Going All the Way
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Directed by | Mark Pellington |
Screenplay by | Dan Wakefield |
Based on | Going All the Way by Dan Wakefield |
Produced by | Tom Gorai Sigurjón Sighvatsson Tom Rosenberg |
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Cinematography | Bobby Bukowski |
Edited by | Leo Trombetta |
Music by | tomandandy |
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Distributed by | Gramercy Pictures |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $113,069 |
Going All the Way is a 1997 American comedy-drama film directed by Mark Pellington, in his feature film directorial debut. The film was written by Dan Wakefield, based on his 1970 novel and stars Jeremy Davies, Ben Affleck, Rachel Weisz, Amy Locane and Rose McGowan. The film was shot on location in Indianapolis, Indiana, the setting of Wakefield's autobiographical novel.
Going All the Way was nominated for two awards at the 1997 Sundance Film Festival, winning a "Special Recognition" for production designer Thérèse DePrez.[1] McGowan, who attended Sundance to promote the film, has alleged that Harvey Weinstein raped her while at the festival that year.[2]
The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released on Verve Records in September 1997 (Verve 314 537 908-2) including the song "Tangled and Tempted", co-written for the film by Indianapolis singer/songwriter/producer Tim Brickley.
A re-edit of the film will be released in 2022, called Going All the Way: The Director’s Edit. According to the announcement, "the new cut of the 1997 film was rescanned for 4K and features 50 additional minutes of never-before-seen footage. A new title sequence was also created by Sergio Pinheiro, along with 50 minutes of music from composer Pete Adams." Pellington says "this definitive edition of the film feels like a completely different, more character-driven and psychologically complex vision. It is a darker movie, but also far more sensitive and, ultimately, uplifting."[3]
Plot
Two young men return home to Indianapolis after serving time in the Army during the Korean War and search for love and fulfillment in middle America during the conservative 1950s.
Cast
- Jeremy Davies as Williard "Sonny" Burns
- Ben Affleck as Tom "Gunner" Casselman
- Amy Locane as Buddy Porter
- Rachel Weisz as Marty Pilcher
- Rose McGowan as Gale Ann Thayer
- Jill Clayburgh as Alma
- Lesley Ann Warren as Nina
Critical reception
Stephen Holden of The New York Times did not care for the film, especially Pellington's direction: "When a filmmaker feels compelled to pump up a story through caricature and expressionistic visual tricks, it's usually a sign of distrust in the inherent drama of the material. In Going All the Way, a flashy movie adaptation of Dan Wakefield's popular 1970 novel about growing up in the heartland in the repressed 1950s, Mark Pellington, a director from the world of music video, has inflated a realistic memoir into a garish, hyperkinetic social satire."[4] Roger Ebert of The Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3 out of 4 stars, and called it "a deeper, cleverer film than it first seems. Much of its strength depends on the imploding performance of Jeremy Davies."[5]
References
- ^ "Going All The Way". MUBI. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- ^ "Harvey Weinstein: US actress Rose McGowan makes rape allegation". BBC News. 13 October 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- ^ Zee, Michaela (25 October 2022). "Oscilloscope Laboratories to Debut 4K Re-Edit of 'Going All the Way,' Starring Ben Affleck (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 26 October 2022.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (19 September 1997). "FILM REVIEW; Opposites Attract, Even if Repellent". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
- ^ "Going All The Way :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews". Rogerebert.suntimes.com. Archived from the original on 7 October 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2010.
External links
- Going All the Way at IMDb
- Going All the Way at the TCM Movie Database
- Going All the Way at Rotten Tomatoes
- Going All the Way at AllMovie
- Going All the Way at Box Office Mojo
- 1997 films
- Films based on American novels
- Films set in the 1950s
- Films set in Indianapolis
- Films shot in Indianapolis
- American independent films
- Lakeshore Entertainment films
- Korean War films
- 1997 comedy-drama films
- Films directed by Mark Pellington
- Films scored by Stewart Copeland
- Films scored by Tomandandy
- American comedy-drama films
- PolyGram Filmed Entertainment films
- Gramercy Pictures films
- Teen sex comedy films
- 1997 directorial debut films
- 1997 independent films
- 1990s English-language films
- 1990s American films