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Back to the Beach (1987)

 -  Comedy | Musical  -  7 August 1987 (USA)
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Frankie and Annette, having grown up and put aside their beach-partying lifestyle, visit their daughter in Southern California and discover there's still some wild times left in them.

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Cast

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Annette's Husband
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Annette
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Sandi
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Michael
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Bobby
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Connie
Joe Holland ...
Zed
John Calvin ...
Troy
David Bowe ...
Mountain
Laura Urstein ...
Robin
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Bridgette
Marjorie Gross ...
Airline Hostess
Hartley Silver ...
Fleishman (as Hartly Silver)
Alan Barry ...
Salesman
Thomas David Parker ...
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Storyline

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. Written by Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>

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Fasten your seatbelts and get ready for a totally NEW WAVE motion picture experience.

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Comedy | Musical

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7 August 1987 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

Malibu Beach Girls  »

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$13,110,903 (USA)
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Trivia

Annette Funicello 's last film. See more »

Goofs

During a long dolly shot of the singing cast marching down the beach, wheel tracks in the sand from the camera car are visible. See more »

Quotes

Bobby: [after his dad's overdone sentimentality has induced mass vomiting throughout the plane] This is why we don't travel.
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References Get Smart (1965) See more »

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"Like We Used To Do (Gonna Have a Party)"
Written, Performed and Produced by Harold Payne & Bill Meyers
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Childhood Favorite
17 December 2002 | by (usa) – See all my reviews

As A child I remember watching this film countlessly. I wasn't old enough to remember the beach movies, although throughout the years I came to know and love them. This movie follows Frankie and Annette after they've gotten married and have a couple of kids. I love how it's a movie about how just cause you get older it doesn't mean you have to give up the things that you use to love. This film, much like the original beach movie, is extremely camp. However, it's so funny, if taken with a grain of salt. And Don Adams as the boat master still cracks me up. It's a wonderful family film.


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