Who? 1963. Nineteen year old Marine en route to Vietnam River Phoenix and buddies Richard Panebianco, Mitchell Whitfield (My Cousin Vinny) and Anthony Clark stop off in San Francisco and organise a 'dogfight' - trying to pick up the least attractive woman they can. River pulls folk singer Lili Taylor. Yes of course we've seen her before. She was in Mystic Pizza, Say Anything, Born of the Fourth of July and Short Cuts. Anyway despite his anger and constant bad language they fall for each other. The two leads are good (River has never not played a scene convincingly) and there's a moving ending - a very long embrace.
Bob Comfort wrote it. Good folk music soundtrack.
The Trouble with Mimi is - as I guessed - a made-up film.
Tim Squyres was supervising sound editor and assistant film editor.
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