“They’re not the same film!” Lawrence exclaims of “Kiss Me Goodbye” versus “Jimmy Reardon”

Barry C. Lawrence, author of In Search of River Phoenix, spent the evening of September 18 with “Aren’t You Even Going to Kiss Me Goodbye?”. Verdict? “Do not confuse the two! they are not the same film!” Full review after the jump.

The lights of Clinton Street blaze for ‘Kiss Me Goodbye’ and ‘Winter Kills’

Couldn’t make it to the Portland showing of “Aren’t You Even Gonna Kiss Me Goodbye?” and “Winter Kills”?  The solution is to pick them up from the William Richert Store on DVD and pop up these sparkly pictures marquees and posters to provide full ambiance.  Gallery after the jump.

Portland says “Kiss Me Goodbye” “one of the lost jewels in the treasure chest of 80’s teen movies”

Dear Friends, our movie AREN’T YOU EVEN GONNA KISS ME GOODBYE? Opens tonight (September 12) in Portland Oregon at the Clinton Street Theater. It’s taken twenty years to get there, but there we are.
We’ve already gotten some terrific reviews – RIVER PHOENIX RISES AGAIN IN RESTORED MOVIE, says the PORTLAND TRIBUNE. “THE FILM IS ONE [...]

See the opening scene of “Aren’t You Even Gonna Kiss Me Goodbye?”

Dear Friends, our movie AREN’T YOU EVEN GONNA KISS ME GOODBYE? Opens tonight (September 12) in Portland Oregon at the Clinton Street Theater. It’s taken twenty years to get there, but there we are.
We’ve already gotten some terrific reviews – RIVER PHOENIX RISES AGAIN IN RESTORED MOVIE, says the PORTLAND TRIBUNE. “THE FILM IS ONE [...]

Ann Magnuson reviews her star reborn in ‘Kiss Me Goodbye’

Once upon a time in the 1980s I did a movie with River Phoenix that was released under the title A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon. I played the older woman who shares a… a… who spends the night with… uh… who seduces… or rather… maybe… who is seduced by… oh well. You [...]

NewTeeVee reviews ‘Aren’t You Even Gonna Kiss Me Goodbye?’

Richert was working to get a world debut of the film — which in its current incarnation goes by the title Aren’t You Even Gonna Kiss Me Goodbye? — in a few theaters in Chicago, where it’s set. To build up hype for its potential theatrical release, Richert decided to upload the film in [...]

About Aren’t You Even Gonna Kiss Me Goodbye / Jimmy Reardon

Starring River Phoenix, Meredith Salenger, Ann Magnuson, Ione Skye, Louanne Sirota and introducing Matthew Perry. This is not the Fox version, released in 1986, but the digitally remastered 2008 William Richert Director’s Cut, featuring a new song by Johnnie Mathis  a score by the legendary Elmer Bernstein and the song that River Phoenix wrote just [...]

A novelist and film director from Chicago sends a letter to his hometown film critics

Dear Members of the Chicago Film Critics Association,
Recently I read that some of you objected to the treatment you received from the Fox publicity department earlier this year.
While you and your colleagues have apparently settled your grievances, I have not, and my rage against the machine of the Fox publicity and marketing department has lasted [...]

‘Joe and Diana’ love ‘Kiss Me Goodbye’

Joe and Diana write:
thanks for showing “aren’t you…..goodbye” in tucson last friday.at the NEW LOFT . It was the surprise of the year for me and my daughter. ( my daughter was the one who stood up and said that your movie was changing her life ). I asked her to come with me because [...]

River Phoenix song exclusive from “Kiss Me Goodbye”

River Phoenix wrote and sang this song for William Richert’s “Aren’t You Even Gonna Kiss Me Goodbye”, the director’s cut of JIMMY REARDON.