film follow four friend from the 1950s ( when theyre in high school ) up to 1981. they be danilo ( craig wasson ) a yugoslavian immigrant while georgia ( jodi thelan ) a free spirit while david ( michael huddleston ) who have no personality and tom ( jim metzler ) a big and strong and handsome and rugged guy . all three of them be in love with georgia but she only love danilo . the film mostly focus on those two it chronicle their life and love and attraction to each other over the year . it also get into danilo try to win the love of his tough immigrant father . i love this film but it not without it bad point . thelan high and squeaky voice be annoy ( but you get use to it ) while the story jump around very quickly while tom and david life be never explain ( tom show up with a vietnamese wife and kid and david have a wife we never meet until the end ) while some crucial scene be badly write and there some obvious pre release cutting ( probably to keep the film at 2 hour ) . but everything else be so good you can easily forget the problem . the story be compel you really get to know and understand the character and always get catch up in the life . with a few exception and the script ( by steve tesich ) be good in fact and tesich be a yugoslavian immigrant himself and base much of the script on his own experience . all the acting be great especially thelan and wasson also reed birney throw in a strong and likable performance a louie and danilo college roommate . and lois smith be very interesting in her role . and look quick for mercedes ruehl and glenne headly . basically and it a real great story about immigrant and come of age and love of america and cover the 50 80 perfectly . this film be ( unjustly ) malign on it release . the studio do not know how to advertise it ( it be a hard film to market ) and the critic stomp on it ( pauline kaels review in the new yorker be particularly harsh ) . it barely play in theater ( i be lucky enough to catch it in 1981 in it short theatrical run ) and have simply disappear . that a shame . this be a movie that be just ripe for reissue . i be not bet on it but you never know . a definite 10 all the way .