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A 1991 film directed by Creator/NancySavoca that has a young marine (Creator/RiverPhoenix) meeting a young woman (Creator/LiliTaylor) on his way to Vietnam and the two falling in love.
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A 1991 drama film directed by Creator/NancySavoca that has Creator/NancySavoca, starring Creator/RiverPhoenix and Creator/LiliTaylor.
Set in 1960s San Francisco, it's about a youngmarine (Creator/RiverPhoenix) Marine (Phoenix) meeting a young woman (Creator/LiliTaylor) (Taylor) on his way to Vietnam [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar Vietnam]] and the two falling in love.
Set in 1960s San Francisco, it's about a young
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* SixtiesHair: Rose has the Jackie Kennedy inspired shoulder-length flick.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler: Eddie is discharged from the war with only a mild limp as a result of getting shot. Benjamin is definitely dead, and the other two are implied to be as well. But Eddie reunites with Rose, leaving it open for them to become a couple]].
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Eddie is less angsty than most examples, but Rose's gentle nature seems to encourage him to be a better person.
* BrawnHilda: Ruth Two Bears, one of the dates for the dogfight, is a big intimidating woman.
* CerebusCallBack: It's played for comedy when Eddie's three buddies are getting bee tattoos, and he misses it because he's going around with Rose. [[spoiler: In the epilogue, all three are implied to be dead (Benjamin definitely is), and Eddie reveals that he got bee tattoos as tribute to them]].
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Eddie is less angsty than most examples, but Rose's gentle nature seems to encourage him to be a better person.
* BrawnHilda: Ruth Two Bears, one of the dates for the dogfight, is a big intimidating woman.
* CerebusCallBack: It's played for comedy when Eddie's three buddies are getting bee tattoos, and he misses it because he's going around with Rose. [[spoiler: In the epilogue, all three are implied to be dead (Benjamin definitely is), and Eddie reveals that he got bee tattoos as tribute to them]].
* DanceOfRomance: In the arcade, Eddie activates all the musical attractions and shares a dance with Rose. It's clear in this dance that he has fallen in love with her for real.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange:
** Eddie has the front of his hair spiked up in the 1963 portions. After the TimeSkip, he wears it flat.
** Rose has shoulder length hair with a thick fringe in 1963. By 1967, it's grown out and she wears it in a braid.
* ExtremelyShortTimeSpan: Aside from the epilogue, the whole film takes place over one evening right before Eddie is deployed to Vietnam.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange:
** Eddie has the front of his hair spiked up in the 1963 portions. After the TimeSkip, he wears it flat.
** Rose has shoulder length hair with a thick fringe in 1963. By 1967, it's grown out and she wears it in a braid.
* ExtremelyShortTimeSpan: Aside from the epilogue, the whole film takes place over one evening right before Eddie is deployed to Vietnam.
* FanDisservice: A middle-aged, overweight bartender shows off a tattoo he got of a dancer over his belly button, and jiggles his flab to make her dance.
* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Rose is only mildly aware of what's happening in Vietnam, and Eddie nonchalantly says he expects to be home in a couple of months.
* MoodWhiplash: [[spoiler: A comedic scene of the Four Bees playing cards in Vietnam turns suddenly horrific when they're mortared, Benjamin is killed and Eddie is wounded]].
* NotSoAboveItAll: Rose is a NiceGirl mainly, but lies to a local tailor that Eddie needs a jacket for a 'midnight mass' funeral so that he can take her to a fancy restaurant.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Rose is a NiceGirl mainly, but lies to a local tailor that Eddie needs a jacket for a 'midnight mass' funeral so that he can take her to a fancy restaurant.
* ShrinkingViolet: Rose is very shy and doesn't go out much, and is likewise very reluctant to perform her music in public.
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* TimeSkip: The next part of the film takes place three years later when Eddie returns and sees people protesting the Vietnam War.
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* TimeSkip: The next part of the film takes place three years later when Eddie returns and sees people protesting the Vietnam War.War.
* TroubledButCute: Eddie seems like a {{Jerkass}} at first and is quite boisterous, but comes to like Rose sincerely and is encouraged to become better.
* TrueBlueFemininity: Rose spends the majority of the film wearing a blue cardigan and blue hair band, emphasizing her nurturing femininity.
* WhatNowEnding: [[spoiler: The film ends as Eddie and Rose embrace in her cafe after his return from Vietnam]].
* TroubledButCute: Eddie seems like a {{Jerkass}} at first and is quite boisterous, but comes to like Rose sincerely and is encouraged to become better.
* TrueBlueFemininity: Rose spends the majority of the film wearing a blue cardigan and blue hair band, emphasizing her nurturing femininity.
* WhatNowEnding: [[spoiler: The film ends as Eddie and Rose embrace in her cafe after his return from Vietnam]].
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* TheAtoner: Eddie has second thoughts about the 'dogfight' before he even takes Rose into the club, and tries to get her to leave a couple of times. After he's exposed, he goes back to her diner to apologise and take her to dinner to make up for it.
* BeautyInversion: In-universe. Marcie the eventual winner of the dogfight was advised to leave her false teeth out to look uglier, and therefore win.
* CosmeticCatastrophe: Subverted. Rose puts on lipstick quite well, and Eddie suggests putting on more (really as a way to make her look less attractive). He does it himself for a predictably terrible result, and she cleans it herself.
* FamilyThemeNaming: The women in Rose's family are all called that; she was named after her mother, who likewise was named after hers etc.
* FriendVersusLover: Eddie is having such a good time on his date with Rose (the real one that is) that he forgets he was to get tattoos with his friends.
* {{Irony}}: Eddie tries to get Rose to leave before the 'judging' in the dogfight, but she insists on staying because she wants a dance. Eddie was ironically trying to spare her feelings, but Rose insisting to stay leads to her finding out.
* LipstickAndLoadMontage: Rose gets a montage where she tries on different outfits for her date, back combs her hair and puts on make-up.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Marcie the prostitute knows the deal with the dogfight and grudgingly goes along with it to get a portion of the prize money.
* BeautyInversion: In-universe. Marcie the eventual winner of the dogfight was advised to leave her false teeth out to look uglier, and therefore win.
* CosmeticCatastrophe: Subverted. Rose puts on lipstick quite well, and Eddie suggests putting on more (really as a way to make her look less attractive). He does it himself for a predictably terrible result, and she cleans it herself.
* FamilyThemeNaming: The women in Rose's family are all called that; she was named after her mother, who likewise was named after hers etc.
* FriendVersusLover: Eddie is having such a good time on his date with Rose (the real one that is) that he forgets he was to get tattoos with his friends.
* {{Irony}}: Eddie tries to get Rose to leave before the 'judging' in the dogfight, but she insists on staying because she wants a dance. Eddie was ironically trying to spare her feelings, but Rose insisting to stay leads to her finding out.
* LipstickAndLoadMontage: Rose gets a montage where she tries on different outfits for her date, back combs her hair and puts on make-up.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Marcie the prostitute knows the deal with the dogfight and grudgingly goes along with it to get a portion of the prize money.
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* PrankDate: Where HollywoodHomely Lili Taylor The 'dogfight' is a challenge to pick a homely girl, bring her to a club and the victim.one voted the ugliest wins the prize money.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Rose lays the verbal smackdown on Eddie and the other marines when she discovers the purpose of the dogfight. It comes complete with DoYouThinkICantFeel, on behalf of the other women.
* ServiceSectorStereotypes: The waiter at the ChezRestaurant Eddie takes Rose to fits the trope perfectly; a snobby attitude who won't let them in because they don't have a reservation, and Eddie isn't wearing a jacket or tie.
* SophisticatedAsHell: At their dinner date, Rose keeps reprimanding Eddie for cursing too much. But when the waiter takes their order, Rose adds a curse word before every item she orders.
--> "I'm going to have the fucking poached salmon, with the son-of-a-bitching rice, and a dirty bastard salad with a shitload of Roquefort dressing. Thank you. And um, who knows what this asshole wants."
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Rose lays the verbal smackdown on Eddie and the other marines when she discovers the purpose of the dogfight. It comes complete with DoYouThinkICantFeel, on behalf of the other women.
* ServiceSectorStereotypes: The waiter at the ChezRestaurant Eddie takes Rose to fits the trope perfectly; a snobby attitude who won't let them in because they don't have a reservation, and Eddie isn't wearing a jacket or tie.
* SophisticatedAsHell: At their dinner date, Rose keeps reprimanding Eddie for cursing too much. But when the waiter takes their order, Rose adds a curse word before every item she orders.
--> "I'm going to have the fucking poached salmon, with the son-of-a-bitching rice, and a dirty bastard salad with a shitload of Roquefort dressing. Thank you. And um, who knows what this asshole wants."
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It was also adapted into a 2012 off-Broadway musical composed by Music/PasekAndPaul and starring Lindsay Mendez and Derek Klena.
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It was also adapted into a [[Theatre/{{Dogfight}} 2012 off-Broadway musical musical]] composed by Music/PasekAndPaul and starring Lindsay Mendez and Derek Klena.
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* UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco: Where the film takes place.
* TimeSkip: The next part of the film takes place three years later when Eddie returns and sees people protesting the Vietnam War.
* UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar: Eddie is on his way to Vietnam and shows the effects of the war on the country near the end of the film.
* TimeSkip: The next part of the film takes place three years later when Eddie returns and sees people protesting the Vietnam War.
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A 1991 film directed by Creator/NancySavoca that has a young marine (Creator/RiverPhoenix) meeting a young woman (Creator/LiliTaylor) on his way to Vietnam and the two falling in love.
The film also stars Creator/EGDaily, Creator/AnthonyClark, Creator/MitchellWhitfield, and Creator/BrendanFraser.
It was released on October 4, 1991.
!Tropes for the film:
* TheSixties: Takes place from 1963-167.
* PeriodPiece: Takes place from 1963-1967, from the day before the Kennedy assassination to 1967, when Eddie returns home.
* TimeSkip: The next part of the film takes place three years later when Eddie returns and sees people protesting the Vietnam War.
* UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar: Eddie is on his way to Vietnam and shows the effects of the war on the country near the end of the film.
The film also stars Creator/EGDaily, Creator/AnthonyClark, Creator/MitchellWhitfield, and Creator/BrendanFraser.
It was released on October 4, 1991.
!Tropes for the film:
* TheSixties: Takes place from 1963-167.
* PeriodPiece: Takes place from 1963-1967, from the day before the Kennedy assassination to 1967, when Eddie returns home.
* TimeSkip: The next part of the film takes place three years later when Eddie returns and sees people protesting the Vietnam War.
* UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar: Eddie is on his way to Vietnam and shows the effects of the war on the country near the end of the film.
