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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9780792838722 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC ISBN: 0792838726 Label: MGM (Video & DVD) Languages: Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD) Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD) Release Date: November 11, 1998 Running Time: 106 minutes Studio: MGM (Video & DVD) Theatrical Release Date: February 29, 1980 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: A young Jodie Foster stars in this compassionate portrait of four unhappy teenage girls struggling with life in late 1970s Los Angeles. Jeannie (Foster) and her friends all have parents who are either divorced, negligent, or downright abusive. Looking for some kind of point to their lives, the girls drink, do drugs, sleep around, and fight with their parents and each other--but Foxes isn't the trashy melodrama you might expect. The writing and performances are surprisingly good, though it's no surprise that Foster (Taxi Driver, The Silence of the Lambs) stands out for sheer charisma and depth. Director Adrian Lyne (Fatal Attraction, Flashdance) demonstrates a deft hand for juggling the girls' multiple storylines. Also featuring Sally Kellerman (M*A*S*H), Randy Quaid (Kingpin, Independence Day), Scott Baio (television's Happy Days), and a brief appearance by a very young Laura Dern (Blue Velvet, Citizen Ruth). --Bret Fetzer Description: "Four superb young actresses" (Newsweek)including two-time Oscar(r) winner* Jodie Fostershine in this "intimate, astonishing and powerful" (Los Angeles Times) film from director Adrian Lyne (Unfaithful) and screenwriter Gerald Ayres (Rich and Famous) that'll take you on a rock 'n' roll filled trip through the fast lane of teenage life in the San FernandoValley. Jeanie (Foster) has a lot to cope with. Her mom (Sally Kellerman) is divorced and desperate, her friends abuse drugs, and she has to deal with immature boys and "boring" North Hollywood High. Luckily, she's got rebel gal pals to party with till she drops! But when her best friend Annie (Cherie Currie) runs away from her abusive father, Jeanie has to grow up fast or lose her friendforever.*1991: Actress, The Silence of the Lambs; 1988: Actress, The Accused Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Surprised Me Then With How Accurate It Was...Still Think So.Foxes was a movie that surprised me with how gritty and accurate it was, then and now. I was 22 when this flick came out in 1980, and it quite realistically sums up the end of the 1970s. I recall the 70s as being far from the Happy Face, Brady Bunch era they're often remembered as in pop media these days. My high school experiences from '72 to '76 were much more like the grubby, druggy, post-Watergate-and-60s-hangover jaded teen pessimism portrayed in this movie. Jodie Foster is outstanding ... Read More Rating: - Foxes still worthy of viewing!I can't tell you how many times I've seen this movie in the last 25 years or so. Granted, some of the little plot twists are a bit hokey, but as a whole I think the movie stands up well. I do wish there was something in the way of "bonus features" though. It'd be nice to have had audio commentary from Cherie Currie, or Jodie Foster. And it certainly would be nice to have had some more additional concert footage of Angel! I know there is more, as I attended that concert taping at the Shrine Auditorium ... Read More Rating:  - A cautionary taleThis film is something of a cautionary tale about the dangers of drug use, but underneath it, it also presents a very cynical view of humanity in general. Following the lives of four teenage girls in Los Angeles, circa 1979, it consists of episodes tied together by the thinnest of plot lines. Everything appears trashy, ugly and venal. The city is run down and dilapidated. The teenagers lead barren lives that alternate between mindless drunken brawls and bouts of despair. The adults are scarcely better, ... Read More Rating: - A Must Have for annyone with a teen!Ever wonder what your teens are up to? This movie was like a tatoo on my soul when I first saw it as a pre-teen. And now that I'm older - much older- and have teens of my own I knew they had to see it too. Rating: - RAINY DAY ROCK MOVIEIf there were ever a band that should have made a campy rock and roll movie, it would have been The Runaways. Five hot teen girls in a Hard Days Night-esque sort of movie, but with way more controversial, under age sexuality. Never happened. Awww. BUT- Cherie Currie, who was arguably the hottest of the group, did make one movie in 1980, with a cast of girls that weren't quite as hot as the Runaways... (Jodie Foster etc.) called Foxes. It's your typical late seventies melodrama involoving some ... Read More |
