Peggy Sue Got Married

Starring:Kathleen Turner, Nicolas Cage, Barry Miller, Catherine Hicks, Joan Allen, Kevin J. O'Connor, Jim Carrey, Lisa Jane Persky, Lucinda Jenney, Wil Shriner, Barbara Harris, Don Murray, Sofia Coppola, Maureen O'Sullivan, Leon Ames, Randy Bourne, Helen Hunt, Don Stark, Marshall Crenshaw, Chris Donato
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
Studio: Sony Pictures
Product Type: DVD

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Francis Ford Coppola's passable 1986 comedy stars Kathleen Turner as an unhappy, middle-aged woman who goes back in time to her high school years and meets her future husband (Nicolas Cage) all over again. A lightweight entry from Coppola (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now), the film has some clever, backward-looking jokes (Turner's character laughs incredulously when someone turns up with a brand-new Edsel); and the lead actress does bring intelligence and searching emotions to her role. Cage (Coppola's nephew), who specialized in these dumb-guy roles back then (see Raising Arizona), is in sharp, raw form. Worth a visit, but don't expect to be bowled over this time by the legendary director. The DVD release has optional full-screen and widescreen presentations, theatrical trailer, optional Spanish soundtrack and optional Spanish and French subtitles. --Tom Keogh

Customer Reviews:

A must see movie......why....caused its good !.......2007-06-06

They dont make movies like this anymore, movies that entertain, makes you
laugh, great characters, and like any good movies, it becomes a multiple
viewing feature. I view this film at least once a year, and its always
enjoyable.
Nicholas Cage portrays a 50's type teenager and has this squeeky voice, and Kathleen Turner does a great job as the actress that is sent to the past to review events related to her life.
I wont tell you any details, but i do recomment this movie a lot.

How odd ..........2007-05-18

This was a truly strange movie, from multiple perspectives. Firstly that Francis Ford Coppola would choose something like a pseudo romantic comedy to add to his resume. Secondly that Nicholas Cage would star as the male lead, when he was known before as being the dingbat bumbling fool and after as the brooding dark eccentric. And third, the whole premise of the movie was just plain odd.

Kathleen Turner plays Peggy Sue, a divorced, middle aged and unhappy woman who goes to her high school reunion despite all her misgivings. At the reunion she faints, then wakes up back in time. She is once again in high school. She is given a chance to do it all over again.

The foundation of this movie was not odd, as it's been the theme of many sci fi and fantasy films past and present. There are a few funny moments with the typical fish out of water / anachronism humor (I also remembered going to my high school reunion and remarking that a lot of things they taught were so useless - You didn't take Honors English last year so you have to stay in the Special Ed English class! - You can't have study hall! Gym class is priority! - Take the science elective or you won't get into college!, etc.). She starts off the movie saying that had she known then what she knows now, she would have done things much differently. We all think that at one point or another. And she does do some things differently, like going for the mysterious poet she always admired from afar. But, she doesn't do things differently in the end. She is approached by the school nerd who would grow up to be a wealthy and successful man, and when he proposes that she change her destiny and marry him, she refuses. Peggy Sue said she wanted to go back to the present because she missed her kids. Missed her kids?! If she stayed in this time or went with someone else her kids wouldn't exist! She ends up with her husband, perhaps because of this reason, and essentially continues back down the same path.

That was a disappointment, a major disappointment. She goes back in time and doesn't affect the future in a positive way, except to afirm to herself that she is content being miserable in the present. And how about that weird scene with her grandparents and trying to send her back in time at the Shriners' convention? Too stupid for words. The best part of this movie was Nicholas Cage, in that it would spring board him into other roles and a successful movie career. Otherwise don't waste your time.

Great Movie.......2007-05-12

We wore out our VHS copy so we ordered in DVD. Great movie, we watch it every few months. If you've never seen it, rent it, then you'll buy it.

Passable? No, it's a masterpiece. .......2007-03-20

First, I can't believe how shallow, misinformed, obtuse and insensitive Tom Keogh's editorial review is.

"Peggy Sue Got Married" is a wonderful, funny, heartfelt and somewhat haunting story about how the ghosts of high school affect us throughout our lives.

Kathleen Turner's performance, as a woman who time-travels back to her last year of high school, is nothing short of a brilliant. It's a physical marvel - the way Turner transforms, through her subtle facial gestures and mannerisms, back into the body of a teenager. Faced with the awesome possibility of being able to relive high school, knowing what she knows now, Peggy Sue behaves like anyone would given the chance. What would you say to your grandmother, now dead? What about the boy you're going to marry, and who you later divorce?

The movie is very touching, and also very funny, and is definitely the last great film that Francis Ford Coppola made. Coppola was, by 1986, in a very tumultuous period in his career - wasting his time developing cinematic technology and experimental narratives that derailed his career. With "Peggy Sue Got Married," Coppola had a great story, a great actress, and he simply decided to make a great film.

"Peggy Sue Got Married" is one of the best films of mid-1980s.

peggy sue got married.......2007-01-10

i have been looking for this dvd for a few years(i was told it would not be produced again)what a great find!

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A must see movie......why....caused its good !
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Great Movie
Passable? No, it's a masterpiece.
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Peggy Sue Got Married [Region 2]
Starring: Kathleen Turner , Nicolas Cage , Barry Miller , Catherine Hicks , and Joan Allen
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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