Heartbreakers is a 1984 American drama film written, produced, and directed by Bobby Roth, starring Peter Coyote, Nick Mancuso, Carole Laure, Max Gail, James Laurenson, Carol Wayne, Jamie Rose, and Kathryn Harrold. Tangerine Dream provided the soundtrack.
Set in Los Angeles, the story concerns two friends in their mid-30s, painter Arthur Blue (Coyote) and playboy Eli (Mancuso), who both find themselves at a crossroads in their lives.
Not to be confused with the 2001 film of the same name.
Tropebreakers:
- Green-Eyed Monster: When Blue's ex-girlfriend Cyd begins dating a rival artist, it brings out his jealous worst.
- Fetish: Blue specializes in fetishistic portraits of young women, usually selling the resulting images to pornographic magazines.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: Blue and Eli are like this, though when they both fall in love with the same woman, it tests their relationship.
- Last-Name Basis: Though Blue's first name is Arthur, everybody calls him Blue.
- No Celebrities Were Harmed: The character of Blue was loosely based on real-life artist Robert Blue
, best known for his artwork of pin-up girls. - That Reminds Me of a Song: When an art gallery owner has a successful show, he sings, "The Pirate King."