Peggy Sue Got Married is a 1986 American fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Francis Ford Coppola starring Kathleen Turner as a woman on the verge of a divorce, who finds herself transported back to the days of her senior year in high school in 1960.
[3] The title of the movie and the name of the main character refer to the 1959 Buddy Holly song of the same name, which is played over the film's opening credits.
In 1985, Peggy Sue Bodell attends her 25-year high school reunion, accompanied by her daughter, Beth, rather than her husband, Charlie, who was her high-school sweetheart.
The emcee then announces the reunion's “king and queen": Richard Norvik, the former class geek who is now a billionaire inventor, and Peggy Sue.
He takes her home, but instead of going inside, she goes to an all-night café where she sees fellow student Michael Fitzsimmons, an artsy loner whom she always wished she had slept with.
The next night at a music bar, Michael wants Peggy to go to Utah with him and another woman for a polygamous relationship where the two women support him while he writes.
The next day, Peggy Sue tries to talk to Charlie but he lashes out, upset over failing to secure a record deal.
Charlie enters the lodge and—when lights go out—picks up and runs out with Peggy Sue, leaving everyone inside believing the ritual worked.
They had creative differences and Demme left the project, to be replaced by Penny Marshall, who would be making her feature directorial debut.
(Marshall then made her directing debut with Jumpin' Jack Flash after the original director dropped out.
)[5] Rastar, the production company, offered the film to Francis Ford Coppola, hoping to entice Winger back to the project.
)[8] Kathleen Turner stated that Francis Ford Coppola was contractually obligated to finish the film on time or lose final cut privilege.
Turner has spoken numerous times about the difficulty of working with co-star Nicolas Cage (Coppola's nephew).
"[12]In 2008, in response to Turner's claims that he had driven drunk and stolen a chihuahua, Cage sued her for defamation and won.
The site's consensus reads, "Peggy Sue Got Married may seem just another in the line of 80's boomer nostalgia films, but none of the others have Kathleen Turner's keen lead performance.
"[14] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 75 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.
"[16] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film four-out-of-four-stars, calling it "one of the best movies of the year" and stated Turner's performance "must be seen to be believed.
[21] The film was adapted by Leichtling and Sarner into a full-length musical theater production which opened in London's West End theatre district in 2001.