Way Back Wednesday - Say Anything

(From IMDB) Say Anything... is a romantic film written and directed by Cameron Crowe - this is actually the first film directed by Crowe - and released in 1989. In 2002, Entertainment Weekly ranked Say Anything... as the greatest modern movie romance and it ranked number 11 on the list of the fifty best high school movies. Personally, I think it is the greatest romance movie of my generation.

Say Anything... features John Cusack as Lloyd Dobler, an average student and aspiring kickboxer who attempts a relationship with school valedictorian Diane Court - played by Ione Skye. Diane falls for Lloyd, partly because of his gallant ways and partly because he makes her laugh. However, their relationship is tested by several problems. Diane has just won a major scholarship to study in England and will be going there at the end of the summer.

Diane's father Jim - played by John Mahoney - is under investigation by the IRS for alleged tax violations committed at his nursing home, and Diane worries she should be spending more time with her father rather than Lloyd. Jim does not approve of his daughter dating an underachiever like Lloyd, and pressures her to break up with him, which she reluctantly does. Lloyd ultimately wins her heart before the summer's end and helps support Diane through her dad's conviction. The film ends with Lloyd escorting nervous-flyer Diane to England.

In the movie's most famous scene, Lloyd appears outside Diane's bedroom window carrying a boombox over his head playing Peter Gabriel's "In Your Eyes". This has to be the all-time most romantic film moment - it makes me cry every single time I watch it!