1.   Affleck and Hartnett are childhood pals who hanker to be fighter pilots.

2.   Childhood pals Holden and Banky are cartoonists whose hit comic-book series suffers when Holden falls for a fellow artist, Alyssa.

3.   Ringwald plays Carrie, a young woman who still lives near her old high school and hangs out with her childhood pals while waiting tables at a local restaurant.

4.   The opera opens with an adult reunion between the headstrong Jo and her lost childhood pal and one-time suitor, Laurie.

5.   Leadbetter guides defending champion Nick Faldo of England, three-time Masters runner-up Greg Norman of Australia and his childhood pal Nick Price of Zimbabwe.