Illegally Yours (1988)

We knew there would be some low points in Bogdanovich’s filmography but.. Whew. Talk about a new low! Wait… maybe a Rob Lowe! That’s right, this week we are talking about absolutely nobody’s favorite Bogdanovich picture: Illegally Yours! A movie we watched and somehow found enough to talk about for 90ish minutes. It’s a film that makes no sense, that nobody had fun making, and flopped so bad in summer test screenings that it got pushed to a January release. Illegally Yours is an attempt at a screwball comedy; young juror Richard Dice (Rob Lowe) tries to save his childhood crush, Molly (Colleen Camp), from being sent to jail. There’s cassette tapes, castles, St. Augustine, and Harry Carey Jr.! We also talk about Rob Lowe’s 1989 Academy Awards opening musical number with Snow White, the Nate Rate©, Pete’s weirdest new relationship, “horse protein”, and imagining Bogdanovich’s version of Dune. Further “Reading” By Bogdanovich (2011) Picture Shows: The Life and Films of Peter Bogdanovich by Andrew Yule Picturing Peter Bogdanovich by Peter Tonguette Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe Illegally Yours (1988) on Tubi Illegally Yours Trailer #1 llegally Yours Trailer #2 “The Rejected Flower: A Heartfelt Defense of Peter Bogdanovich’s Romantic Freefall Through Space, ILLEGALLY YOURS” by James Kenney “Illegally Yours” by Variety Staff (December 31, 1987) “Tough Test” from the L.A. Times Archive (July 19, 1987) “PETER BOGDANOVICH: The Hollywood Flashback Interview” by Alex Simon (April 2002) “Debt-Ridden De Laurentiis is Filmstuck” for the Chicago Tribune (February 24, 1988) Trailer for Young Washington (if a single soul reading this decides to watch, please pirate it and do not give Angel Studios any money) Rob Lowe Opens the 1989 Oscars with Snow White! “Photo Archive: Illegally Yours | Star Rob Lowe and director Peter Bogdanovich make a really bad movie in St. Augustine in 1988” in the St. Augustine Record (September 25, 2012) THE BOGDANOVICH ARCHIVE Next Episode: ‘80s Recap + The City Girl (1984) Music by Ryan (twitter.com/molecularlioneI) Support your local independent cinemas and video stores! Follow Us! Sort By: Earliest instagram.com/sortby_earliest Jonah letterboxd.com/jonahp97 twitter.com/jon_ahhhh Journey letterboxd.com/journeyb instagram.com/journey_brad