Valley Girl (1983 film)

Valley Girl
Valley Girl
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Martha Coolidge
Written by	Wayne Crawford; Andrew Lane;
Produced by	Wayne Crawford; Andrew Lane;
Starring	Nicolas Cage; Deborah Foreman; Elizabeth Daily; Cameron Dye; Michelle Meyrink; Lee Purcell; Richard Sanders; Colleen Camp; Frederic Forrest;
Cinematography	Frederick Elmes
Edited by	Éva Gárdos
Music by	Marc Levinthal; Scott Wilk
Production; companies	Valley 9000; Atlantic Releasing;
Distributed by	Atlantic Releasing
Release date	April 29, 1983 (United States);
Running time	99 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$3 million
Box office	$17.3 million

Valley Girl is a 1983 American teen romantic comedy film directed by Martha Coolidge and written and produced by Wayne Crawford and Andrew Lane. Loosely based on the tragedy Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, the film centers on the romance between a valley girl (Deborah Foreman) and a city punk (Nicolas Cage). Michelle Meyrink, Elizabeth Daily, Cameron Dye and Michael Bowen appear in supporting roles. Valley Girl was released in the United States on April 29, 1983, to critical and commercial success.^[3]

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