Rating: PG
Genre:
Drama
Release Date: 07/09/2002
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol/Por
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DDS/DD1
Run Time: 119 Minutes
Flags: Questionable for Children, Adult Language, Adult Humor
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video
Jan-Michael Vincent plays a self-destructive beach bum to whom surfing is a Zen experience. We first meet
Vincent in the devil-may-care 1960s, in the company of his carefree buddies
William Katt and
Gary Busey. The boys reunite ten years later, after one has served time in Vietnam. The beach is still there, the waves still break upon the shore, and towards the end of the film, the characters become people that we truly care about.
Barbara Hale, the real-life mother of costar
William Katt, makes a piquant supporting appearance. Cut from 129 minutes to 104 for its pay-cable release,
Big Wednesday is also known as
Summer of Innocence.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
;)
