Peggy Sue Got Married, page 3
The Donut Hole, a cafe at 600 Petaluma Blvd. South, was in reality a restaurant called Millie's. The building was painted green for the film and was covered with glitter so the building sparkled as Peggy Sue walked past in the the night time coffee house scene. The Donut Hole, in the booth on the left, was the spot where Peggy Sue met the bohemian Michael Fitzsimmons. The restaurant has long been vacant, but during the summer of 2009, all the restaurant fixtures were removed and the exterior was restored. We're waiting to see what will occupy the building.
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Film critic Roger Ebert said the film was one of the best of 1986 and gave it four stars as well as a thumbs up. Pauline Kael, film critic for the New Yorker and the most influential film critic of the past 50 years, didn't agree. Kael, who happened to be a native of Petaluma, stated that "it's as if (Coppola) were trying to reach through a veil of fog, trying to direct the actors to bring something out of themselves when neither he nor anyone else knows what's wanted." Don't believe it. Peggy Sue is one of the best of the Petaluma films.
Peggy Sue Got Married received three Academy Award nominations in 1986, for Best Actress (Kathleen Turner), Cinematography (Jordan Cronenweth), and Costume Design (Theodora VanRunkle). Rated PG, 104 minutes, widely available on video and on DVD at Netflix.