Times Square

United States

1980

111 Min

Color

English

Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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EXEC Kevin McCormick, John Nicolella

PROD Jacob Brackman, Robert Stigwood

SCR Jacob Brackman, Allan Moyle, Leanne Unger

CAST Tim Curry, Trini Alvarado, Robin Johnson, Peter Coffield, Herbert Berghof, David Margulies, Anna Maria Horsford

Two girls run away from a mental institution and forge a relationship on the streets of New York. They soon begin enjoying their punk-rock life until the powers that be start nosing around, looking for them, unsettling their already delicate mental states. Will the Sleez Girls be torn apart? Or will they tear themselves apart? –IMDb

Director

Allan Moyle

Allan Moyle (born 1947 in Shawinigan, Quebec) is a Canadian film director. He is best known for directing the films Pump Up the Volume (1990) and New Waterford Girl (1999).

His first major film was Times Square (1980). During the editing of the film he clashed with producer Robert Stigwood who reportedly wanted dialogue scenes removed and replaced with more musical sequences, so that the accompanying soundtrack recording could be expanded to a double-album. Moyle refused to make the cuts so Stigwood fired him and made the cuts himself.

In the eighties he wrote a novel that was never published but became the basis for his screenplay of his movie Pump Up the Volume, which he also directed. It was released in 1990.

Moyle has since directed The Gun in Betty Lou’s Handbag (1992), Empire Records (1995), New Waterford Girl (1999) – for which he won the Best Direction Canadian Comedy Award in 2001, XChange, and the made-for-TV movies Jailbait (2000) and Man in the Mirror… read more

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Johnny DuBiel

6Mar12

One of the best soundtracks of all time. I love this film's energy and movement. Even with heavy editing, it's subversive nature (namely, the sapphic bond between the two leads and its strong anti-radio/anti-television stance) still seeps through. The 'Life During Wartime' sequence is one of the great musical moments in all of film.

Frankly, Mr. Shankly

6Dec12

AND, specially, Patti Smith.
nananaina

6Dec12

can't remember that, I have to watch it again!
Frankly, Mr. Shankly

6Dec12

haven't watched it yet, but I read somewhere that Patti's "Pissing in a River" was featured in this film (Radio Ethiopia's page on Wikipedia confirms that).
nananaina

7Dec12

oh, I see, will watch it again then, if you want you can too, it's online on stagevu http://stagevu.com/video/pfwhevmcmwyi I know is not the best.
nananaina

7Dec12

If they had it at mubi it will be great, but otherwise is not easy to get.