''Impure Thoughts'' is a 1986 American comedy film. The film was directed by Michael A. Simpson. It marked Alyson Hannigan's feature film debut.

Plot

Four male friends are reunited after not being in contact with each other for several years. However, the meeting place is

Purgatory Purgatory (, borrowed into English via Anglo-Norman and Old French) is, according to the belief of some Christian denominations (mostly Catholic), an intermediate state after physical death for expiatory purification. The process of purgatory ...

, the afterlife state of limbo between

heaven Heaven or the heavens, is a common religious cosmological or transcendent supernatural place where beings such as deities, angels, souls, saints, or venerated ancestors are said to originate, be enthroned, or reside. According to the belie ...

and

hell In religion and folklore, hell is a location in the afterlife in which evil souls are subjected to punitive suffering, most often through torture, as eternal punishment after death. Religions with a linear divine history often depict hell ...

. In Purgatory, these friends reflect on their pasts while they were living. They especially focus on their years in

Catholic school Catholic schools are pre-primary, primary and secondary educational institutions administered under the aegis or in association with the Catholic Church. , the Catholic Church operates the world's largest religious, non-governmental school syste ...

and their

coming of age Coming of age is a young person's transition from being a child to being an adult. The specific age at which this transition takes place varies between societies, as does the nature of the change. It can be a simple legal convention or can b ...

Cast

* John Putch as Danny Stubbs * Terry Beaver as William Miller * Brad Dourif as Kevin Harrington * Lane Davies as Steve Barrett *

Judith Anderson Dame Frances Margaret Anderson, (10 February 18973 January 1992), known professionally as Judith Anderson, was an Australian actress who had a successful career in stage, film and television. A pre-eminent stage actress in her era, she won two ...

- narration * Alyson Hannigan as Patty Stubs (credited as Allison Hannigan)

Production

The budget was less than $500,000.

Release

The film's distributor was based in

Springfield, Massachusetts Springfield is a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States, and the seat of Hampden County. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers: the western Westfield River, the ...

and released the film in the Boston area to tap in to the local Catholic audience. The film opened the week ended November 26, 1986 at

Copley Place Copley Place is an enclosed shopping mall within the mixed-use Copley Square in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. It features direct indoor connections to several nearby destinations including four office towers, and the Bosto ...

, grossing $6,000.

References

External links

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