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6.9Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.
Released: 1978-05-26120 minDir: John MiliusDrama, ComedyBudget: $11.0M
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"
Themes
- friendship
- surfing
- california
- vietnam
- sports
- coming of age
- flash forward
- 1960s
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- Vietnam War
- Director
- John Milius
- Screenwriter
- John Milius
- Composer
- Basil Poledouris
- Producer
- Buzz Feitshans
- Cinematographer
- Bruce Surtees
- Narrative location
- California
- Filming location
- Santa Monica
- Duration
- 118
- FilmAffinity ID
- 347066
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Sport
- surfing
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- publication date
- 1980-08-07
- film editor
- Carroll Timothy O'Meara
- title
- Big Wednesday
- distributed by
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- production designer
- Charles Rosen
- set in environment
- jungle
- review score
- 67%
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