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(1989) |
he Rachel Papers is a very watchable British 80's rom-com, starring an equal mix of very capable Brit and US actors. Dexter Flethcer (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) plays Charles Highway, a suave 19 year Oxford university student who wishes to expand his many female conquests to include an older woman.
The Rachel Papers of the title refer to our lead charactor's unusual and slightly disturbing technique of keeping detailed notes and images on his home computer of all the women he has or wishes to seduce, and of one particularly mysterious and older American girl called Rachel Noyce (Ione Skye).
With this, Charles has the useful ability to mould his personality (and bedroom) to appeal to the desires of any girl he wants. Sporting some chunky Raybans and a dodgy suit, Highway speeds his moped around the beautiful rainswept streets of Oxford, in purusit of the aloof Rachel. He does not have it all easy however, as Rachel has an older boyfriend in tow (James Spader in typically smarmy mode), and of course she has to get past Norman, Charle's knuckle scraping brother-in-law.
Remarkably - especially considering he uses seduction skills akin to stalking - Charles finally charms Rachel, and some steamy and robust sex scenes follow. The real star of this film however is the oddball charactor Norman, who despite being the comedy stooge of the story, actually hwalks away with the most grounded pieces of dialogue in the whole film.
Full marks to Johnathan Pryce for a funny and memorable charactor who is far more endearing than the hapless and often annoying Highway, or the one-dimensional Rachel.
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Very upbeat for an 80's Brit-flick, worth seeing again for the Johnathan Pryce character. Often very funny.
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Director, Damien Harris, is the son of legendary screen star Richard Harris who is probably most recently remembered for playing Dumbledore in the first two Harry Potter films.  -Thanks to Kara Petty
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Although not credited, Eric Stoltz cameos as one of the guests at the table when Deforest, Rachel, and Charles go to the café.
Amanda De Cadenet plays Cathy in her first film role, she later played Jennifer in Mascara (1999).
The computer used by Dexter Fletcher throughout the film is a Commodore Amiga A500, a US-made computer that didn't do very well in the US, but was very popular in Europe.
The movie is based on a funny and poignant book by Martin Amis, "The Rachel Papers".
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The Rachel Papers was filmed at locations in London, GREATER LONDON, United Kingdom.
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We don't believe a soundtrack was ever released for this movie, but here are the tracks used:
"I'VE GOT YOUR PREASURE CONTROL" by Simon Harris
"GRAFFITTI LIMBO" by Michelle Shocked
"TEARS" by Frankie Knuckles
"YOU MADE ME" by Shakespears Sister
"SIMPLE WORDS" by Difford & Tilbrook
"ANSELMA" by Los Lobos
"WITHIN THESE WALLS OF WITHOUT YOU" by Difford & Tilbrook
"TONGUED IN THE WOODS" by Jools Holland
"THIS GUY'S IN LOVE WITH YOU" (Burt Bacharach) by Tom Blades
"ASSASSIN OF LOVE" by Willy Deville
"ELECTRIC MOON" by Shakespears Sister
"HEAD AND HEART" by John Martyn
"JE SUIS TOMBE" by Carmel
"WE'RE THROUGH" by Jools Holland
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