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Big Wednesday

on BBC One London

The feature film starring Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Gary Busey

California, 1962: Matt, Jack and Leroy are loyal friends united by the beach lifestyle - muscles, girls, parties, cars, rock music. But above all they share a great obsession - surfing. Despite the draft, the hippie era and the inevitable transition to adulthood, they remain true to their craze until finally, in 1974, they are reunited for the Great Swell, a giant wave such as they have never ridden before.....
John Milius's film, conceived like an intimate epic, features some unparalleled sequences of virtuoso surfing.
Films: page 14
(First showing on British television)

Contributors

Screenplay/Director:
John Milius
Screenplay:
Denis Aaberg
Producer:
Buzz Feitshans
Matt Johnson:
Jan-Michael Vincent
Jack Barlow:
William Katt
Leroy Smith:
Gary Busey
Sally Johnson:
Patti D'Arbanville
Peggy Gordon:
Lee Purcell
Jim 'Waxer' King:
Darrell Fetty
'The Bear':
Sam Melville
Gerry Lopez:
null Himself
Mrs Barlow:
Barbara Hale

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