You DO get the Back to the Future pairing of he and Lea Thompson we never saw in 1985, which is neat. This is more likely to play to the strengths of the lead in Eric Stoltz, who had a reputation for struggling with coming across as “fun” in movies (Though both Quentin Tarantino and Cameron Crowe would come along and showcase that this notion was false). Some Kind of Wonderful ditches the fun for a more straight drama approach. And while Mary Stuart Masterson as “Watts” is a bit less “too much” than Duckie, the problems in this movie lie across the board with the characters. In addition to going with a different result, they’ve also gender-swapped the idea of Pretty In Pink as well. The film that would pretty much run through the story of Pretty In Pink again, but this time with the ending they originally intended. In retaliation to that, he and Deutch teamed again for 1987’s Some Kind of Wonderful.

Audiences wanted her to be latched to Andrew McCarthy as the credits rolled. Originally Molly Ringwald wound up with Duckie as played by Jon Cryer. When making Pretty In Pink, due to results and reaction to test screenings, John Hughes and Howard Deutch had to go back and reshoot the ending. Matters are further complicated when Watts realizes she likes Keith as more than just a friend and tries to convince him to stop pursuing Amanda. However, his advances draw the ire of Amanda’s snobby ex-boyfriend, Hardy Jenns (Craig Sheffer), who makes plans to get even. Keith Nelson (Eric Stoltz), an artsy high school outcast, tries to land a date with popular girl Amanda Jones (Lea Thompson) with some help from his tomboy best friend, Watts (Mary Stuart Masterson). Its available for pre-order using the paid Amazon Associate’s link following the review. You can own the film as part of the John Hughes 5-Movie Collection (Which also has Planes, Trains and Automobiles, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and She’s Having A Baby) when it arrives February 23rd. Luckily, thanks to that, they have a new bonus feature of Howard Deutch talking about the film. Conveniently enough, in this same set it is packaged with the Paramount Presents edition of Pretty In Pink that came out last year (A debut on Blu-ray itself). Deemed as a response to Pretty In Pink, the film has not made the jump from DVD since it debuted in 2002 (And had a Special Edition in 2006). One of those is the 1987 film Some Kind of Wonderful.

Through a 5-film Blu-ray collection, Paramount is filling in some gaps in the John Hughes filmography on the format.

Amanda jones some kind of wonderful