*really* off topic..80s emilio estevez question

gUEv

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I remember not too long ago channel surfing and stumbling on an 80s film starring a young emilio estevez. The film had his character obsessed with an arcade game or something, much to the protest of his parents.
Does anyone know the title of the movie? I looked around imdb but couldn't find anything...I want this movie running in the backround of a film I have currently in pre production, so if anyone oculd help me, I would appreciate it a lot :)
 

kru

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here's the list of his movies up until breakfast club...good luck:

"Seventeen Going on Nowhere" (1980)
"To Climb a Mountain" (1981)
"Tex" (1982)
"In the Custody of Strangers" (1982)
"The Outsiders" (1983)
"Nightmares" (1983)
"Repo Man" (1984)
"Making the Grade" (1984)
"That Was Then...This Is Now" (1985)
"St. Elmo's Fire" (1985)
"The Breakfast Club" (1985)
 

NFS4

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Is Emilio's mom's name Estevez?? I never quite figured out why his name was different from his dad and his brother. I guess maybe he was born before Martain and his mom got married...:confused:
 

shawnmos

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there is this kid in my school that looks exactly like emilio estevez. I always call him emilio. :D
 

gUEv

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like i said, i looked through imdb...and i cant seem to find a movie that matches the movie i saw.
maybe it wasnt even emilio estevez..but i swear the actor looked just like him, although it has been a few days since i saw the movie.

does anyone know what movie I am talking about?
 

NFS4

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Ferocious, your right. I did a serach on IMDB and Martain's real name is Ramon Estevez.
 

kru

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can you describe any other scenes from the movie? anything else from the plot besides the kid's obsession with a video game? if you hadn't mentioned emilio estevez i would have suggested "the last starfighter".
 

gUEv

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the only part i watched is the confrontation between emilio and his parents. he kept saying stuff like "dad, as soon as i get the high score ill quit and work in school" etc etc. when the parents made him quit he threw a tantrum, screaming "you guys dont know anything about me!!!!!!"

it was pretty campy..at least to me, which is why i wanted to see it
 

raz

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Is that the movie where the arcade game kinda comes to life and the Wizard (or whoever) materializes outside of the game and destroys the arcade trying to blast the kid? Can't remember if that was Esteves or not, but I do remember it was a pretty popular actor who was in it.
 

stonerdave

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the movie was probably 'seventeen going on nowhere.'

it was a made-for-tv movie they still show once in a while. he plays the part of a troubled teen.