No Small Affair (1984) on Netflix
Charles Cummings, sixteen, accidentally photographs Laura Victor at a pier and falls for her when he develops the picture. He returns to the pier looking for her.
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Plot summary
Charles Cummings is sixteen and spends his time taking photographs. A picture of Laura Victor turns up on a roll he develops, and he falls for her. He goes back to the pier hoping to find her and asks the local police, who cannot help. His older brother Leonard arrives in town with the woman he is going to marry, and the two of them smuggle Charles into a bar where Laura sings. A bouncer and then the police throw him out, but he has learned her name. Laura's band has lost its lead guitarist, and her job at the bar is in danger. Charles offers to photograph her, and she refuses him.
Cast
- Scott Getlinas Scott
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about No Small Affair (1984)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- No Small Affair originally went into production in 1981 under director Martin Ritt, planning to star Matthew Broderick and Sally Field in the lead roles, but the shoot was shut down two weeks in when Ritt suffered health problems.
- When the film was restarted in 1984 with director Jerry Schatzberg, the lead roles were re-cast with Jon Cryer and Ellen Barkin, but after a rehearsal Barkin was replaced by Demi Moore.
