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That Night

That Night (originally titled One Hot Summer) is a 1992 American coming-of-age romantic drama film written and directed by Craig Bolotin and starring C. Thomas Howell and Juliette Lewis. It is based on the 1987 novel of the same name by Alice McDermott.

This film marks the film debut of both Eliza Dushku and Katherine Heigl.

In 1961 Long Island, 10-year-old Alice Bloom is infatuated with 17-year-old Sheryl O'Connor, who lives across the street. She often watches her from her bedroom window.

Alice starts to copy every detail about Sheryl, including her perfume and even the record she listens to. She admires the affection Sheryl's father gives her, as hers does not show her any.

One day, when Alice goes bowling with friends, they ridicule her. Reeling from their comments, she becomes excited when Sheryl walks into the alley with a group of guys trying to win her affection. Seemingly innocent and moral, she rejects their advances. Sheryl meets the counter boy Rick, and they become attracted to each other.

While bowling with her friends, Alice watches Sheryl's every move. Her friends doubt that she even knows her. Rick pages Sheryl to come back to the desk, and a police officer tells her that her father died.

During the funeral, Sheryl is upset. That evening, returning her bowling shoes to the alley, she starts crying over her father. As they talk, Rick walks Sheryl home, and they have their first kiss, which Alice witnesses. The next day Rick comes back with his gang, and they take Sheryl to the beach, where they have oysters and tequila and she pours her heart out over her father's death. They spend the whole day and night together.

However, Sheryl's mother disapproves of their relationship. Eventually, she bars her from seeing Rick, and the neighborhood begins to gossip. Sheryl refuses to listen to her mother.

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