

Smooth Talk
Connie, the fifteen-year-old black sheep of her family, finds her summertime idyll of beach trips, mall hangouts, and innocent flirtations shattered by an encounter with a mysterious stranger.
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- Language
- English
- coming of age
- teenage girl
- summer
- sexual awakening
- woman director
- female sexuality
- loss of innocence
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United StatesUS
- PremiereMill Valley Film Festival21 Sept 1985
- Theatrical (limited)PG-1317 Nov 1985
- PremiereSundance Film Festival [Dramatic Competition]21 Jan 1986
- PhysicalDVD 7 Dec 2004
- PremiereNew York Film Festival (Restored Version)19 Sept 2020
- Theatrical (limited)New York City, Lincoln Center (4K Restored Version)25 Jun 2021
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical14 Nov 1986
AustraliaAU
- PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival (Restored Version)15 Aug 2021
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival10 Sept 1985
FranceFR
- PhysicalDVD & Blu-Ray5 Mar 2024
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Smooth Talk was released on 17 November 1985.
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clipper314
8/16/2014
Based on a short story by Joyce Carol Oates called "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?", "Smooth Talk" stars Laura Dern as a bored and restless adolescent who thinks she's more in control of her sexual allure, and more capable of handling the attention she receives for it, than she is. In a deeply unsettling and slightly surreal scene, a hunky stranger (Treat Williams) comes calling for her, and she realizes t…
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