When he finally watched Say Anything… he agreed to let Crowe use the song. When Crowe asked why Gabriel said it didn’t seem to fit the overdose scene…Turns out, Peter Gabriel had confused the song request for a John Belushi film ( Wired). When Crowe and Gabriel finally connected over the telephone, Gabriel said no. But Gabriel’s girlfriend at the time, Rosanna Arquette (whom it’s said In Your Eyes was written for) put in a good word for Crowe, and Gabriel was sent a copy of the movie.
#SONG SAY ANYTHING BOOMBOX SCENE MOVIE#
The studio wasn’t terribly thrilled with an early screening of the movie and wasn’t willing to go to bat for Crowe in obtaining the song. When In Your Eyes came on, Crowe knew this was it – the song.īut getting Peter Gabriel to approve the use of the song was going to be a difficult task. And then one day, Crowe was driving and listening to a cassette that contained various songs from his wedding to Nancy Wilson. According to Crowe, they attempted several songs but nothing was quite hitting the emotional tone that the scene needed. But when shooting the scene, the song simply didn’t work. When Crowe initially wrote the scene, he included a different song – To Be A Lover by Billy Idol. It’s even harder to imagine that this scene might have played out differently, or worse, not at all. When you think of Cameron Crowe’s 1989 romantic dramedy Say Anything…, it’s hard not to immediately imagine the heartbroken, but defiant, Lloyd Dobler, standing outside at dusk, boombox raised as Peter Gabriel’s In Your Eyes plays down the hillside and into the open window of Diane Court. One of my favorite scenes in rom-com history also happens to be one of the most iconic. “That scene is like Romeo under the trellis.” – Cameron Crowe THE GRAND GESTURE I’ve been wanting to expand what I do here at IWLM and while I was compiling my list of my Top Ten Favorite Rom-Com Moments, I thought it would be fun to dive into the scenes that we remember most from these movies and how they impacted the romantic relationships. Welcome to The Grand Gesture, my new feature that will be taking a deeper look at iconic rom-com moments in film history.
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