Four Friends is a 1981 American Comedydrama film directed by Arthur Penn. The semiautobiographical screenplay by Steve Tesich follows the path of the title characters from high school to college during the often turbulent 1960s and beyond. The cast features Craig Wasson, Jodi Thelen, Jim Metzler and Glenne Headly.
The film is a series of vignettes whose primary focus is on Danilo his conflicts with his father, his struggles with his heritage, his courtship and thwarted marriage to Long Island debutante Adrienne Carnahan who is murdered by her own father in a murdersuicide at the wedding reception because of his refusal to accept the marriage and his lingering relationship with Georgia.The film was shot on location in East Chicago, Hammond, and Whiting in Indiana Chicago and Elgin in Illinois Philadelphia and on the campus of Northwestern University. ........
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