Firstborn
Character: Lisa
Directed by: Michael Apted
Written by: Ron Koslow
Other cast: Teri Garr, Peter Weller, Christopher Collet, Corey Haim, & Robert Downey Jr.
Release date: October 26, 1984
Genre: Drama & Thriller
Running time: 1h 43m
Directed by: Michael Apted
Written by: Ron Koslow
Other cast: Teri Garr, Peter Weller, Christopher Collet, Corey Haim, & Robert Downey Jr.
Release date: October 26, 1984
Genre: Drama & Thriller
Running time: 1h 43m
16 year old Jake Livingston has always been the man of the Livingston home since his parents divorced, that is, until his mother started seeing Sam. Sam, an alcoholic and drug addict, introduces Jake's mother into a self-destructive lifestyle.
Tagline
Fifteen. At a time when most kids need to dream, Jake Livingston had to wake up.
There’s a new man in his mother’s life. A difficult, dangerous, violent man. Now Jake’s got to stand up for himself and his family.
Jake Livingston had to grow up fast…Because his mother didn’t.
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Trivia
💛 After meeting each other on the set of this movie, Robert Downey Jr. and Sarah Jessica Parker later dated, until they broke up in 1991.