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3 | A 1991 drama film directed by Creator/NancySavoca, starring Creator/RiverPhoenix and Creator/LiliTaylor. |
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5 | Set in 1960s San Francisco, it's about a young Marine (Phoenix) meeting a young woman (Taylor) on his way to [[UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar Vietnam]] and the two falling in love. |
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7 | The film also stars Creator/EGDaily, Creator/AnthonyClark, Creator/MitchellWhitfield, and Creator/BrendanFraser. |
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9 | It was released on October 4, 1991. |
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11 | It was also adapted into a [[Theatre/{{Dogfight}} 2012 off-Broadway musical]] composed by Music/PasekAndPaul and starring Lindsay Mendez and Derek Klena. |
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14 | !!Tropes for the film: |
15 | * TheSixties: Takes place from 1963-1967. |
16 | * SixtiesHair: Rose has the Jackie Kennedy inspired shoulder-length flick. |
17 | * 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. |
18 | * BeautyInversion: In-universe. Marcie the eventual winner of the dogfight was advised to leave her false teeth out to look uglier, and therefore win. |
19 | * 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]]. |
20 | * BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Eddie is less angsty than most examples, but Rose's gentle nature seems to encourage him to be a better person. |
21 | * BrawnHilda: Ruth Two Bears, one of the dates for the dogfight, is a big intimidating woman. |
22 | * 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]]. |
23 | * 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. |
24 | * 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. |
25 | * ExpositoryHairstyleChange: |
26 | ** Eddie has the front of his hair spiked up in the 1963 portions. After the TimeSkip, he wears it flat. |
27 | ** Rose has shoulder length hair with a thick fringe in 1963. By 1967, it's grown out and she wears it in a braid. |
28 | * ExtremelyShortTimeSpan: Aside from the epilogue, the whole film takes place over one evening right before Eddie is deployed to Vietnam. |
29 | * FamilyThemeNaming: The women in Rose's family are all called that; she was named after her mother, who likewise was named after hers etc. |
30 | * 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. |
31 | * 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. |
32 | * {{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. |
33 | * 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. |
34 | * LipstickAndLoadMontage: Rose gets a montage where she tries on different outfits for her date, back combs her hair and puts on make-up. |
35 | * 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]]. |
36 | * 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. |
37 | * OnlyInItForTheMoney: Marcie the prostitute knows the deal with the dogfight and grudgingly goes along with it to get a portion of the prize money. |
38 | * PeriodPiece: Takes place from 1963-1967, from the day before the Kennedy assassination to 1967, when Eddie returns home. |
39 | * PrankDate: The 'dogfight' is a challenge to pick a homely girl, bring her to a club and the one voted the ugliest wins the prize money. |
40 | * 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. |
41 | * 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. |
42 | * ShrinkingViolet: Rose is very shy and doesn't go out much, and is likewise very reluctant to perform her music in public. |
43 | * 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. |
44 | --> "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." |
45 | * TimeSkip: The next part of the film takes place three years later when Eddie returns and sees people protesting the Vietnam War. |
46 | * TroubledButCute: Eddie seems like a {{Jerkass}} at first and is quite boisterous, but comes to like Rose sincerely and is encouraged to become better. |
47 | * TrueBlueFemininity: Rose spends the majority of the film wearing a blue cardigan and blue hair band, emphasizing her nurturing femininity. |
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