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Mar 1, 2025

Pete

Mr. Eighties

Pete has published a news story:

On This Day: March 1 1985 The Sure Thing Premiered in Theaters.

On this day March 1 1985 the romantic comedy The Sure Thing premiered in theaters. Directed by Rob Reiner, the film starred John Cusack in one of his early breakout roles, alongside Daphne Zuniga, Anthony Edwards, Tim Robbins, and Nicolette Sheridan.

The film followed Walter Gibson (Cusack), a college student who embarks on a cross-country road trip to California to meet a "sure thing"—a beautiful woman he was set up with by his best friend. However, things take an unexpected turn when he...

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