One Crazy Summer (1986)

An aspiring teenage cartoonist and his friends come to the aid of a singer trying to save her family property from developers.

Director:

Savage Steve Holland

Writer:

Savage Steve Holland

Stars:

John Cusack, Linda Warren, Joel Murray

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
John Cusack	...	Hoops McCann
Linda Warren	...	Mrs. McCann
Joel Murray	...	George Calamari
Grenville Cuyler	...	Graduation Orator
Kristen Goelz	...	Squid Calamari
Sky	...	Boscoe
Laura Waterbury	...	Crossing Guard
Jennifer Yahoodik	...	Andrea
Rachel C. Telegen	...	Brunhelda
Demi Moore	...	Cassandra Eldridge
John Matuszak	...	Stain
Paul M. Lane	...	Biker #1 (as Paul Lane)
Don Ruffin	...	Biker #2
Gary Littlejohn	...	Biker #3
Pat McGoarty	...	Biker #4 (as Pat Mc Goarty)

Storyline

With a name like Hoops McCann, he's bound to get that basketball scholarship after high school, right? Wrong! What Hoops really wants to do is write and illustrate a love story. To help him find his way, his friend George invites Hoops to come with him and his sister to spend the summer on Nantucket. The friends Crazy Summer begins when they pickup Cassandra on the way--she's being chased by a motorcycle gang. From here on in, it only gets crazier. Once on the island, Hoops and George, along with George's island friends the Stork twins and Ack-Ack (son of a marine), must help Cassandra save her grandfather's house from the greedy Beckersted Family. Along the way, Hoops must find a way to write his cartoon love story - and maybe a real one of his own.

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Plot Keywords:

summer | motorcycle gang | singer | basketball | dog | 

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Taglines:

They're out of school, out on Nantucket, and out of their minds. With this crowd, anything can happen!

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 August 1986 (USA)

Also Known As:

Greetings from Nantucket

Filming Locations:

Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA

Box Office

Gross:

$13,431,806 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

A&M Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

"Ack-Ack" is a military nickname for anti-aircraft artillery.

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Goofs

The Steamship Authority Ferry that runs out of Woods Hole only goes to Martha's Vineyard. All Steamship Authority Ferries that go to Nantucket leave from Hyannis, Ma in Central Cape Cod.

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Quotes

Egg Stork: Ack Ack, let me tell you a little story. A story about a little fat kid who everybody made fun of, and nobody liked and he had a twin brother, and everybody said he never looked like his twin brother, but he wanted to...
Ack Ack Raymond: Egg, where you that little boy?
Egg Stork: No! No! But I used to beat the shit out him! "Why are you so fat? Why are so ugly?" Aaagghh!
Ack Ack Raymond: Great story, thanks.

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Crazy Credits

The film-makers wish to thank the Massachusetts Film Bureau and the people of Cape Cod and Nantucket who survived ONE CRAZY SUMMER.

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Connections

References Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)

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Soundtracks

"Outa-Space"
Written by Billy Preston and Joe Greene
Performed by Billy Preston
Courtesy of A & M Records

User Reviews

Very likeable and amusing

I have to admit that these days, I can't stand Demi Moore. It seemed almost as soon as I 'discovered' her (and developed a squirmy adolescent crush on her) via this film, her career went stellar, the films got worse and she turned into just another boring megastar. Life sometimes really sucks. But ONE CRAZY SUMMER doesn't suck. It's a very amusing and eminently likeable teen comedy that doesn't stoop to bad taste gags or gross-out schtick for its laughs (Farrelly brothers, take note) and relies on its very eighties feelgood charm to win you over. I watched this one over and over again on VHS when I was a kid, and I must've driven my parents and friends insane with my constant cries of "Chilli dog!", "This is a love story, not a Rambo bloodbath!", "Hi Cookie! I'm Egg...gemini!" and all those other little bits of treasurable dialogue. The cartoon sequences are brilliant, nicely subversive in a Ralph Bakshi - Robert Crumb way, and the cast are perfect. Bobcat Goldthwait really turns the spastic nerd persona up HIGH here, and one of the most killingly funny moments in his career occurs when someone playfully throws a beachball at his head, only for him to yelp "That really smarts, that went in my eye!" Trust me, it's so funny. I want to go to Nantucket Island some day and find a cute rock chick who prefers shy cartoonists to buff studs with hot cars and have a bunch of zany adventures with some wacky friends, but until I do, I'll just watch ONE CRAZY SUMMER again. Enjoy!