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Director:
Writers:
James Komack (story) and
Bill L. Norton (story) ...
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Release Date:
7 August 1987 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Fasten your seatbelts and get ready for a totally NEW WAVE motion picture experience.
Plot:
Frankie and Annette grow up and have kids in the midwest. They return to LA to visit their daughter... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
If you're not a big old sour puss... more (40 total)

Cast

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Frankie Avalon ... Annette's Husband

Annette Funicello ... Annette

Lori Loughlin ... Sandi

Tommy Hinkley ... Michael

Demian Slade ... Bobby
Connie Stevens ... Connie
Joe Holland ... Zed
John Calvin ... Troy

David Bowe ... Mountain
Laura Urstein ... Robin

Linda Carol ... Bridgette
Marjorie Gross ... Airline Hostess
Hartley Silver ... Fleishman (as Hartly Silver)
Alan Barry ... Salesman
Thomas David Parker ... Salesman
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Malibu Beach Girls (USA) (alternative title)
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Runtime:
92 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Bob Denver's last film. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The initial external shot of the airborne Boeing 747 is a full-length version of the plane. Upon landing, it is clearly the much-shorter "SP" version of a TWA 747. more
Quotes:
Frankie, the Big Kahuna: [at the bar] Gimme another one, Little Buddy.
Bartender: Don't call me that. I *hate* that!
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Movie Connections:
Spoofs The Breakfast Club (1985) more
Soundtrack:
Catch a Wave more

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11 out of 14 people found the following comment useful.
If you're not a big old sour puss..., 2 July 2002
Author: Melisande Rupert from SoCal

you'll like this movie..

It's completely non-serious. It doesn't try to BE a beach movie of the 1960's...it tries to be a silly remake.

The costumes and sets are delightful - every known form of beachie cabana style is represented. Annette looks adorable in her cartoonish costumes, and is an inspiration to get out to the beach for all us "old folks."

The cuts with real surfing footage are enough to keep real surfers mesmerized, and the bathing suit styles are updated and sexy.

What more could you want on in the background on a Saturday afternoon?

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