Light of Day
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Theatrical release poster
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| Directed by | Paul Schrader |
| Produced by | Keith Barish Rob Cohen |
| Written by | Paul Schrader |
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| Music by | Thomas Newman |
| Cinematography | John Bailey |
| Edited by | Jacqueline Cambas Rose Kuo Jill Savitt |
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Taft Entertainment Pictures
Keith Barish Productions |
| Distributed by | TriStar Pictures |
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Release date
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Running time
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107 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $10,490,000 |
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| Soundtrack album by various artists | |
| Released | 1987 |
| Genre | Rock |
| Length | 42:04 |
| Label | Blackheart |
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Light of Day is a 1987 American drama film starring Michael J. Fox, Gena Rowlands and Joan Jett. It was written and directed by Paul Schrader. The original music score was composed by Thomas Newman and the cinematography is by John Bailey.
Fox and Jett play a brother and sister who are lead performers in a rock band, The Barbusters, in Cleveland, Ohio. The sister, Patti Rasnick, is an unmarried mother and has a troubled relationship with her own mother, who is deeply religious. Estranged from her parents and struggling to make ends meet, Patti decides to dive headlong into a carefree rock music lifestyle. The brother, Joe Rasnick, pulls away from rock music to provide some stability for his young nephew. It takes a family crisis to bring Patti back home and force her to face the past with her mother.
The film was shot on location in Chicago, Illinois; Maywood, Illinois; Berwyn, Illinois; Blue Island, Illinois; Lincolnwood, Illinois; Hammond, Indiana and Cleveland, Ohio.
The film is best known as the first real attempt for Fox to escape his image as a slacker that he created in films such as Back to the Future. Light of Day is one of the very few projects where Fox has smoked in front of the camera; although a chain smoker, he avoided being photographed with a cigarette out of fear that it would encourage smoking.
Former 1984 Miss Teen USA Cherise Haugen had a small role as the girl that Fox's character brings home as a one-night stand. A young Trent Reznor appears, with other members of Exotic Birds in the film as a member of fictional band The Problems as well as local teen band, The Pelicans, as The Bubblegummers.
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