![]() ![]() Sign up for the Best Classic Bands Newsletter.It’s only when we see the final shot of the man – we’ve never seen his face – we discover that he’s being dressed at a funeral parlor. In between shots of the other classmates, we see a man getting dressed in a pinstriped suit. When we hear the song in the opening credits, there’s a tear rolling down Close’s cheek. ![]() In the film, but not cleared for inclusion on the album, was the Rolling Stones’ “You Can’t Always Get What You Want.”Īnd, of course, there was Marvin Gaye’s “I Heard it Through the Grapevine.” The original soundtrack, released by Motown, featured classics from the Temptations (“My Girl,” “Ain’t Too Proud to Beg”), Aretha Franklin (“ A Natural Woman”) and Smokey Robinson and the Miracles (“I Second That Emotion,” “The Tracks of My Tears”). To put things in perspective, only two titles that year earned over $100 million.Īnd then there was the music. While its $56 million take may not seem big, it was large enough to be 1983’s #13 largest. Made on a minuscule $8 million budget, The Big Chill received a warm success at the box-office. “How much love, sex, fun and friendship can a person take?” And playing on the film’s title, another read: “In a cold world you need your friends to keep you warm.” The movie’s advertising taglines seem quaint now. Earlier that decade, he had written the screenplays for such blockbusters as The Empire Strikes Back and Raiders of the Lost Ark (and subsequently wrote The Bodyguard, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and many more). If you don’t recognize his name, you surely know his credits. The film’s director and screenwriter, Lawrence Kasdan, was one of them he was also 34 when the film was released. Meg Tilly, 23, played the dead classmate’s much younger girlfriend. Tom Berenger, who played a TV star was 34. When the film opened in theaters, Kevin Kline and his on-screen wife, Glenn Close – who host the reunion – were 35 and 36, respectively. The plot centered around a group of University of Michigan classmates who reunite after 15 years, because of the sudden death of a fellow alum. It starred an ensemble cast, most of whom were right in the “sweet spot” of their mid-30s. In the weeks’ ahead, the first Hooters restaurant opened in Clearwater, Fla.Īnd on September 28, Columbia Pictures released a film whose name – decades later – still connotes a spirit of a generation of yuppies – the term had been coined just one year earlier – for thirty-somethings, dealing with the adjustments of adulthood, of life and death, of careers and friendships. Let’s go back in time to September 1983… Kiss appeared for the first time without makeup… Vanessa Williams became the first African American to be crowned Miss America. Moody Blues’ Justin Hayward: 2018 Concert Review.Neil Young’s ‘Harvest’ Gets Expanded 50th Anniversary Edition.Beatles’ ‘Revolver’ Deluxe Edition Reveals More Insight of Their Recording Genius.Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ ‘Live at the Fillmore 1997’ Box Due.Looking Back at Fleetwood Mac’s Ambitious ‘Tusk’.Paul Simon’s ‘Still Crazy After All These Years’: An Emotional and Candid Solo Triumph.Radio Hits in October 1978: Kenny and Stevie Were Doin’ It.Bob Dylan 30th Anniversary Concert: All-Star Lineup.The Top Selling Albums of 1979: End of an Era.Pattie Boyd Publishes ‘My Life in Pictures’ Book.1’: Just Your Basic Dylan-Petty-Harrison-Orbison-Lynne Supergroup Journey’s ‘Escape’: Millions and Millions Served.David Bowie ‘Hunky Dory’ Era Recordings Due.Journey & Toto Set 2023 North American Tour Dates.Seals and Crofts: Diamonds in the Rough.Cheap Trick ‘Live at The Whisky 1977’ Coming.The Who Concert Memories Book From ‘Classic Years’ Arrives.Tom Petty, 1980: Damn the Lawsuits-A Vintage Interview.Robert Gordon, Singer Who Spawned a Rockabilly Revival, Dies at 75. ![]()
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