Some Kind Of Wonderful Cast
Some Kind Of Wonderful Soundtrack
Some Kind Of Wonderful Soundtrack

Some Kind of Wonderful is a 1987 American romantic-drama coming of age film directed by Howard Deutch & written by John Hughes, starring Eric Stolz, Lea Thompson and Mary Stuart Masterson. 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Box Office 5 Critical Reception 6 Accolades 7 Trailer Working class high school students Keith Nelson and Watts are good friends, but after Keith asks out Amanda Jones, the most. Some Kind of Wonderful Lyrics: I don't need a whole lots of money / I don't need a big fine car / I got everything that a man could want / I got more than I could ask for / I don't have to run. Some Kind of Wonderful, released on Feb. 27, 1987, builds upon the common Hughes theme of social class boundaries, present in films like 1985's The Breakfast Club and 1986's Pretty in Pink; the.

No other popular filmmaker in the '80s exhibited a thirst for new wave more than John Hughes. The soundtrack for Hughes' Pretty in Pink exposed such college-radio heroes as New Order, the Psychedelic Furs, the Smiths, and Echo and the Bunnymen to the Top 40 crowd. Consider the Some Kind of Wonderful soundtrack as its even hipper sequel. While the Pretty in Pink soundtrack assembled new wave artists with substantial cult followings, Some Kind of Wonderful digs deeper in the import section; names like Blue Room, Lick the Tins, and the Apartments are probably unfamiliar to the most hardcore of new wave enthusiasts. Nevertheless, the songs are accessible and catchy, as if they were ripped from an underground pop station's nightly countdown. The wounded emotions in Blue Room's piano ballad 'Cry Like This' simmer with palpable teen angst; Flesh for Lulu's 'I Go Crazy' is high-spirited synth pop with glam rock guitars; and Furniture's brooding 'Brilliant Mind' reflects the icy detachment of adolescent depression. The March Violets also transform the Rolling Stones' 'Miss Amanda Jones' into a new wave singalong, while the Apartments sneak coy indie pop onto a major label. Lick the Tins' remake of 'Can't Help Falling in Love' encapsulates the innocence of teen love with its little-girl vocals. The Some Kind of Wonderful soundtrack offers minor-leaguers an opportunity to play for the masses, and each one scores a home run.

Sample	Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
1	Pete Shelley	03:44
2	James Irvin / Hamilton Lee / Sally Still / Greg Whelan / Timothy Whelan	Furniture	04:13
3	Tony Cook / Stephen Hague / David Joyner	Blue Room	04:08
4	Rocco Barker / Nick Marsh / Kevin Mills / James Mitchell	Flesh for Lulu	03:55	Amazon
5	Stephen Duffy	03:42	Amazon
6	James Reid / Jim Reid / William Reid	The Jesus and Mary Chain	03:13
7	Apartments	03:36	Amazon
8	Mick Jagger / Keith Richards	March Violets	03:18	Amazon
9	Luigi Creatore / Hugo Peretti / George David Weiss	Lick the Tins	03:10	Amazon
10	Tom Ashton / Loz Elliot / Cleo Murray	March Violets	03:57	Amazon

Some Kind Of Wonderful Cast

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(Redirected from Hardy Jenns)

Some Kind of Wonderful
Directed by	Howard Deutch
Written by	John Hughes
Produced by	John Hughes
Starring
Cinematography	Jan Kiesser
Edited by	Bud S. Smith M. Scott Smith
Music by	Stephen Hague John Musser
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
February 27, 1987
95 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$18.5 million^[1]

Some Kind of Wonderful is a 1987 American romanticdrama film directed by Howard Deutch and starring Eric Stoltz, Mary Stuart Masterson, and Lea Thompson. It is one of several successful teen dramas written by John Hughes in the 1980s.

Plot[edit]

The film is set against the strict social hierarchy of an American public high school in suburban LA. Blue-collar mechanic and aspiring artist Keith Nelson (Eric Stoltz) and his tomboyish friend Watts (Mary Stuart Masterson), who has been subjected to rumors that she is a lesbian, aspire to improve their social standing. Keith's blue-collar father is obsessed with sending him to college for business, as he would be the first in their family to go.

Keith is enamored with Amanda Jones (Lea Thompson), the most popular girl in school. She is dating Hardy Jenns (Craig Sheffer), a self-absorbed boy from a wealthy neighborhood who thinks Keith is beneath him. He treats Amanda as his 'property' and is seen fooling around with another girl.

Hearing that Amanda will be in detention, Keith gets himself in trouble in order to spend time with her. Unbeknownst to him, she has talked her way out of detention, and he is stuck with the school misfits, eventually making friends with troublemaker Duncan.

When Amanda breaks up with Hardy outside their school, Keith seizes the opportunity to ask her out. Taking it as a chance to prove to Hardy that she does not need him, Amanda accepts. Meanwhile, seeing her best friend with Amanda makes Watts realize her feelings for him are much deeper.

Watts enlists the help of another boy, trying to make Keith jealous, but he barely notices. With Watts' help, he sets out trying to plan the perfect date to prove he is worthy of Amanda. Watts tells him that she will appreciate a good kisser, and shows Keith how to kiss. He is oblivious to Watts' attraction to him. He later uses his college fund, with Watts in tow, and selects a pair of earrings for Amanda. When Keith's father discovers the college fund has been emptied, he is livid, but Keith ultimately convinces his father to respect his right to make his own decisions.

Meanwhile, Hardy plots trouble for Keith by inviting him and Amanda to a party after their date, where he plans to have Keith beaten up. Through his sister Laura, Keith finds out about the plot, believing Amanda to be part of it, but goes ahead with the date anyway, spending the rest of his college money on an expensive dinner and roping in Watts (as chauffeur) to help make the date special. At Hardy's party, the timely arrival of Duncan and the other 'misfits' saves Keith from taking a beating. Suddenly fearing for his safety, Hardy tries to talk his way out of his predicament. Amused, Keith tells Hardy he is 'over,' after which Amanda slaps Hardy. Duncan tells Keith he'll stay at the party in order to bring it 'to a nice, respectable level'.

After leaving the party, Amanda suddenly realizes that Keith and Watts have feelings for one another and that, instead of her earlier selfishness, she wants to do the 'right' thing. She returns the earrings and urges him to go after Watts. Keith, realizing that he is in love with his best friend, bids Amanda goodbye with a kiss on the cheek. He catches up to Watts and they kiss, whereupon Keith confesses to Watts that he had no idea how she really felt about him. He then gives the earrings to a delighted Watts, who admits she always wanted them. She puts them on and asks Keith how they look, and he replies, 'You look good wearing my future.'

Cast[edit]

Eric Stoltz as Keith Nelson
Mary Stuart Masterson as Watts
Lea Thompson as Amanda Jones
Craig Sheffer as Hardy Jenns