Ellsworth "Sonny" Wisecarver
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In the Mood (also known as The Woo Woo Kid) is a 1987 American comedy film written and directed by Phil Alden Robinson. The film is based on the true story of Sonny Wisecarver. Set in the 1940s, the feature stars Patrick Dempsey, Beverly D'Angelo, Michael Constantine, Betty Jinnette, Kathleen Freeman, and Peter Hobbs.
Oct 13, 2014 · Video Detective. 133K subscribers. Subscribed. 73. 21K views 9 years ago. In The Mood Trailer 1987 Director: Phil Alden Robinson Starring: Betty Jinette, Beverly D'Angelo, Kathleen Freeman,...
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Sep 16, 1987 · A 14-year-old boy has affairs and marries two older women in 1944 Los Angeles, becoming a media sensation. Based on a true story, this film stars Patrick Dempsey, Talia Balsam and Beverly D'Angelo.
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- Comedy, Romance
- Phil Alden Robinson
- 1987-09-16
"In the Mood" is a popular big band-era jazz standard recorded by American bandleader Glenn Miller. "In the Mood" is based on the composition "Tar Paper Stomp" by Wingy Manone. The first recording under the name "In the Mood" was released by Edgar Hayes & His Orchestra in 1938.
- Big Band , Swing
Sonny Wisecarver (Patrick Dempsey) is a teenage Casanova. At the tender age of 15, he succeeds in seducing his older neighbor (Talia Balsam), and they run off to get married. The law catches up ...
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- Phil Alden Robinson
- PG-13
- Patrick Dempsey
The movie is comfortably set in its period, the mid-1940s of Roosevelt and rationing, Glenn Miller and Woody Herman, and a national hunger for headlines that were not about the war.
When 15-year-old Sonny Wisecarver has an affair with his older neighbor Francine and then runs off to marry her, a stern judge has the union annulled.
