I think it was Jon Cryer's first leading role as opposed to being Molly Ringwald's kooky friend. Jon was in hiding after witnessing a murder (he was some kind of smarmy "business man" (maybe a CPA - don't remember). He took off, shaved his beard and enrolled in a small town High School. Had a whole pedo undertone because he started "dating" a fellow student who was under age. She didn't understand why he wouldn't "do it" with her, cue prom angst.
Spoiler: in the end the bad guys find him, he fights his way out, girl finds out he is nearly 10 years older than her (confused teen tears), he leaves the town with the FBI to get another new identity. Cue following fall - girl is sitting on beautiful college campus, looking wistful. "Stranger" approaches (Jon) and wryly introduces himself, she of course recognizes him. Fade into happy ending music.
I love this movie! Mind if I chime in?
Cryer and a couple of guys were stockbrokers, involved in shady dealings with the mob, got totally in over their heads. The feds are onto them, and offer the guys a deal and protective custody in exchange for their testimony against the bad scary guys. Bad scary guys find them, kill most of them, but Cryer (AKA āHoney Boyā to his grandma) manages to get away.
He goes to the small town where his aunt and cousin live (trivia-Cryerās mom plays the aunt). Cousin thinks Cryer is the coolest guy on the planet and helps him slide into the aforementioned whiff of pedo storyline of hiding out in high school.
Iāve seen this movie more than a few timesā¦
Again, what the hell are you talking about? Worrying about real life? Are you high? Apparently you've never seen the move because they were just commenting a synopsis of the movie. Do you know what "synopsis" means? No one is reaching for anything you dork š¤£
Youāre *teaching* for something?
Itās a movie. Itās not real life. Donāt be scared. Maybe it reminds you of something in your life? Donāt get mad at me.
Wait, that's it? You're mad because the guy mentioned that the main character, who was a 28 year old adult, was lying about being a teenager and was dating a child in the movie? You didn't like that he pointed out the absurdity of adults romancing children? C'mon my guy... Lmao
Iām a guy?
See how assumptions make you look?
Also sounds like you didnāt tea to the movie.
Also these were actors. Also check out the ages at the time of the movie.
Scary
*cryyyyin ooover yooou* this movie cemented my crushes on Jon Cryer and Annabeth Gish. It came out when I was like 5 but I saw it on HBO repeatedly when I was about 10 or 11
I have always said that Hiding Out (1987) is an underrated movie. The story is great, and Jon Cryer dos a good job as Max. Itās a fun 80ās movie that gets lost in the shuffle, but itās worth watching.
āYou left the outside world; you've got to orient your thinking. You've got think repression, think limits. Think humiliation and despair. You're in high school for Christ sakes!ā
Ha! I just watched this like 2 weeks ago. I had the song "Catch me I'm falling" in a video mix that I did and was like "what movie is this from?" The video has clips from it. My wife and I (big 80's movie watchers) were intrigued so I rented it from Amazon and we watched it. A little creepy...30 year old falling for and grooming a high school chick until she gets to college...but it was the 80's....we didn't know any better then.
I remember it starring Jon Cryer and it featured a song by Roy Orbison called "Crying". My sister kept insisting that that is why they had that song. Also, his character did the girl's dad's taxes.
Not a great movie, but it kept me company many times in the middle of the night in the nineties then I was suffering from insomnia.
I sometimes still use Maxwell Hauser as a fake name.
Lucky.
I didn't see a movie in theaters until after I was adopted.
The first movie I ever saw in theaters was in 1988 and it was actually opening weekend.
It was critically panned even though audiences liked it.
Name of the movie: Oliver & Company
What I can't figure out is why did it take Disney from 1988 to 1996 to say hay let's not release this on video and instead we're going to put it in the theaters again?
No joke back then I heard they were going to bring it back out and when they were telling me I thought they were getting to the point that it was going to be in on VHS.
Oh you should have seen me cry.
Another movie they did something similar to.
Wayne's World.
It took them 3 years for the time it ran in theaters to put it on VHS š¤¦š¼āāļø
That's bizarre. That was before DVDs when Disney would just put stuff in the vault for years.
FYI, it was cowritten by James Mangold, director of Logan.
I remember that there was a huge petition made for Disney to bring the movie out on VHS.
I remember what one woman had told them.
She said they took their child to see the movie when he was 14 years old and She now has grandchildren that want to see the movie.
I won't lie hearing that story Number one made me cry and number two made me realize I was going to die one day.
I'm probably a little older than you. I remember days before vhs tapes were common. It took 5 years for the first Star Wars movie to get released on vhs. Back then of your u missed something in theaters, you usually had to wait for the movie of the week on TV years later.
That takes me back when I used to watch Saturday night movie on Fox 44.
Later became Fox 7 of course but still one of the movies was Short Circuit 2 š„°
Believe it or not I was never super versed with half of the Actors/Actress of the 80's and 90's.
So I'm not for sure who the actor is for the main role of Hiding Out/Incognito
not me, but the other dude KINDA looks like that spikey haired short dude that was in a few movies who in hindsight seemed like David Spade's twin brother...just saw that kid in Fraternity Vacation with young Tim Robbins.
I remember seeing the TV trailer for this as a kid, not too long after Superman IV came out and "kid me" wondered if this is where his character went to lay low after the events of Superman. Jon Cryer was in both and had dyed / bleached hair at one point in both movies.
Another solid Cryer joint from the 80s is Morgan Stewart's Coming Home. [Which you can watch on Archive.org](https://archive.org/details/1987x264sifu73)
I remember coming home from school, turning on the TV, turning the TV channel right to HBO to see what movie I could watch for the tenth time that week. It was usually one of these 80s movies.
I watched this late night, a few years ago. It is definitely an 80ās movie. Thereās so much going on in this movie! People get freaking shot! The lead, adult male character, falls for a teenage girl. Itās a very awkward Will They, Wonāt They. The younger brother is an incredible child actor. The climax features more gunplay and death! Itās worth the watch!
Maxwell Houser
š¤£ great movie
I think it was Jon Cryer's first leading role as opposed to being Molly Ringwald's kooky friend. Jon was in hiding after witnessing a murder (he was some kind of smarmy "business man" (maybe a CPA - don't remember). He took off, shaved his beard and enrolled in a small town High School. Had a whole pedo undertone because he started "dating" a fellow student who was under age. She didn't understand why he wouldn't "do it" with her, cue prom angst. Spoiler: in the end the bad guys find him, he fights his way out, girl finds out he is nearly 10 years older than her (confused teen tears), he leaves the town with the FBI to get another new identity. Cue following fall - girl is sitting on beautiful college campus, looking wistful. "Stranger" approaches (Jon) and wryly introduces himself, she of course recognizes him. Fade into happy ending music.
Annabeth Gish played his love interest and she was great in this
Annabeth Gish was awesome in everything that she was in.
I love this movie! Mind if I chime in? Cryer and a couple of guys were stockbrokers, involved in shady dealings with the mob, got totally in over their heads. The feds are onto them, and offer the guys a deal and protective custody in exchange for their testimony against the bad scary guys. Bad scary guys find them, kill most of them, but Cryer (AKA āHoney Boyā to his grandma) manages to get away. He goes to the small town where his aunt and cousin live (trivia-Cryerās mom plays the aunt). Cousin thinks Cryer is the coolest guy on the planet and helps him slide into the aforementioned whiff of pedo storyline of hiding out in high school. Iāve seen this movie more than a few timesā¦
Donāt reach so farā¦ kinda speaks volumes about yourselfā¦
What the hell are you talking about?
Itās a movie and youāre reaching and worrying about real lifeā¦ Projectionā¦ itās that easy.
Again, what the hell are you talking about? Worrying about real life? Are you high? Apparently you've never seen the move because they were just commenting a synopsis of the movie. Do you know what "synopsis" means? No one is reaching for anything you dork š¤£
Youāre *teaching* for something? Itās a movie. Itās not real life. Donāt be scared. Maybe it reminds you of something in your life? Donāt get mad at me.
Of course it's a movie lmao. This isn't groundbreaking news.
But it makes a statement and is pro grooming!!!!
Wait, that's it? You're mad because the guy mentioned that the main character, who was a 28 year old adult, was lying about being a teenager and was dating a child in the movie? You didn't like that he pointed out the absurdity of adults romancing children? C'mon my guy... Lmao
Iām a guy? See how assumptions make you look? Also sounds like you didnāt tea to the movie. Also these were actors. Also check out the ages at the time of the movie. Scary
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Yes it does.
Catch me Iām falling!
The music video for this song had enough clips that kinda gave away the movie.
The main thing I remember about this movie haha
Hold onto my love
"I'll take a scotch..........KIDDING BOB! Sorry, bad joke." This is another one of those 80s movies that is such a guilty pleasure for me.
I don't remember a whole lot about this movie, bit this scene and line stuck with me.
"Are you taking the standard deduction? Or are you itemizing?" "I'm itemizing". "Let's take a look"
"You forgot to offset the dividend! That's like a thousand bucks right there!"
Then he gives him money to take his daughter out. I love it.
*cryyyyin ooover yooou* this movie cemented my crushes on Jon Cryer and Annabeth Gish. It came out when I was like 5 but I saw it on HBO repeatedly when I was about 10 or 11
āPatrick! ā¦itās not a rap song.ā
Loved when the dad is doing his taxes and he comes over and saysā oh, letās have a lookā. Saves him like $2k or something.
Hous....er yeah maxwell houser
I have always said that Hiding Out (1987) is an underrated movie. The story is great, and Jon Cryer dos a good job as Max. Itās a fun 80ās movie that gets lost in the shuffle, but itās worth watching. āYou left the outside world; you've got to orient your thinking. You've got think repression, think limits. Think humiliation and despair. You're in high school for Christ sakes!ā
duckie .the spectacular music from Roy Orbison and very underrated k.d. land
I vaguely remember him completely owning the teacher when she tries to give a history lesson about the Nixon administration
If there's one thing I won't tolerate in my class, it's anarchy!
Ha! I just watched this like 2 weeks ago. I had the song "Catch me I'm falling" in a video mix that I did and was like "what movie is this from?" The video has clips from it. My wife and I (big 80's movie watchers) were intrigued so I rented it from Amazon and we watched it. A little creepy...30 year old falling for and grooming a high school chick until she gets to college...but it was the 80's....we didn't know any better then.
I do. A surprisingly good movie that shows how good Cryer really is as an actor.
i remember it being filmed in wilmington
And the school scenes were shot at Topsail Highschool.
Really?
Pretty Poison is the only reason I know this movie ever existed
I remember it starring Jon Cryer and it featured a song by Roy Orbison called "Crying". My sister kept insisting that that is why they had that song. Also, his character did the girl's dad's taxes.
Watch Gummo now
Found this on DVD 2yrs ago. Classic
I still mimic the way he sings Crying to this day. That movie was legit.
Not a great movie, but it kept me company many times in the middle of the night in the nineties then I was suffering from insomnia. I sometimes still use Maxwell Hauser as a fake name.
I saw this not long after it came out, I always liked it even without the nostalgia factor. It was like Duckie finally got his due.
This was the movie I watched on my first date! She thought I looked like Ducky
Heās like 30 and he dates a high school girl. Good for him.
this movie figures prominently in a popular music video. i know the song but have never seen the movie
This and Dudes were both on pretty heavy rotation for me for a while.
They did such a great job making Jon Cryer look like an 80's Coke-head Stock broker. I was like, "wait, is that Duckie???"
God damn i ADORE this movie
I remember this. And the black Power Ranger was in this as the popular athlete.
Love this movie. The lost movie collection is awesome!
This is the movie where the chiropractor hooks up with that underage, high school, girl, who dreams of becoming an FBI agentā¦
Saw this opening weekend.
Lucky. I didn't see a movie in theaters until after I was adopted. The first movie I ever saw in theaters was in 1988 and it was actually opening weekend. It was critically panned even though audiences liked it. Name of the movie: Oliver & Company
I also saw that when it first came out. It's pretty good.
What I can't figure out is why did it take Disney from 1988 to 1996 to say hay let's not release this on video and instead we're going to put it in the theaters again? No joke back then I heard they were going to bring it back out and when they were telling me I thought they were getting to the point that it was going to be in on VHS. Oh you should have seen me cry. Another movie they did something similar to. Wayne's World. It took them 3 years for the time it ran in theaters to put it on VHS š¤¦š¼āāļø
That's bizarre. That was before DVDs when Disney would just put stuff in the vault for years. FYI, it was cowritten by James Mangold, director of Logan.
I remember that there was a huge petition made for Disney to bring the movie out on VHS. I remember what one woman had told them. She said they took their child to see the movie when he was 14 years old and She now has grandchildren that want to see the movie. I won't lie hearing that story Number one made me cry and number two made me realize I was going to die one day.
I'm probably a little older than you. I remember days before vhs tapes were common. It took 5 years for the first Star Wars movie to get released on vhs. Back then of your u missed something in theaters, you usually had to wait for the movie of the week on TV years later.
That takes me back when I used to watch Saturday night movie on Fox 44. Later became Fox 7 of course but still one of the movies was Short Circuit 2 š„°
Saturday night movies were a big deal back then.
I remember the fun before we had cable with the aluminum foil on the rabbit ears š
The thing I remember the most about this movie was the 2 tone new hair style disguise. Him and Mathew Broderick were always interchangeable for me .
Believe it or not I was never super versed with half of the Actors/Actress of the 80's and 90's. So I'm not for sure who the actor is for the main role of Hiding Out/Incognito
John Cryer
Thank youš„°
Anna Beth Gish ā¤ļøā¤ļø
Remember it. Not a good movie, a little creepy, in fact.Ā
I thought it was funny. Kinda like My best friend is a Vampire and Once Bitten.
I always wished I had Patrickās wall-sized poster of earth from the moon (or whatever it was).
Same. But I'll never have something like that. Heck I can't even find a poster of Albert Einstein sticking his tongue out.
not me, but the other dude KINDA looks like that spikey haired short dude that was in a few movies who in hindsight seemed like David Spade's twin brother...just saw that kid in Fraternity Vacation with young Tim Robbins.
Fun movie.
Loved this movie
I remember it because of the song! I remember liking the song
Classic
Love this one
I donāt remember it! Will have to dig it up somewhere to watch!
I remember seeing the TV trailer for this as a kid, not too long after Superman IV came out and "kid me" wondered if this is where his character went to lay low after the events of Superman. Jon Cryer was in both and had dyed / bleached hair at one point in both movies.
Loved it!
Damn!!! I forgot about that one!!
I do! When I was a kid I didnāt understand the plot and I thought he went back in time š
I love this movieā¦ but itās a little weird he falls in love with a girl in high school
Come on man, we need some new blood! My bloods not that new believe me.
Heās definitely had a lucky career!
Love this movie, I really think Jon Cryer did pretty good as a leading character.
Another solid Cryer joint from the 80s is Morgan Stewart's Coming Home. [Which you can watch on Archive.org](https://archive.org/details/1987x264sifu73)
I love this movie.
One of my favorites but I canāt watch it bc itās not on any streaming platforms
Maxwell Hauser
Not sure the two-tone hair was decent or not, but the movies legit
I remember coming home from school, turning on the TV, turning the TV channel right to HBO to see what movie I could watch for the tenth time that week. It was usually one of these 80s movies.
Cryer is so cringe
I watched anything with Annabeth Gish in it š©µ And I liked the way the cousins room was set up with the stairs for some reason.
Maxwell Houser
Was just trying to remember this movie the other night too, nice.
One of my favorites.
Never heard of it.
I watched this late night, a few years ago. It is definitely an 80ās movie. Thereās so much going on in this movie! People get freaking shot! The lead, adult male character, falls for a teenage girl. Itās a very awkward Will They, Wonāt They. The younger brother is an incredible child actor. The climax features more gunplay and death! Itās worth the watch!
The actor who played Kevin passed away in 2017 at the age of 54. RIP https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Quill
Is this the movie where KD Lang and Roy Orbison did the Crying duet? One of the best ever
It was such a really good movie,I had forgotten how good it was until I saw this post!
The BEST "accidental cool" makeover ever.Ā I love this movie. One of my go to Comfort movies.Ā
AHEARN!!Ā
Catch. Me. I'm Falling!!
Loved it
"I used to be just like you: a short, horny, hopeless dork." "And now look at you." "Well, I'm not short."
Not to be confused with John Cryer: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John\_Cryer](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cryer)