Endless Love
7.17.1981
She is 15. He is 17. The love every parent fears.
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Based on a novel by Scott Spencer, Endless Love
details the doomed romance between 17-year-old David
(Martin Hewitt) and 15-year-old Jade (Brooke
Shields). Banished from Jade's home by her daddy Hugh
(Don Murray), David obsessively cooks up a scheme to
get back into the family's good graces. Since this
plan involves setting Jade's house on fire, one can
easily predict that the puppy-love romance is in for
a bumpy ride. Jailed for arson, David heads directly
to Jade the moment that he's released, with tragic
results. Posting respectable earnings thanks to the
popularity of Brooke Shields, Endless Love was also
the film debut of Tom Cruise, billed 18th in the cast
list.
