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and D. B. Sweeney. It was directed by Duncan Gibbins, and features a soundtrack by Howard Shore.

Plot

Joe Fisk is a juvenile delinquent who falls in love with Lisa Taylor, a beautiful Catholic girls' school student, in an

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forest. The two meet by accident when Joe finds her being chased by his peers in a training exercise, and sees Lisa recreating the Pre-Raphaelite painting ''

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'' by

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by floating in the lake. Both of them are strongly drawn towards each other but as their current custodians discourage contact with the opposite sex they both find themselves in trouble. Forced to run away with each other the young lovers to take off hoping to avoid the police and find happiness.

Cast

as Joe Fisk *

as Lisa Taylor *

as Mr. Duchard, The Boss * J. J. Cohen as Myron, The Mapmaker *

as Sister Victoria *

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as Sister Marie *

as Jerry Washington *

as Gloria * D. B. Sweeney as Thomas Baxter * Ann Savage as Sister Harriet * David Harris as Ben Halsey * Dominick Brascia as Joey Burns

Reception

Critics were generally negative at the time of the movies release with saying the film was dull and slow paced, and noted that a screenplay with four authors was poorly written.

Release

It was released on VHS in 1986 by its own studio and on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on July 31, 2012, by Olive Films. , it is available through

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and

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. The film was shot and produced under the original title ''Captive Hearts'', but was changed to ''Fire with Fire'' just prior to the film's theatrical release. Due to the late change in title, press-kit stills are seen with the original title initials "CH", followed by a hyphen and the press still number, etched onto the film negatives and carried over onto the printed stills. The film’s new title was deemed more descriptive and exciting, as well as allowing a marketing tie-in with a song of the same title, "Fire with Fire" by the 1980s band Wild Blue.

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References

1986 films 1986 romantic drama films American romantic drama films American teen romance films Films about runaways Films scored by Howard Shore Films set in Oregon Paramount Pictures films 1986 directorial debut films Films with screenplays by Warren Skaaren 1980s English-language films 1980s American films {{romantic-drama-film-stub