[.ca] Times Square (Widescreen)

a flawed gem:
This is a beautiful Story with great performances by the two leads. It possesses a quality of "teen" desperation that doesn't exist in films today. Sadly the studio ruined this film after they fired the director and filmed more "filler" scene in order to fit more songs in which to sell the soundtrack. They also reedited the movie to "tone it down" and shorten the length. Despite its flaws, the original vision of this film still shine through. I can't help but wonder what this film would have been like if the director had free reign. I suspect a classic. After my first viewing, Times Square instantly got on to my all time favorite movies list.

What a really depressing movie:
This movie sent me into a blue funk for two weeks. Why? The movie was too true to life in most respects. The one big flaw, the thirteen year old runaway who gets a job in a strip joint, but won't go topless (Hollywood couldn't get away with that). In real life the thirteen year old could have gotten the job but would've done more than strip (see Traci Lords). The two runaways live a really depressing life. If you are mentally strong, watch the movie. If the news upsets or depresses you, skip this movie altogether.

One of the 10 greatest films of all time:
wonderful music, wonderful realistic story. a guide for how to live! FREEDOM! watch it every day. why is there not a soundtrack CD

IMPROBABLE NY PUNK ROCK DRAMATIC MUSICAL:
A punk rock story directed by Alan Moyle, creator of "PUMP UP THE VOLUME." Two teens, a rich politician's daughter and a wild street kid, escape from a psychiatric hospital and with the help of disc jockey Tim Curry become punk rock heroes on the streets of New York City. An incredible soundtrack of hits from Patti Smith, The Cure, Lou reed, The Ramones, The Pretenders, Roxy Music, Suzi Quatro, Talking Heads and more! Bonus features include an audio commentary with Alan Moyle and star Robin Johnson plus theatrical trailers. (Widescreen, Surround 5.1, 111 minutes, Rated R)

A Quarter of a Century Later:
I first saw this movie when it was released theatrically back in 1980 and I loved it then. Of course, I was just a teenage kid myself then, and just getting into the punk scene. I went back to the theatre and saw it two more times before it disappeared. I haven't seen the movie at all in the past 24 years, but it left such an impression on me that I have been looking for it to come out on DVD. Now that it's available, I plan to buy it and hope it lives up to my memory of it. Even if it doesn't, the music in the movie is worth the cost of the DVD if the complete soundtrack is available on the disc. At the very least, the movie is a historical document of what a filmmaker in 1980 thought the late 70s punk scene was about even if he did have to tame down the sexual content that would have made the movie more authentic.