A Small Circle of Friends is a 1980 American drama film directed by Rob Cohen (in his directorial debut) and starring Brad Davis, Karen Allen and Jameson Parker. It was distributed by United Artists.
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Premise
The film follows the life of three students (Davis, Allen, Parker) at Harvard University and Radcliffe College in the 1960s.
Cast
Brad Davis as Leonardo DaVinci Rizzo
Karen Allen as Jessica Bloom
Jameson Parker as Nick Baxter
Shelley Long as Alice
John Friedrich as Alex Haddox
Gary Springer as Greenblatt
Craig Richard Nelson as Harry Norris
Harry Caesar as Jimmy
Nan Martin as Mrs. Baxter
Daniel Stern as Crazy Kid
Soundtrack
The soundtrack features instrumental music composed by Jim Steinman. Steinman later incorporated melodies from his score into the power ballad songs "Total Eclipse of the Heart", which became a number one hit for Bonnie Tyler in 1983, and "Making Love Out of Nothing at All", which simultaneously became a number two hit for Air Supply.
Production
Some outdoor riot sequences were filmed some 37 miles (60 km) south of Harvard University's main campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts, at Bridgewater State University in Bridgewater, Massachusetts, after Harvard declined to allow the filming on their campus. Other scenes were filmed at MIT and other local colleges.