Times Square (1980)
January 11, 2023 6:48 AM - Subscribe

A late-night New York disc jockey (Tim Curry) follows the punk-rock antics of two runaway teenage girls (Trini Alvarado, Robin Johnson).

Also starring Tim Curry, Trini Alvarado, Robin Johnson, Peter Coffield, Herbert Berghof, David Margulies, Anna Maria Horsford, J. C. Quinn, Tim Choate, Elizabeth Peña, Jay Acovone, Steve James, Alice Spivak, Sharon Mitchell, Zoë Lund, Calvin Ander, Michael Margotta, Miguel Piñero, Kathy Lojac, Susan Merson, George Morfogen, Chelly Wilson.

Directed and co-written by Allan Moyle (Empire Records).

50% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.

Currently available for digital rental in the US. JustWatch listing.
posted by DirtyOldTown (11 comments total) 1 user marked this as a favorite
 
I have been looking for a DVD of this movie for ages. I got one from Amazon and it turned out to be the British region, so I can't play it on my machine. I kept it anyway.
posted by Gelatin at 6:50 AM on January 11, 2023


You should be able to rip it to a digital file using Handbrake and then watch it via computer that way, at least.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 7:06 AM on January 11, 2023 [2 favorites]


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posted by DirtyOldTown at 7:10 AM on January 11, 2023 [1 favorite]


I love this movie so much.
posted by gingerbeer at 2:06 PM on January 11, 2023


I've never seen this but the soundtrack was one of my favorites in highschool.
posted by octothorpe at 5:41 PM on January 11, 2023


Robin Johnson should have been a big star. She's irresistible.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 9:13 PM on January 11, 2023 [1 favorite]


Allan Moyle made this, Pump Up the Volume, and Empire Records. He really is the patron saint of sloppy, but likable dramas about frustrated adolescents.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 5:57 AM on January 12, 2023


How have I never heard of this?
posted by The corpse in the library at 11:22 AM on January 13, 2023


I got one from Amazon and it turned out to be the British region, so I can't play it on my machine. I kept it anyway.

Last I checked, you can still pick up a region-free DVD player for like $35-50. I keep mine around, just in case.
posted by praemunire at 12:01 PM on January 13, 2023


> How have I never heard of this?

I don't know! I am shocked at this.
posted by gingerbeer at 12:23 PM on January 13, 2023 [1 favorite]


I have been looking for a DVD of this movie for ages.

Check your library! Libraries are often great places to find older DVDs!

(I have not seen this either but might get it from my library!)
posted by kristi at 7:00 PM on January 18, 2023


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