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Back to the Beach

Name: Back to the Beach
Released: 1987-08-07T00:00:00.000000Z
Rating: 5.9

All killer...no filler!!

1987 • 92 min • ★ 5.9 (47) • Released

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Cowabunga! The surfing '60s ride into the new wave as Frankie and Annette star in this hip update of their old-time, good-time beach movies. With special appearances by Bob Denver, Tony Dow, Pee-Wee Herman, Jerry Mathers and other familiar faces. Frankie and Annette grow up and have kids in the midwest. They return to LA to visit their daughter who is shacked up with her boyfriend and tries to hide the fact. They begin to have marriage problems when Frankie runs into Connie, who has erected a shrine to him in her night club. Their punk son has joined up with the local surf toughs, and things all come to a head when the toughs challenge the good guys to a surfing duel

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Original title: Back to the Beach
Language: EN
Country: US
Budget: —
Revenue: —

Reviews & Ratings 1

Wuchak

Aug 21, 2023 · via TMDB

★ 5.0

**_Revisiting those zany beach party flicks from the mid-60s_** Frankie & Annette are now married and living in Ohio. Frankie’s a workaholic business owner and neglecting Annette, so they decide to fly out to SoCal to visit their daughter and old haunts on their way to Hawaii. “Back to the Beach” (1987) pays homage to those dozen AIP ‘beach party films’ that were released from 1963-1968, half of them starring Frankie Avalon and/or Annette Funicello. The movie is amusingly hammy, poking fun at those madcap 60’s flicks. Connie Stevens is on hand, looking great at 48, along with several cameos of familiar faces, like Bob Denver from Gilligan’s Island. Siskel & Ebert praised the movie on their show (the episode is available on Youtube). And, sure, it’s entertaining to a point, but I was disappointed. It’s just no where near as great as they made it out to be. Still, if you’re in the mood for an innocuous musical with a goofy beach milieu, give it a watch. The flick runs 1 hour, 32 minutes, and was shot in Malibu and Santa Cruz. GRADE: C+

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Frankie Avalon

Annette's Husband

Annette Funicello

Annette

Lori Loughlin

Sandi

Tommy Hinkley

Michael

Demian Slade

Bobby

John Calvin

Troy

David Bowe

Mountain

Connie Stevens

Connie

Don Adams

Harbor Master

Barbara Billingsley

Announcer

Edd Byrnes

Valet

Bob Denver

Bartender

Tony Dow

Judge #1

Alan Hale Jr.

Bartender’s Buddy

Jerry Mathers

Judge #2

Paul Reubens

Pee-Wee Herman

Linda Carol

Bridgette

Todd Bryant

Webby

Rodney Bingenheimer

Self

Dick Dale

Self

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Self

Rick Avery

Surfers & Punks

Noon Orsatti

Surfers & Punks

Randell Dennis Widner

Surfers & Punks

O. J. Simpson

Man At Airport (uncredited)

Crew 11

Marlene Stewart

Costume Design

Rick Avery

Stunt Double

Denise Chamian

Casting

Janet Hirshenson

Casting

Annette Funicello

Co-Executive Producer

Frankie Avalon

Co-Executive Producer

Dody Dorn

Dialogue Editor

Steve Dorff

Original Music Composer

Chris Thompson

Screenplay

Bill L. Norton

Story

James Komack

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Aug 7, 1987

PG Theatrical