History Channel’s This Day In History “Hollywood”
On this day in 1988, Mystic Pizza, a romantic comedy starring Julia Roberts, Annabeth Gish and Lili Taylor as three young women who work at a pizza parlor in Mystic, Connecticut, opens in theaters. The then-unknown Roberts played Daisy Arujo, a feisty, wild-child waitress from a working-class family of Portuguese descent who gets swept off her feet by a rich young man. Mystic Pizza also featured Vincent D’Onofrio, Adam Storke and William R. Moses. Matt Damon made his big-screen debut in the film as Steamer, the younger brother of Daisy’s wealthy suitor (Storke).
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