Back to the Beach (1987)
Back to the Beach (1987)
DVDRip | MKV | 720x480 | x264 @ 2092 Kbps | 92 min | 1,67 Gb
Audio: English AC3 5.1 @ 448 Kbps | Subs: English, French
Genre: Comedy
DVDRip | MKV | 720x480 | x264 @ 2092 Kbps | 92 min | 1,67 Gb
Audio: English AC3 5.1 @ 448 Kbps | Subs: English, French
Genre: Comedy
Director: Lyndall Hobbs
Writers: James Komack (story), Bill Norton (story) (as B.W.L. Norton)
Stars: Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Lori Loughlin
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.
For those of us who grew up on Beach Party movies, this is a fun revisiting of the genre. Done as a combination homage/spoof to these early/mid 60's drive-in specials, the movie reunites some of the principle players and revisits the myth of California as Shangri-La.
Annette, Frankie, Connie and dozens of guests in cameo roles gently rib the genre and themselves. As usual, Annette and Frankie have some difference of opinions and go off in different directions–even though they have been married for 20 years. Their plots to make each other jealous and the ultimate reconciliation are no surprise, but still make for a pleasant 90 minutes.
Annette and Connie are as lovely as ever. The villains are redeemed in the end and, of course, the "Big Kahuna" overcomes his anxiety and wins the surfing competition(even though he has not been on a board in over 20 years)..
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Back to the Beach (1987)
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