Mystic Pizza

Mystic Pizza is a 1988 film about three teenage girls who come of age while working at a pizza parlor in the Connecticut town of Mystic.

Directed by Donald Petrie. Written by Amy Jones, Perry Howze, Randy Howze, and Alfred Uhry.

A romantic comedy with the works.  taglines

Daisy Araújo

• Daddy banging the babysitter is a really old story, Kat; it happens all the time.

Bill Montijo

• [to Jojo] I'm tellin you I LOVE YOU, and all you love is my dick! Do you know how that makes me feel?

Dialogue

Daisy: Jesus Christ, these shoes are killing me.

Leona: Daisy, do you have to talk like that?

Daisy: I'm sorry, I meant to say 'These fucking shoes are killing me.'

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Katherine: [almost runs into Daisy, while holding a hot pizza] Watch it, Daisy!

Daisy: What? Think I got eyes in my butt?

Katherine: That's where your brains are!

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[giving a pizza to Kat]

Daisy: Say hello to Mom for me.

Katherine: No, I'll be late for my interview.

Daisy: Well, then you better hurry!

Katherine: I've been three times this week.

Daisy: Four, and you go to Heaven.

[Kat leaves]

Daisy: Kat, such a good girl. Where did we go wrong with her sister Daisy?

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Leona: Honey, you'd do just fine if you just used your head a little more.

Daisy: Yeah, well, don't worry about me. I'm gonna slingin' pizza for the rest of my life.

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Daisy: I fucked up.

Charles Gordon Windsor, Jr.: Yeah... but you gave it a 100% effort!

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Jojo: You know what I wonder?

Daisy: What?

Jojo: What the hell do you think Leona really puts in that pizza?

Taglines

• A romantic comedy with the works.

• Discover a movie which hits home about love, friendship, dreams and life. A movie that you'll be talking about long afterwards. Experience something special, something romantic, something honest.

Cast

• Annabeth Gish - Katherine "Kat" Araújo
• Julia Roberts - Daisy Araújo
• Lili Taylor - Josefina "Jojo" Barbosa
• Vincent D'Onofrio - William "Bill" Montijo
• William R. Moses - Tim Travers
• Adam Storke - Charles Gordon Windsor Jr.
• Conchata Ferrell - Leona
• Joanna Merlin - Mrs. Araújo
• Porscha Radcliffe - Phoebe Travers
• Louis Turenne - Hector 'The Fireside Gourmet' Freshette
• Janet Zarish - Nikki Travers
• Arthur Walsh - Manny
• John Cunningham - Charles Gordon Windsor Sr.
• Ann Flood - Polly Windsor
• Suzanne Shepherd - Aunt Tweedy
• Gene Amoroso - Mr. Barbosa
• Sheila Ferrini - Mrs. Barbosa
• John Fiore - Jake
• Lauren O'Brien - Serena Windsor
• Matt Damon - Steamer Windsor

External links

• Mystic Pizza quotes at the Internet Movie Database
• Mystic Pizza at Allmovie
• Mystic Pizza at Mojo
• Mystic Pizza at Rotten Tomatoes