Seven Minutes in Heaven movie storyline. Natalie Becker is staying at home studying and working on an essay to meet the president while her father is away. Jeffrey Moran, a childhood friend (whom her father does not know) is having trouble with his stepfather, Jeremy, who is an immature bully, so she lets him stay with her. All sorts of trouble and misunderstandings ensue. Natalie’s best friend Polly tries to date a pro baseball player, Zoo Knudson, and is very intrusive on Natalie’s personal life, jumping to hasty conclusions. She is also ready to jump on a plane to New York to be with Zoo.
Seven Minutes in Heaven is a 1986 American teen comedy drama film co-written and directed by Linda Feferman (in her only full-length directorial film). It stars Jennifer Connelly, Byron Thames, and Maddie Corman as three teenage friends in Ohio coping with life and love. The film was shot in 1984 but did not get a release until May 9, 1986. It was sent straight to cable TV, where it acquired a following. At the 1986 Sundance Film Festival where it premiered, it received a special merit for outstanding achievement,
About the Movie
Three teenage friends live in Ohio—high school sophomores Natalie, Jeff, and Polly. Jeff has trouble getting along with his stepfather Gerry. After an argument, he storms out of the house and goes to Natalie’s house. Natalie, whose mother is deceased, agrees to let Jeff stay at her house for a few days while her father is away on business.
Natalie and Jeff’s friend Polly is upset that her crush, James Casey, is pursuing Natalie and not her. But she later meets professional baseball player and underwear model Zoo Knudsen. They meet and talk and, while trying to avoid an obsessive fan of Zoo, take cover in a lingerie store. Posing as an engaged couple, Zoo buys Polly a négligée. Later that night, they make out in his car. Zoo asks her her age and she says she is 18. Before driving off, Zoo tells Polly to come to New York City and watch one of his games. Polly later writes Zoo a fan letter and puts the négligée under her pillow.
Jeff’s mother talks to his football coach and convinces him to kick Jeff off the team as punishment for leaving home. She also later runs into Jeff and tries to convince him to come home, but he refuses.
Natalie and Casey begin to spend more time together. One evening, Polly goes over to Natalie’s house. She finds Jeff sitting outside in a sleeping bag, to give Natalie and Casey some privacy. Polly then leaves, incorrectly assuming that Natalie and Casey are having sex. Later, Polly hears back from Zoo by mail and receives a signed photo, but is disappointed to find that the letter is a typed, generic fan-response letter.
Frustrated over Zoo, and jealous of Natalie’s relationship with Casey (and believing Natalie is no longer a virgin), Polly gets into a fight with Natalie. Natalie storms out of Polly’s house. Polly then tries to seduce Jeff, to lose her virginity and become sexually-experienced before she meets Zoo again. They start to get intimate, but Jeff walks out when Polly talks about Zoo.
During a school fire drill, Polly shouts out to Jeff, within hearing distance of Natalie, that Casey is flirting with their classmate Lisa. Casey then confesses he never stopped seeing Lisa. Natalie, heartbroken, tells Casey to leave her alone. She later lashes out at Jeff, who is friends with Casey, crushed that he didn’t tell her that Casey and Lisa were still together.
Seven Minutes (1986)
Directed by: Linda Feferman
Starring: Jennifer Connelly, Byron Thames, Maddie Corman, Michael Zaslow, Polly Draper, Alan Boyce, Billy Wirth, Terry Kinney, Spalding Grey, Marshall Bell, Michael Higgins, Lauren Holly
Screenplay by: Jane Bernstein, Linda Feferman
Production Design by: Vaughan Edwards
Cinematography by: Steven Fierberg
Film Editing by: Marc Laub
Costume Design by: Dianne Finn-Chapman
Set Decoration by: Debra Schutt
Art Direction by: Thomas A. Walsh
Music by: Robert Kraft
MPAA Rating: PG-13
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: January 1986 (Sundance), May 9, 1986 (United States)
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