David Margulies, Herbert Berghof, Peter Coffield

Rich girl Pammy is the sheltered daughter of a prominent politician. Nicky is a tough runaway. Together, they escape from a psychiatric hospital and become punk rock heroes on the streets of New York ...( read more  read more... )City.

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R, 111 min.

Directed by: Allan Moyle

Release Date: October 17, 1980

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DVD Release Date: November 28, 2000

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  • April 19, 2009
    OMFG!! a blast from the past! re-watching now... eeeee! cool!!!
  • March 25, 2009
    I loved this movie when I was 14, I bought the soundtrack, a double lp and carried it on my bmx to all my friends houses, we used to play it over and over again, I wish you could still buy it, we used to dress like the aain characters too a fun time then!
  • March 11, 2009
    love this movie and all the songs
  • February 9, 2009
    Dramatic, good acting, and the handsome Tim Curry. How didn't it become more popular?
  • November 1, 2008
    although the execution of the movie itself was lacking, it had a great script. It could have possibly been the unbelievability rate, the off-and-on poor acting, or maybe the drastic 80's low-budget movie feel that dissapointed me. However, the feeling of defiance was there, and T...( read more)im Burton's radio personality made this movie somewhat though provoking. the common story of a rich girl who wants to be an outcast and finds a counter culprit but the friendship can only last so long because the rich girl will always need to go back to her roots just as the orphan will always be alone. I would love to make a re-make of this movie, setting it in Los Angeles and using the underground hipster to portray the sub-culture and have the rich girl own a loft in downtown Los Angeles and have her friend stay there etc. it could be good. hey flixsters give me some money i'll make a movie and the soundtrack will be incredible too! Overall, Times Square captures the innocence and desire of breaking free from shelter and being 'punk'.
  • April 13, 2008
    It's not that the performances weren't good: they were pretty good for what they were. It's not that I didn't find the NYC locations great: I did. The soundtrack was good, as well. Despite all that, it never really came together. Granted, the studio is greatly to blame for th...( read more)at, but that's not my problem. What I saw, butchered or not, was just the seed of some potentially good ideas that never came to fruition.
  • April 11, 2008
    Just had the opportunity to watch this again for the first time in many years. I was pleasantly surprised at how well this film holds up. There are some really great moments and performances. Specifically Robin Johnson as Nicky. Yes, the movie does have its problems. It's l...( read more)ittle adolescent and melodramatic at times, but then again its a movie about adolescents. Anyway, at the least, this film is a great time capsule of the real Times Square before it became Disney-fied.

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