{{No plot|date=December 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Valentino Returns | image = | caption = | director = Peter Hoffman | producer = Peter Hoffman<br>David Wisnievitz | based_on = {{Based on|"Christ Has Returned to Earth and Preaches Here Nightly"|Leonard Gardner}} | writer = Leonard Gardner | starring = Frederic Forrest<br>Veronica Cartwright<br>Jenny Wright<br>Barry Tubb | music = | cinematography = Jerzy Zieliński | editing = Denine Rowan | studio = | distributor = Skouras Pictures | released = {{Film date|1989|7|21|New York City}} | runtime = 90 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = 15.954<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Valentino-Returns#tab=box-office | title=Valentino Returns (1989) - Financial Information }}</ref> }}
'''''Valentino Returns''''' is a 1989 American romantic drama film written by Leonard Gardner, directed by Peter Hoffman and starring Frederic Forrest, Veronica Cartwright, Jenny Wright and Barry Tubb.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wilmington|first=Michael|title=Movie Reviews : A Nostalgic Cruise in 'Valentino Returns'|date=July 21, 1989|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-07-21-ca-4052-story.html|accessdate=December 17, 2022}}</ref> It is Hoffman's feature directorial debut and based on Gardner's short story "Christ Has Returned to Earth and Preaches Here Nightly."<ref name=nyt/>
==Cast== *Frederic Forrest as Sonny Gibbs *Veronica Cartwright as Patricia 'Pat' Gibbs *Barry Tubb as Wayne Gibbs *Jenny Wright as Sylvia Fuller *Leonard Gardner as Lyle *David Packer as Messner *Seth Isler as Harry Ames
==Production== The movie was filmed in and around Stockton<ref>{{cite web | url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/58341-VALENTINO-RETURNS | title=AFI|Catalog }}</ref> and Newman,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nov 14, 1985, page 1 - The West Side Index at Westsideconnect |url=https://westsideconnect.newspapers.com/image/597823660/?clipping_id=143546596&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjU5NzgyMzY2MCwiaWF0IjoxNzMxOTA2MzUyLCJleHAiOjE3MzE5OTI3NTJ9.odx8oGowdVq85vsrAZ52Rg5JaEQP-nt3izjfaPQGxgI |access-date=2024-11-18 |website=Newspapers.com |language=en}}</ref> and was funded by its director Peter Hoffman. It found an advocate in John Pierson, who recommended it for inclusion in the 1988 Sundance Film Festival. However, in his book Spike, Mike, Slackers, & Dykes, Pierson explains that Hoffman could not finish post-production on time: {{Blockquote |He’s spent years editing his feature, spending millions of dollars of family money in the process. Occasionally he’d call me up to let me know that he’d trimmed a few frames from the opening shot and thought that it changed the entire film. Once invited to Sundance, I assumed he’d settle down and meet the deadline. But Hoffman was so possessed that he couldn’t stop tinkering. He pulled out–a second cancellation.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://neotextcorp.com/culture/leonard-gardner-on-film-fat-city-and-valentino-returns/ | title=Leonard Gardner on Film: 'Fat City' and 'Valentino Returns' }}</ref>}}
==Release== The film was released at the 68th Street Playhouse in New York City on July 21, 1989.<ref name=nyt>{{cite web|last=James|first=Caryn|title=Review/Film; Marriage, the Generation Gap and a Pink Cadillac|date=July 21, 1989|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/21/movies/review-film-marriage-the-generation-gap-and-a-pink-cadillac.html|accessdate=December 15, 2022}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|0094236}} * {{rotten-tomatoes|valentino_returns}}
Category:American romantic drama films Category:1989 directorial debut films Category:1989 romantic drama films Category:1989 American films Category:1989 English-language films