Radio Days (1987)

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71
Radio Days
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PG 1 hr 29 minJan 30th, 1987Drama, Comedy
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Plot
The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:January 30th, 1987 - Buy Tickets
On DVD & Blu-ray:November 6th, 2001 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$16,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$14,792,779 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Jack Rollins, Charles H. Joffe
Production Companies:Orion Pictures, Jack Rollins & Charles H. Joffe Productions

Radio Days Quotes

Naming Dilemmas in a Family Conversation

Mother: If it's a girl, I thought we could name it Lola.
Father: Lola? What do you want her to be, a stripper?

A Humorous Take on Conflict Resolution

Father: What do they want, those Nazis? To slaughter everyone on the planet?
Mother: [[W.C. Fields] The Nazis, the Communists. The world would be better off without any of them, believe me. Come here. You know what ] said, don't you? He said, to settle a war the leaders of the countries involved should meet in a stadium and fight it out with socks filled with horse manure.