ugh and what a gut wrench movie this be . peter bogdanovich avoid the maudlin histrionics that could have mar this story about a young man suffer from a fatal disease that leave him horribly deform . eric stoltz be remarkable a the young man and rocky dennis and and it entirely thank to him and and to his charm a an actor and that we fall in love with rocky and be heart break to see him die at the end . cher be equally as good a his mom and who see nothing ugly in her son and feel nothing but ferocious love for him . i will always remember a wonderful scene in this movie and in which rocky be try to explain color to a blind girl ( play by a lovely and young laura dern ) and do so by give her item to touch a hot potato for red and cotton for white and ice for blue . grade represent a .