MODERN ENGLISH I MELT WITH YOU MOVIES MOVIE

This music not only enhances the story, but also puts Valley Girl right up there as having one of the top movie soundtracks of the early ’80s, along with Fast Times and The Last American Virgin (1982). Modern English‘s “I Melt With You” is notably featured during a romantic montage with Randy and Julie, with a reprise at the end (the film has a much happier conclusion than its Romeo and Juliet inspiration).Īmong the other tunes prominently heard in the film are Bonnie Hayes’ “Girls Like Me” and a couple of Sparks songs (“Angst in My Pants” and “Eaten By the Monster of Love”), among many others. Josie Cotton also appears as herself during the prom scene, where she performs “He Could Be the One.”īeyond those appearances, the film’s soundtrack also includes a parade of other great songs from the era. The Plimsouls appear as themselves in that club scene. As they talk and stare more deeply into each other’s eyes (Cage and Foreman were dating in real life during the shoot, so it may not all have been acting), you can feel the passion and intensity rising right along with the strains of the Plimsouls‘ “A Million Miles Away.” The scene where Randy convinces Julie to leave a house party in the Valley and go to a Hollywood club with him is a particular standout for the actors. “When they attack the car, save the radio.” - Julie and Stacey seem unsure about “slumming it” in Hollywood with Randy and Fred. While both movies do feature the occasional T&A expected from an early ’80s comedy, there are emotional insights in them, as well. Perhaps the fact that these films were directed by women contributed to the relatively deeper character development seen in both productions versus something like, say, Porky’s. 13, 1982, and Valley Girl, which hit theaters on April 29, 1983.įast Times was directed by Amy Heckerling, and Valley Girl was helmed by Martha Coolidge, early feature films for both. Within about an eight-month span in 1982-83, two very funny films were released that remain not only pitch-perfect time capsules of that era, but also feature human stories that are relatable to young people of any generation, with stories that mix in a bit of drama with the comedy to put them above some of the more traditional sex-obsessed teen comedies of the time - Fast Times at Ridgemont High, which premiered Aug. Deborah Foreman and Nicolas Cage in 1983's Valley Girl

Modern english i melt with you movies