Radio Days (1987)

01/30/1987 (US) • 1h 29m

Comedy, Drama

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Overview

The Narrator tells us how the radio influenced his childhood in the days before TV. In the New York City of the late 1930s to the New Year's Eve 1944, this coming-of-age tale mixes the narrator's experiences with contemporary anecdotes and urban legends of the radio stars.

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$16,000,000.00

Revenue

$14,792,779.00

Keywords

beach

world war ii

musical

nostalgia

coming of age

coney island

working class

binoculars

1940s

cigarette girl

old time radio

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