four friend be first bill on hbo in 82 a a sleeper hit . have hear the term leeper when 14 and back then i be anxious to see one . ( . ) boy be i surprise . that film . i hadn not really fall in love with a non special effect film outside of treasure of the sierra madre much less a hippy flick . but have have grow up with a couple of hippy i understand the power behind mr. penn film . four friend be definitely one of a kind . the script be so personable and that cast . craig wasson defines danilo prozor so well . he just personify the writer type to a tee both smart and clumsy ( the scene at the window . ) and strong yet so very vulnerable . for me he capture what it like to be so take with agirl that it last over a decade . and i have always find solace in the character and in the film . throughout the 80 four friend be a partner in crime to me and i catch the movie whenever i could on hbo even if i have to stay up until 5am . and still and always at the end there be a sense of loss when all those wonderful character part from the viewer on the beach . jodi thelen personifies that girl to the hilt it be so hard not to be charm by her . this movie really stand the test of time . every once and a while i check out my video of it . or show a friend . and it still get a solid reaction . i have know woman who absolutely fall in love with georgia . so many level . just an incredible little 60 piece of humanity . very special and very magical . i recently find the novelization of four friend by robert grossbach and it even more detailed that the movie . actual date of event and etc . a real find . and what more haha i find the novel while thumb around in a used book store . in omaha and ne of all place . guess you have to have an eye for her . when i be in l. a. in 92 work a an extra i go into a ruddy lil memorbilia shop and there be a ton of still from the film . unfortunately i be broke and couldn not indulge . but boy and those photo of georgia and the guy all together just go right through me . i meet director joe sergant on the set of skylark in emporium and k in summer of 92. and we speak about four friend very cool . also . work at a video store in omaha in 98 wait on a female who be a relative of jim metzler . tell her to pass the word on that there be some kid in omaha who be just fanatical about the film and have get the utmost out of it . once again the movie capture everything that in danilo character heart . great and great work one of mssrs tesich and penn finest effort . steve tesich be sorely miss . an incredible writer . isadora duncan . c .