Brooks also wrote he songs and lyrics for three songs in the film: "I'm Tired," "The French Mistake," and "The Ballad of Rock Ridge.Dill is a peculiar, eccentric boy wise beyond his years who boasts he's "goin' on seven" and "I'm little but I'm old." Suddenly, he was put in the middle of a volatile confrontation with her belligerent, abusive drunk husband (or pimp/boyfriend) (John Daheim), who pushed her to the floor and called her "a two-bit little tramp.Kasdan's film was up against heavy competition in the Academy Awards race in 1981, whenRaiders of the Lost Ark (1981), On Golden Pond (1981), Chariots of Fire (1981, UK),andReds (1981)were vying for multiple nominations and awards, and therefore it received no accolades.