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Big Wednesday

1978 · 120 min

A sun-drenched, bittersweet elegy for youth and friendship, with surfing sequences that feel both exhilarating and elegiac.

Tagline
A day will come that is like no other... and nothing that happens after will ever be the same.
Overview
Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • friendship
  • coming-of-age
  • grief
  • memory
  • survival
Places
  • small town
  • sea
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror0
Humour4
Realism7
Romance3
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
John Milius
Written by
Dennis Aaberg, John Milius
Starring
Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Gary Busey, Patti D'Arbanville, Lee Purcell, Sam Melville, Reb Brown, Robert Englund
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
120 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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