the start, sets out to help and liberate the bullied girl and help her find her way in life.
I won't give much away, but I wasn't expecting the turn the story took about 3/4 of the way in. I felt that although the "event" that occurred was hinted at, it all seemed to occur too late into the story. From this event forward, everything followed a predictable dive towards the ending like the movie couldn't get to the ending fast enough, so much so that several major story lines were left dangling on the prairie wind.
The acting is not bad at all, and the stifling atmosphere of small towns/small minds is well captured. But as much as the story was going somewhere most of the film, before taking a sudden turn and race, I wish it had either stuck to one main plot point or at least given the last 3rd of the film much more depth.
Overall, I'd give the film 6.5/10 stars and would recommend it being watched at least once.
The story is about an outcast, bullied high school girl in Small Town, USA (Oklahoma) who is so unhappy with her circumstances that she wishes she would disappear. Enter the pretty, cool girl from a bigger town who moves to the neighborhood and, from the start, sets out to help and liberate the bullied girl and help her find her way in life.
I won't give much away, but I wasn't expecting the turn the story took about 3/4 of the way in. I felt that although the "event" that occurred was hinted at, it all seemed to occur too late into the story. From this event forward, everything followed a predictable dive towards the ending like the movie couldn't get to the ending fast enough, so much so that several major story lines were left dangling on the prairie wind.
The acting is not bad at all, and the stifling atmosphere of small towns/small minds is well captured. But as much as the story was going somewhere most of the film, before taking a sudden turn and race, I wish it had either stuck to one main plot point or at least given the last 3rd of the film much more depth.
Overall, I'd give the film 6.5/10 stars and would recommend it being watched at least once.
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- Gross worldwide
- $3,196
- Runtime1 hour 49 minutes
- Color
- Color
- Black and White(original version)
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