Big Wednesday

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

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.30 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours
Release Year:
1978
Big Wednesday (1978)

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

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Producing Country:
USA
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Release Date:

26 May 1978

Language:

English

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG – Parental Guidance Suggested

Some material may not be suitable for children. Parents urged to give "parental guidance". May contain some material parents might not like for their young children.

Director:

John Milius

Writer:

John Milius, Dennis Aaberg

Main Actors:

Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Gary Busey, Patti D'Arbanville

Plot:

Matt Johnson, Jack Barlow, and Leroy Smith are three young California surfers in the 1960s. At first reveling in the carefree life of beaches, girls, and waves, they eventually must face the fact that the world is changing, becoming more complex, less answerable by simple solutions. Ultimately the Vietnam war interrupts their idyll, leaving them to wonder if they will survive until "Big Wednesday," the mythical day when the greatest, cleanest, most transcendent wave of all will come.

Awards:

2 nominations.

Production:

Warner Home Video

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
64%
Metacritic:
54%