Say Anything
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Say Anything is a 1989 romantic comedy film that became a touchstone for Generation X, best remembered for the iconic scene where John Cusack's character holds a boombox over his head outside his love interest's window.
The image has become shorthand for grand romantic gestures: He went full Say Anything outside her apartment.
The film's title also spawned an American rock band formed in 2000.
- boomboxPortable stereo with speakers
- holding upSupporting or delaying
- serenadeOutdoor romantic performance
- trenchcoatBelted, knee-length raincoat
- 1980sFourth-to-last twentieth-century decade
John Cusack · Peter Gabriel · rom-com · Cameron Crowe · kickboxing · heartfelt · confession · speak up · blurt · express · honesty · declaration · courage · vulnerability · teenage · teen angst · love letter · gesture
- 1989 FilmsBatman, Dead Poets Society, Driving Miss Daisy, Glory, Field of Dreams
- 80s Pop CultureBack to the Future, E.T., Ghostbusters, Indiana Jones, The Breakfast Club
- ComediesThe Hangover, Bridesmaids, Ghostbusters, Blazing Saddles, The Naked Gun
- Emo CultureFall Out Boy, My Chemical Romance, skinny jeans, eyeliner, Myspace
Say AnythingGone Girl
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Revolutionary Road · Fatal Attraction · Annie Hall · Forgetting Sarah Marshall
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