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::''See also the Light of Day disambiguation page.''
'''Light of Day''' is a 1987 drama film starring Michael J. Fox, Gena Rowlands, Joan Jett and Michael McKean. It was written and directed by Paul Schrader. The film is best know as the first real attempt for Fox to escape his image as a slacker that he created in films such as ''Back to the Future''. The original music score was composed by Thomas Newman and the cinematography is by John Bailey. The film was marketed with the tagline "When your family is closing in, music may be the only way out."
Fox and Jett play a brother and sister who are lead performers in a rock band in Cleveland, Ohio. The sister, Patti Rasnick, is an unmarried mother and has a troubled relationship with her own mother, who is deeply religious. Estranged from her parents and struggling to make ends meet, Patti decides to dive headlong into a carefree rock music lifestyle. The brother, Joe Rasnick, pulls away from rock music to provide some stability for her tiny son. It takes a family crisis to bring Patti back home and force her to face the prickly past with her mother.
Schrader has expressed dissatisfaction with ''Light of Day'', particularly its plain visual style: "I had progressed from being a person with a literary vision to a person with a visual vision, and in that film I tried to... suppress my new literacy" and the casting of Joan Jett: "it's a good performance, but... that piece of casting just did not work". (See ''Schrader on Schrader and Other Writings'' (2004) (ISBN 0-571-22176-9))
★ A young Trent Reznor appears, with other members of Exotic Birds in the film as a member of fictional band The Problems.
★ ''Light of Day'' is one of the very few projects where Michael J. Fox has smoked in front of the camera. Fox has admitted to being a chain smoker (reference mentioning smoking:[1]), and that he avoided being photographed with a cigarette out of fear that it would encourage smoking.
★ Former (1984) Miss Teen USA Cherise Haugen had a small role as the girl Fox's character brings home as a one-night stand.
★ The film was shot on location in Chicago, Illinois, Hammond, Indiana and Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
★ Bruce Springsteen wrote the song "Light of Day" in which Joan Jett later covered for the film soundtrack.
1. Michael Then And Now, Macleans, April 29, 2002. From macleans.ca, accessed on 25 November, 2006.
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'''Light of Day''' is a 1987 drama film starring Michael J. Fox, Gena Rowlands, Joan Jett and Michael McKean. It was written and directed by Paul Schrader. The film is best know as the first real attempt for Fox to escape his image as a slacker that he created in films such as ''Back to the Future''. The original music score was composed by Thomas Newman and the cinematography is by John Bailey. The film was marketed with the tagline "When your family is closing in, music may be the only way out."
| Contents |
| Plot summary |
| Cast |
| Details |
| Trivia |
| References |
| External links |
Plot summary
Fox and Jett play a brother and sister who are lead performers in a rock band in Cleveland, Ohio. The sister, Patti Rasnick, is an unmarried mother and has a troubled relationship with her own mother, who is deeply religious. Estranged from her parents and struggling to make ends meet, Patti decides to dive headlong into a carefree rock music lifestyle. The brother, Joe Rasnick, pulls away from rock music to provide some stability for her tiny son. It takes a family crisis to bring Patti back home and force her to face the prickly past with her mother.
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Michael J. Fox | Joe Rasnick |
| Gena Rowlands | Jeanette Raskick |
| Joan Jett | Patti Rasnick |
| Michael McKean | Bu Montgomery |
| Thomas G. Waites | Smittie |
| Cherry Jones | Cindy Montgomery |
| Michael Dolan | Gene Bodine |
| Billy L. Sullivan | Benji Rasnick |
| Jason Miller | Benjamin Rasnick |
| Tom Irwin | Reverend Ansley |
| Michael Rooker | Oogie |
Details
Schrader has expressed dissatisfaction with ''Light of Day'', particularly its plain visual style: "I had progressed from being a person with a literary vision to a person with a visual vision, and in that film I tried to... suppress my new literacy" and the casting of Joan Jett: "it's a good performance, but... that piece of casting just did not work". (See ''Schrader on Schrader and Other Writings'' (2004) (ISBN 0-571-22176-9))
Trivia
★ A young Trent Reznor appears, with other members of Exotic Birds in the film as a member of fictional band The Problems.
★ ''Light of Day'' is one of the very few projects where Michael J. Fox has smoked in front of the camera. Fox has admitted to being a chain smoker (reference mentioning smoking:[1]), and that he avoided being photographed with a cigarette out of fear that it would encourage smoking.
★ Former (1984) Miss Teen USA Cherise Haugen had a small role as the girl Fox's character brings home as a one-night stand.
★ The film was shot on location in Chicago, Illinois, Hammond, Indiana and Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
★ Bruce Springsteen wrote the song "Light of Day" in which Joan Jett later covered for the film soundtrack.
References
1. Michael Then And Now, Macleans, April 29, 2002. From macleans.ca, accessed on 25 November, 2006.
External links
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