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, Demi Moore, Linda Warren

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
John Cusack	...	Hoops McCann
Linda Warren	...	Mrs. McCann
Joel Murray	...	George Calamari
Grenville Cuyler	...	Graduation Orator
Bobcat Goldthwait	...	Egg Stork
Kristen Goelz	...	Squid Calamari
Tom Villard	...	Clay Stork
Curtis Armstrong	...	Ack Ack Raymond
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)

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 | basketball | motorcycle gang | bikini | vacation | 

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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 USA:

$13,431,806

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

According to Savage Steve Holland, he and John Cusack did not get along during filming. Cusack was disappointed with their previous collaboration, Better Off Dead... (1985) and was angry with Holland. According to Holland, Cusack lightened up after that film got good reviews. But Cusack never spoke to Holland again.

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Goofs

Cassandra says DOW makes Mace. The DOW Chemical Company has never manufactured Mace. They did create Agent Orange, but not Mace. It is possible Cassandra was not being serious when she gave out the information

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Quotes

Ack Ack Raymond: Every year he tries to win that competition, and every year he loses a little more of his mind.

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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

Spoofed in The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy: One Crazy Summoner/Guess What's Coming to the Dinner (2005)

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Soundtracks

Fandango
Written by Juan Carlos Calderón (as Juan Carlos Calderon)
Performed by Herb Alpert
Courtesy of A & M Records

User Reviews

Bring Back Savage Steve Holland

In the eighties, Savage Steve Holland put out three movies, two of which are classics of what seems to be a very small genre, absurdist teen comedies. The third "How I Got Into College" does not measure up to "Better Off Dead" and this one, mainly because of it's lack of John Cusack and Curtis Armstrong (Except for a tiny cameo).

One Crazy Summer is an underrated movie, with lots of great characterizations and gags. As I recall, Savage Steve's movies were vilified as being brain dead at the time and after three movies he drifted into children's TV. We could use more movies from the likes of him.