White Water Summer (1987)

An experienced guide (Vic) accompanies a city boy (Alan) and his three friends on their first wilderness experience. Hoping to teach the four boys lessons not only about the wilderness, but... See full summary »

Director:

Jeff Bleckner

Writers:

Manya Starr, Ernest Kinoy

Stars:

Kevin Bacon, Sean Astin, Jonathan Ward

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Kevin Bacon	...	Vic
Sean Astin	...	Alan
Jonathan Ward	...	Mitch
K.C. Martel	...	George
Matt Adler	...	Chris
Caroline McWilliams	...	Virginia Block
Charles Siebert	...	Jerry Block
Joseph Passerrelli	...	Storekeeper (as Joseph Passerelli)

Storyline

An experienced guide (Vic) accompanies a city boy (Alan) and his three friends on their first wilderness experience. Hoping to teach the four boys lessons not only about the wilderness, but about themselves, Vic pushes them to the limit. Soon after alienating the boys, Vic finds himself in desperate need of help and must rely on his students in order to survive.

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Plot Keywords:

friend | wilderness | nature | guide | summer | 

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama

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Certificate:

PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 July 1987 (USA)

Also Known As:

Rites of Summer

Filming Locations:

Cromberg, California, USA

Box Office

Gross:

$300,859 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation, Polar Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film is dedicated to its director of photography, John Alcott, who previously worked on several Stanley Kubrick projects.

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Goofs

When Alan stays with Vic after Vic's leg is broken, Vic also has a nasty cut on his left cheek, with blood appearing to coagulate. Shortly afterwards, before Alan takes Vic down the river, there is no sign the cut ever existed.

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Quotes

Vic: This is not acceptable behavior.

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Soundtracks

"Hot Shot"
Written by Mike Slamer, Roy Ward and John Luttrelle
Produced by Mike Slamer
Performed by Roy Ward

User Reviews

trinidad

The last time that I saw white water summer was in August of 2003.After that I have not seen it on cable which has upset me because I loved that movie.It is on my top 5 all time favorite movie.What got me into this movie is imagining that you were allan and the thrill you had to go through crossing that terrifying bridge by yourself and then being forced to cross it again to get the tent poles but with night approaching.The bond between the four guys to survive during the storm was also am excellent piece.But the best part in the movie for me was when allan caught the fishes but not using nature method.This made vick upset and left him on the islet alone for a night and ordered him to gut and clean the fishes. I am originally from Trinidad and I went to the states for a vacation and was hugely disappointed when I searched for the movie but to no avail.I checked major DVD outlets and flee markets.I hope that they can air the movie on cable ,because thats the only way that I can see it.