Curly Sue

Curly Sue is een Amerikaanse romantische familiefilm uit 1991 van John Hughes. De hoofdrollen worden vertolkt door Alisan Porter, James Belushi en Kelly Lynch. In vergelijking met de andere successen van John Hughes (bekend van Home Alone) was deze film matig succesvol met een opbrengst van $33.691.313 in de Verenigde Staten.

Curly Sue
Tagline	Big laughs come in small packages.
Regie	John Hughes
Producent	John Hughes
Scenario	John Hughes
Hoofdrollen	James Belushi Kelly Lynch Alisan Porter
Muziek	Georges Delerue
Montage	Peck Prior Harvey Rosenstock
Cinema­tografie	Jeffrey L. Kimball
Distributie	Warner Bros.
Première	VS: 25 oktober 1991 Nederland: 20 december 1991
Genre	Komedie Drama Romantiek
Speelduur	101 minuten
Taal	Engels
Land	Verenigde Staten
Budget	± $ 30.000.000
Gewonnen prijzen	1
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Verhaal

Bill Dancer en het weesmeisje Curly Sue, leven als zwervers op straat en proberen te voorzien in hun dagelijks onderhoud door andere mensen beet te nemen. Op een dag ontmoeten ze bij een van hun trucs een rijke advocate, Grey Ellison, waar ze niet direct weer vanaf komen.

Rolverdeling

Acteur	Personage	Opmerkingen
Belushi, James James Belushi	Bill Dancer	hoofdrol
Lynch, Kelly Kelly Lynch	Grey Ellison	hoofdrol
Porter, Alisan Alisan Porter	Curly Sue	hoofdrol
Getz, John John Getz	Walker McCormick
Thompson, Fred Dalton Fred Dalton Thompson	Bernard Oxbar
Thor, Cameron Cameron Thor	Maitre d'
Richmond, Branscombe Branscombe Richmond	Albert
Carell, Steve Steve Carell	Tesio	als Steven Carell
Ashton, John John Ashton	Frank Arnold
Boggs, Gail Gail Boggs	Anise Hall
Byrnes, Burke Burke Byrnes	Dr. Maxwell
Davis, Viveka Viveka Davis	Trina
Tarbuck, Barbara Barbara Tarbuck	Mrs. Arnold
McClurg, Edie Edie McClurg	Secretaresse
Adams, Charles Charles Adams	Gevangenisbewaker
Boinski, James W. James W. Boinski	Lommerd

Citaten

• Grey Ellison: You lived with him when he was nothing, you suffered his youth and the years of struggle, now you're entitled to half of everything he has.
• Grey Ellison: Want us to walk you inside?

Curly Sue: No, I got it, but thanks for asking.

Bill Dancer: Give us a kiss.

Curly Sue: Please, we're in public.

Bill Dancer: Good luck.

• Trina: I don't usually smoke cigars, it's just that my friend had a baby.
• Bill Dancer: You can cry and not feel sad, just like you can feel sad and not cry.
• Mrs. Arnold: Are you all right? You seem a little... nice.
• Curly Sue: We wouldn't even be talking about this if you'd gotten some money out of that lady, we'd be on the road. You didn't because she was too pretty.

Bill Dancer: She was too smart.

Curly Sue: And she was too pretty.

Bill Dancer: She was in a hurry.

Curly Sue: And she was too pretty.

Bill Dancer: She was going to catch onto us.

Curly Sue: And she was too pretty.

Bill Dancer: You're pretty, and I don't leave you alone.

Curly Sue: She was too pretty.

• Bill Dancer: Look, no swearing, no gambling, no spitting, no punching, and no kicking, all right?

Curly Sue: Put a sock in it, I know what I'm doing.

• Curly Sue: I hate the art museum.

Bill Dancer: Will it hurt you to learn a thing or two?

Curly Sue: All you learn from the art museum is how to keep your mouth shut and how to walk without making squeaky sounds with your shoes.

• Bill Dancer: The harder you hit me the more I'll know you love me.
• Curly Sue: These tights itch!... These things stick to your butt!
• Trina: Do you know how long you have to go to school to become a lawyer?

Curly Sue: No.

Trina: 20 years.

Curly Sue: Slap my butt, no way!

Achtergrond

Deze film is opgenomen in de plaatsen Chicago en Evanston, beide in de staat Illinois (staat) in de Verenigde Staten.

Prijzen

• Alisan Porter als Curly Sue won in 1993 de Young Artist Award.

Trivia

• Deze film was het debuut van Steve Carell.

Externe link

• (en)  Curly Sue in de Internet Movie Database