Big Wednesday (1978)
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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
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 119 mins
Complete Cast:
- Jan-Michael Vincent - Matt
- Gary Busey - Leroy
- Lee Purcell - Peggy Gordon
- Robert Englund - Narrator, Fly
- Fran Ryan - Lucy
- Jack Bernardi - Tailor
- Hank Worden - Shopping Cart
- Lynn Theel - Party Girl #7
- Joe Spinell - Psychologist
- Titus Napoleon - Chubby
- Stacy Keach Sr. - Old Man
- Rick Dano - Panhead
- Yvon Arai - Boggie
- Ollie O'Toole - Minister
- Gray Fredrickson - Doctor
- Frank McRae - Sergeant
- Celia Kaye - Bride of the Bear
- Gerry Lopez - Himself
- Keith Davis - Ostrich
- William Katt - Jack
- Patti D'Arbanville - Sally
- Sam Melville - Bear
- Barbara Hale - Mrs. Barlow
- Reb Brown - Enforcer
- Dennis Aaberg - Slick
- Charlene Tilton - Party Girl #2
- Michael Talbott - Hog
- Arthur Rosenberg - Official
- Stephen Mendillo - Orderly
- Herb Voland
- Iris Korn - Old Woman
- Clete Roberts
- Perry Lang - Tall Kid
- Darrell Fetty - Waxer
- Sasha Jenson - Surfer #5
- Todd Lookinland - Surfer #3
- Steve Kanaly - Sally's Husband
- Director(s):
- John Milius
- Writer(s):
- Dennis Aaberg, John Milius
- Producer(s):
- Greg MacGillivray, Alex Rose, Buzz Feitshans
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