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7.0/10   61 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Edward DeBlasio (writer)
Shep Greene (novel)
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Release Date:
6 February 1980 (USA) more
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Tagline:
He's 15. A star athlete. And an alcoholic.
Plot:
Scott Baio plays a high school hockey player. He is well liked and well respected among his coach and teammates... more | add synopsis
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Very Real and disturbing more (8 total)

Cast

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Scott Baio ... Buff Saunders
Lance Kerwin ... Billy Carpenter
Ed Lauter ... Gus Carpenter
Mariclare Costello ... Mrs. Carpenter
Stephen Davies ... Alan
Toni Kalem ... Tina
Katherine Pass ... Donna Watson
Dan Shor ... Art 'Artie' Collins
Michele Tobin ... Julie

Don Murray ... Ken Saunders
Ron Max ... Coach Anderson
Marla Frumkin ... Lucy
Jerry McNeely ... Spanish Teacher

Dan Spector ... Murph
John Roselius ... Paul Watson
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Runtime:
99 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
When Billy goes to a treatment center that is in another city, it's actually one block away from the High School they shot the film at. more
Quotes:
Gus Carpenter: Put that down!
Buff Saunders: What for?
Gus Carpenter: 'Cause you're not old enough!
Buff Saunders: How old do you have to be to be a stinking drunk like you?
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Soundtrack:
Lonely Street, Winter Day more

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Very Real and disturbing, 21 April 1999
Author: BJs twit from South Carolina, USA

This was an awesome movie. Scott Baio is absolutely wonderful as an aspiring and hard-working diver in training. His dreams come crashing down around him after a night of drinking lands him in the hospital the day before a huge qualifying meet. This movie paints a realistic and disturbing picture of the dangers of drinking and driving. Everyone needs to see it. It will definitely make you think.

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