Mystic Pizza is a 1988 American coming of age film directed by Donald Petrie and starring Annabeth Gish, Julia Roberts, and Lili Taylor. Vincent D'Onofrio, William R. Moses, Adam Storke, and Conchata Ferrell co-star. In his screen debut, Matt Damon has a small part—his sole line in the film being, "Mom, do you want my green stuff?" while eating lobster. The title of the film was based on a pizza shop that caught the eye of Hollywood screen writer, Amy Holden Jones. The restaurant is also named Mystic Pizza in Mystic, Connecticut, and has been popular among both locals and tourists since... 1973. The film is about the coming of age of two sisters and their friend through the romantic lives of the three main characters: Kat Araujo , Daisy Araujo , and Jojo Barbosa , who are waitresses at Mystic Pizza in Mystic, Connecticut. In the film, Mystic is represented as a fishing town with a large Portuguese American population. The film also touches on an Old World work ethic.
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| Release date: | October 21, 1988 |
| Directed by: | Donald Petrie |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 104 Minutes |
| Producer: | Mark Levinson |
| Cinematography: | Tim Suhrstedt |
| Screenplay by: | Alfred Uhry |
| Estimated budget: | $6,000,000 |
| Genre: | Comedy |