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The In Crowd (1988)
Proud to be a Philadelphian!!
An absolutely wonderful movie that is still one of the best-kept secrets of 1980s cinema. Being a Philadelphian, I love this movie if for no other reason that our city is rarely featured in period piece films. The producers of "The In Crowd" got most of the nuances of 1960s Philadelphia correct-the red police cars, shopping at Gimbel's (they went to the Cheltenham store), adults listening to WIP on the radio(although the announcer they used for it, Ed Hurst, never worked at WIP),and Vicki wearing a Phillies' jacket with the proper "P" logo of that time. Furthermore, the exterior of the school that Vicki attended is Little Flower High School, one of the three all-girls high schools in Philadelphia. Del's school, Cheltenham High, is the alma mater of hall of famer Reggie Jackson, who, according to the time period of the movie, had just graduated the year before. I think the train station the kids hung out in was the Wayne Junction station, but I could be wrong. The movie is wholesome and engaging. The characters are such that you really care about what happens to them. It's a shame they don't make movies like this anymore.Treat yourself and watch this, regardless of your age. Give this 5 stars!!