| Mystic Pizza | |
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| Directed by | Donald Petrie |
| Produced by | Mark Levinson Scott M. Rosenfelt |
| Written by | Amy Holden Jones Perry Howze Randy Howze Alfred Uhry |
| Starring | Annabeth Gish Julia Roberts Lili Taylor William R. Moses Adam Storke Conchata Ferrell |
| Music by | David McHugh |
| Cinematography | Tim Suhrstedt |
| Editing by | Don Brochu Marion Rothman |
| Distributed by | Samuel Goldwyn Company |
| Release date(s) | October 21 1988 |
| Running time | 104 mins |
| Country |  United States
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $6,000,000 (estimated) |
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Mystic Pizza is a 1988 film directed by Donald Petrie and starring Annabeth Gish, Julia Roberts, and Lili Taylor.
Plot
The film is about the coming of age of two sisters and their friend, as seen through the romantic lives of the three main characters: Kat, Daisy, and Jojo, who all work as waitresses at Mystic Pizza in Mystic, Connecticut, a fishing town with a large Portuguese American population. The movie also touches on an Old World work ethic. Kat and Daisy are sisters and rivals; the former works all the time and aspires to attend Yale University, while the latter just wants to have fun. Kat is the apple of her Portuguese mother's eye, while Daisy is not: She is promiscuous and is not as goal-oriented as her younger sister. There is also a dynamic between Kat's Anglo-American employer and the resulting relationship between them. The class distinctions and variant European heritages are explored in various scenes of the film. Vincent D'Onofrio and Adam Storke co-star; in his screen debut, Matt Damon has a small part (his sole line in the film being, "Mom, do you want my green stuff?"). The film was based on a pizza shop that caught the eye of Hollywood screen writer, Amy H. Jones. The actual Mystic Pizza in Mystic, Connecticut has become overwhelmingly popular due to the film's success.
References in Pop Culture
- In the 30 Rock season two premiere SeinfeldVision, the character Jenna appears in Mystic Pizza: The Musical.
External links
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