Lakeboat, from an early play by David Mamet — he wrote it in the early 1970s, based on his experiences as a college student doing a summer internship on a steel freighter in the Great Lakes — is brought to the screen awkwardly but ardently by Mamet-actor supreme Joe Mantegna in his feature-directing debut. There are updated references, including one to — yikes! — Steven Seagal. Still, the piece is a theatrical curio, but no less fascinating for that as the shipmates reveal their dreams and delusions to the student (Tony Mamet, the playwright's brother). Among the sterling cast — including Peter Falk, George Wendt and Denis Leary — Robert Forster (Oscar-nominated for Jackie Brown) stands out in a blazing, award-caliber performance as Joe, whose speech about his youthful goal to be a ballet dancer and the dashed hopes that led to his near-suicide is as pure and potent as anything in the Mamet canon.

“Oh Sherrie”

Steve Perry's girlfriend Sherrie Swafford was actually in the studio when Perry began writing this song--his lone Top Ten hit as a solo act--with two co-writers. The trio began at midnight one night with just "Oh, Sherrie!" and "hold on, hold on." Three hours later, they had a complete song. Swafford, however, had to wait until the next day to hear it. "Sherrie actually got tired and went to bed," Perry said. She also appeared in the video, but their relationship did not hold on for long.