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39 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
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Morgan Stewart's Coming Home
"He was just Ducky in "Pretty in Pink". Now he's crazy rich...and it's all his parents' fault."
1987 1h 32m EN
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★5.1TMDB · 23
Comedy
Synopsis
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Eccentric 17-year-old Morgan Stewart (Cryer) can't seem to get his conservative parents to notice him - even though Morgan's been thrown out of 10 prep schools in 7 years! But when a sleazy campaign manager threatens Morgan's father's senatorial bid, Morgan comes home to clean up the mess... and creates hilarious havoc! by the time Morgan is finished, Washington politics will never be the same.
“He was just Ducky in "Pretty in Pink". Now he's crazy rich...and it's all his parents' fault.”
Cast
Jon Cryer
Morgan Sewart
Viveka Davis
Emily
Paul Gleason
Jay Le Soto
Nicholas Pryor
Tom Stewart
Savely Kramarov
Ivan
Roger Bowen
Dr. Cabot
Andrew Duncan
General Fenton
Leeza Vinnichenko
Proskovia
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Terry Winsor
- Writers
- David N. Titcher, Ken Hixon, David N. Titcher
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
Want more? Switch to Cinephile mode in the header for DP, composer, budget, box office, production companies, keywords, and release history.
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Directed by Terry Winsor, shot by Richard E. Brooks. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Original score by Peter Bernstein. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Robert Lederman shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Jon Cryer and Viveka Davis and Paul Gleason carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "He was just Ducky in "Pretty in Pink". Now he's crazy rich...and it's all his parents' fault.".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0093567 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 23 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Terry Winsor directs. Richard E. Brooks behind the camera. Peter Bernstein scores. Robert Lederman cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 139 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Directed by Terry Winsor, shot by Richard E. Brooks. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 3Original score by Peter Bernstein. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
- 4Editor Robert Lederman shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Jon Cryer and Viveka Davis and Paul Gleason carry the top of the cast.
- 6Marketing tagline: "He was just Ducky in "Pretty in Pink". Now he's crazy rich...and it's all his parents' fault.".
- 7IMDB entry: tt0093567 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 8Only 23 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Richard E. Brooks
- Original score
- Peter Bernstein
- Editing
- Robert Lederman
- Production design
- Charles C. Bennett
- Costume design
- Molly Maginnis
- Makeup / hair
- James Sarzotti
- Sound
- Rick Kline
- Stunt coordinator
- Glenn R. Wilder
- Runtime
- 92 min · 1h 32m
- Status
- Released
- Box office
- $2,136,381
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- PG-13
Also by
Terry Winsor
Production companies
Who made it
- KI
Kings Road Entertainment
US
Key crew
- GripTerry Arthur
- CastingLynn Kressel
- Associate ProducerPatrick McCormick
- Costume DesignMolly Maginnis
- EditorRobert Lederman
- Production DesignCharles C. Bennett
- ProducerStephen J. Friedman
- StuntsMary Peters
- StuntsJames Hooks Reynolds
- Unit Production ManagerPatrick McCormick
- StuntsPat Romano
- StuntsAnderson Martin
- StuntsChristine Anne Baur
- StuntsScott Wilder
- StuntsGary Tacon
- First Assistant DirectorLewis Gould
- Second Assistant DirectorJim Chory
- Sound MixerFrank Stettner
- Supervising Sound EditorNorval D. Crutcher
- Assistant Music SupervisorDiane DeLouise Wessel
- Script SupervisorMartha Mitchell
- Sound EditorBeth Sterner
- StuntsJ.N. Roberts
- StuntsTim Gilbert
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- boarding school
- boyfriend girlfriend relationship
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1987-02-20PG-13
Also known as
International titles
- Home FrontGB
- Rebelión en casaES
- Morgan räumt aufDE
- Qu'il est dur d'être farceur, d'aimer la musique pop et les films d'horreur quand on a un père qui se présente aux électionsFR
