Fire with Fire (1986)

Director:

Duncan Gibbins

Writers:

Bill Phillips (screenplay) and
Warren Skaaren (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

9 May 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Tagline:

Two lovers. One chance. No time.

Plot:

A young woman from a Catholic school and a young man from a nearby prison camp fall in love and must runaway together to escape the law...

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Female Nudity | Catholic | Chase | Forest

Cast

Craig Sheffer	...	Joe Fisk
Virginia Madsen	...	Lisa Taylor
Jon Polito	...	Mr. Duchard, the Boss
J.J. Cohen	...	Myron, the 'Mapmaker' (as Jeffrey Jay Cohen)
Kate Reid	...	Sister Victoria
Jean Smart	...	Sister Maria
Tim Russ	...	Jerry Washington
David Harris	...	Ben Halsey
D.B. Sweeney	...	Thomas Baxter
Dorrie Joiner	...	Sandy
Evan Mirand	...	Manuel
Ann Savage	...	Sister Harriet
William G. Schilling	...	Watley (as William Schilling)
Penelope Sudrow	...	Stephanie
Star-Shemah Bobatoon	...	Margo

Also Known As:

Captive Hearts

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:12 (video rating) | Iceland:L | Norway:16 | USA:PG-13 | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Cloverdale, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

What Lisa is doing at the pond is re-creating a famous 1851 painting by John Everett Millais titled "Ophelia".

Quotes:

Joe Fisk: So... what... studying to be a nun?
Lisa Taylor: No. Are you studying to be a crook?

Movie Connections:

Features Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985)

Soundtrack:

Slave To Love

Saw it back in 1986...never forgot it

Two teenagers fall in love--one is in a prison camp (Craig Sheffer), the other is at a Catholic school (Virginia Madsen). He escapes and they run with the law in hot pursuit...

I was one of the few who saw this theatrically back in 1986. I had seen Sheffer and Madsen in movies before. I knew they were good actors (although Madsen is a little better) and very physically attractive (especially Sheffer). The whole audience consisted on me and a bunch of teenage boys (I was 24 at the time). The guys hated it but I loved it! The soundtrack, the direction, the acting--all were just great. Sheffer and Madsen also worked well with each other which helped. Purportedly Madsen couldn't stand Sheffer but you'd never know it watching this movie.

It was being pushed by the studio as an updated version of "Romeo & Juliet" (the similarities are there) without the unhappy ending. But with no stars to "sell" it this died quickly and disappeared. That's too bad--it's one of the better teen romances of the 80s. See it if you get a chance.