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Big Wednesday

Name: Big Wednesday
Director: John Milius
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 1978
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Gary Busey, Patti D'Arbanville, Lee Purcell

Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.

1978 · Directed by John Milius · 120 min · Drama · Comedy · 9 frames

Tagline

A day will come that is like no other... and nothing that happens after will ever be the same.

Crew

Written by: Dennis Aaberg, John Milius
Cinematography: Bruce Surtees
Edited by: Carroll Timothy O'Meara, Robert L. Wolfe
Music: Basil Poledouris
Production design: Charles Rosen
Produced by: Buzz Feitshans

Cast

Jan-Michael Vincent as Matt Johnson
William Katt as Jack Barlow
Gary Busey as Leroy "The Masochist" Smith
Patti D'Arbanville as Sally
Lee Purcell as Peggy Gordon
Sam Melville as "Bear"
Reb Brown as "Enforcer"
Robert Englund as "Fly"
Joe Spinell as Psychologist
Hank Worden as Shopping Cart

Production

Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures, A-Team Productions
Budget: $11,000,000
Themes: friendship, surfing, california, vietnam, sports, coming of age, flash forward, 1960s

More by John Milius

The Wind and the Lion — 1975
Red Dawn — 1984
Dillinger — 1973
Conan the Barbarian — 1982

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