Revealing mistake: Last scene in the movie is Peggy Sue waking up in the hospital. The very last shot of that scene is of the camera backing up from what appears to be a mirror. If you look closely, it isn't a mirror at all, it's actually a window made to look like a mirror complete with another set of actors to mimic the stars of the movie's actions.
Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
Plot summary
Directed by: Francis Ford Coppola
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Kathleen Turner, Catherine Hicks, Barry Miller
Peggy Sue was a popular student when she graduated high school in 1960. She married her high school sweetheart Charlie and had two kids with him. Now in 1985, Peggy Sue is attending her 25 year high school reunion. She and Charlie had a horrible marriage and are now seperated. At her reunion, Peggy faints on stage after being voted "reunion queen" and wakes up back in 1960! Now Peggy has to deal with her parents rules, her annoying kid sister and going back to high school all over again. She also has to deal with Charlie who is baffled by her recent bitterness towards him. This movie raises the question "what would you do differently if you had to do it all over?"
Lisa
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Suggested correction: I don't believe this is a mistake this is supposed to show two alternate universes two different ways things are playing out.
Peggy Sue: We had one glorious night together, someday you'll remember and write about it.
Michael Fitzsimmons: Yeah, I can dig that. Bittersweet perfection. Dogs of lust on leashes of memory.
Trivia: Kathleen Turner plays Helen Hunt's mother in the movie, even though in real life she's only nine years older than her.
Question: I never understood the significance of the girl in the wheelchair at the reunion. Peggy Sue makes a big deal out of the girl but never in her "flashback" do we see this character.
Answer: You DO see Rosalie in the past. She hosts the party at which Charlie and his group sing. And Jim Carrey asks for the lights to be turned out. She walks, and begins to dance with her boyfriend.
No, that was Maddie's party. Peggy Sue's mom said so when she asked her why she wasn't ready for the party, when Charlie came to pick her up.
I finally see her, thanks! She's to the left of Peggy Sue and her girlfriends as they watch Charlie and the guys sing. Then she's the girl dancing on the counter at the coffee shop when Peggy Sue meets with Michael Fitzsimmons the first time. I always wondered about the Rosalie plot hole.
I think we DO see Rosalie before her accident-she is the girl dancing on the counter at the coffee shop when Peggy Sue goes for coffee and a donut and runs into Michael Fitzsimmons. Peggy Sue pauses and watches her for a moment.
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