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==Plot==

[[File:Sharp GF-7600 Boombox Front View Angled.jpg|thumb|The iconic Sharp GF-7600 boombox that John Cusack held above his head]]

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At the end of their senior year of high school, noble [[underachiever]] Lloyd Dobler falls for [[valedictorian]] Diane Court and plans to ask her out, though they belong to different social groups.

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Diane introduces Lloyd to the retirement home residents and he teaches her to drive her [[manual transmission]] [[Ford Tempo]] graduation gift. They grow closer and become intimate, to her father's concern. Lloyd's musician best friend Corey, who has never gotten over her cheating ex-boyfriend, Joe, warns him to take care of Diane.

Jim urges Diane to break up with Lloyd, feeling he is not an appropriate match, and suggests she give Lloydhim a pen as a parting gift. Worried about her father, Diane tells Lloyd she wants to stop seeing him and concentrate on her studies, giving him the pen. Devastated, he seeks advice from Corey, who tells him to "be a man". Meanwhile, Jim discovers his credit cards are declined as the investigation drags on.

At dawn, Lloyd plays "[[In Your Eyes (Peter Gabriel song)|In Your Eyes]]" by [[Peter Gabriel]], which was playing when they became intimate, on a [[boombox]], standing under her open bedroom window. The next day, Diane meets with the IRS investigator, who says they have evidence incriminating Jim with [[embezzlement|embezzling]] funds from his retirement home residents. He suggests she accept the fellowship as matters with her father will worsen.

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Diane finds the cash concealed at home and confronts Jim, who tells her he took it to give her financial independence. Jim feels justified in doing so as he provided better care of his residents than their families. Distraught, she reconciles with Lloyd at his [[kickboxing]] gym.

At the end of the summer, Jim is incarcerated on a nine-month sentence. Lloyd visits him at the prison, saying he is going with Diane to England; Jim reacts with anger. Lloyd gives him a letter from Dianeher, but she arrives to say goodbye and they embrace. SheDiane gives him the pen she'd gavegiven Lloyd, asking him to write to her in England. Lloyd supports and comforts Diane, who is [[fear of flying|afraid of flying]], on their flight.

==Cast==