An American Summer (1990)
- Starring:
- Michael Landes, Brian Austin Green, (more)
- Director(s):
- James Slocum
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In this youthful drama, Tom, a 14- year-old who's parents have just divorced, is abruptly uprooted from his wealthy Chicago home and sent to the strange land of LA to live in the far-out beach bungalow of his aunt, an aging hippie still stuck in a by-gone era. He is unhappy with the new arrangement and finds his new bohemian lifestyle strange and the activities of his new peers, stupid. His life begins to change a bit when he befriends a young surfer named Fin. At first he thinks of the fun-loving Fin as a real dolt, but later he admits he was wrong. Like the Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn characters on which they are loosely based, the two new friends soon find themselves having a series of adventures, some of them dangerous; by the summer's end, Tom finds himself wiser, accustomed to California, and a lot more grown up. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 100 mins
Complete Cast:
- Michael Landes - Tom
- Joanna Kerns - Aunt Sunny
- Wayne Pere - Rockman
- Pat Brisson - Hockey Player
- Michele Buffone - Waitress
- Jacim Chavez - Skateboarder
- Andrew Divoff - Dode
- Nigel Gibbs - Policeman at Mine
- Curt Gowdy - Himself
- Chuck Walling - Sid
- Suanne Spoke - Mrs. Travis
- Andy Sheldon - Band Member
- Jordan Schock - Skateboarder
- Derek Lee Rivers - Band Member
- Chance Boyer - Kusick
- Edward Beimfohr - Mr. Travis
- David James Alexander - Man Buying Glasses
- David Evans
- James Slocum - Surfing Judge
- John Zarchen - Surfing Judge
- Dale Rivers - Band Member
- Steve Reffling - Band Member
- Scott Plauche - Motorcycle Cop
- Mary Ingersoll - reporter
- Sherrie Krenn - Cari
- Brian Krause - Joey
- Shannon McDonald - Surfer with Dog
- Thomas David Parker - Convenience Store Clerk
- Brian Austin Green - Fin
- Amber Susa - Traci
- Greg Crane - Helpful Boy on Beach
- Rhonda Britten - "Miss Greenhair"
- John Chaidez - Dave Hartle
- Jeffrey Culver - Policeman at Station
- Nathan Fletcher - Mongo
- David Gooding
- Ashley Hackert - Amber
- Karen Teliha - bag Lady
- Charlene Simpson - Mona
- Kathlene Shawver - Girl on the beach
- Russell James Rivers - Lead Singer
- Paul Hopkins - Man Getting off Plane
- Nick Benedict - Mr. Finley
- Joy Baggish - Woman Buying Glasses
- Jennifer Abbott - Suntanning Woman
- Debra Zane
- Barrett Sherwood
- Goeffrey Young - Man on Rollerskates
- Alan Reiser - Band Member
- John Priebe
- Michele Harrell - 1st Stewardess
- Cheryl T. Janecky - Mrs. Travis
- William Knight - Clerk with Switch
- Alf Krenn - Judge on Pier
- Ron Melendez - Craig
- Director(s):
- James Slocum
- Writer(s):
- James Slocum
- Producer(s):
- Jane Hamsher, James Slocum
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