One Crazy Summer (1986)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Savage Steve Holland

Writer:

Savage Steve Holland (written by)

Release Date:

8 August 1986 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

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

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Summer | Singer | Basketball | Motorcycle Gang | Male Female Relationship

Cast

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
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)

Also Known As:

Greetings from Nantucket (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Iceland:L | USA:PG (Approved No. 28173) | Canada:PG | West Germany:12 | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

A&M Films

Trivia:

The name Hoops McCann was taken from a character in the 1980 Steely Dan song "Glamour Profession."

Goofs:

Continuity: When Hoops and the Stork twins are helping Cookie carry the boat to the water, Hoops is on the left side of the boat and Egg Stork is on the right next to Cookie, but when they reach the water, Hoops and Egg have switched sides.

Quotes:

[While holding up a doll that had it's head torn off]
Ack Ack Raymond: Do you realize that for every lost doll there's a little girl with a broken heart.
George Calamari: Are you sure you want to be a Marine Acky? I just can see you having a killer instinct.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Spring Breakdown (2009)

Soundtrack:

Theme From Jaws

'One' of a kind!

Upon seeing ONE CRAZY SUMMER for the first time many years ago, I wasn't very impressed with it. I thought it had some decent laughs, but I was overall disappointed. Then I saw this again movie last summer when it was on VH1 and my opinion instantly changed. I loved it.

If there is one movie genre that really stuck out in the 1986, it was goofy comedies. From ARMED AND DANGEROUS to POLICE ACADEMY 3: BACK IN TRAINING, 1986 was full of wacky comedies. Perhaps the wackiest of them all, ONE CRAZY SUMMER, like all of Savage Steve Holland's movies, is a classic. Hilariously insane and inventive and loaded with great lines, 'summer' is John Cusack's best movie to date. According to a recent interview I read with Savage Steve Holland, Cusack really hates this movie as well as BETTER OFF DEAD, his previous collaboration with Holland. What Cusack could possibly hate about both movies is beyond me. Both are comedic masterpieces. However, ONE CRAZY SUMMER is the better of the two, mainly because it has a better cast. The cast does a terrific job (Bob Goldthwait has never been funnier).

Simply a classic! ****