California Dreaming

• Directors: John Hancock; Jonathan Liebert
• AMG Rating:
• Genre: Comedy Drama
• Movie Type: Coming-of-Age
• Themes: Surfing, Fish Out of Water
• Main Cast: Glynnis O'Connor, Seymour Cassel, Dorothy Tristan, Dennis Christopher, John Calvin
• Release Year: 1979
• Country: US
• Run Time: 93 minutes
• MPAA Rating: R

Plot

T.T. (Dennis Christopher), a Midwesterner, has traveled to the beaches of California for a dose of the surfin' life. He believes that the people he finds there are glamorous and knowledgeable. They reject his Midwestern nerdiness, make fun of him, and generally give him a hard time for not fitting in and wanting to. However, eventually he figures out that they are no wiser than he is, and that their lives are surprisingly empty. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Glynnis O'Connor - Corky
• Seymour Cassel - Duke Slusarski
• Dorothy Tristan - Fay
• Dennis Christopher - T.T.
• John Calvin - Rick

Tanya Roberts - Stephanie; Todd Susman - Jordy Banks; Alice Playten - Corrine; Ned Wynn - Earl Fescue; John Fain - Tenner; Marshall Erwin Efron - Ruben; Kirsten Baker - Karen; Joan Carol Benson; Vivian Bonnell - Alma; Darrel Guilbeau; Barton Heyman - Jerry; Tom McFadden - Dan; Stacey Nelkin - Marsha; Jay Richardson; Tom Rosqui - George Booke; James Staley - Airline Officer; James Van Patten - Mike; Johanna Watson; Bonnie Bartlett - Melinda Booke

Credit

Ernest Misko - Costume Designer, John Hancock - Director, Jonathan Liebert - Director, Herb Dow - Editor, Sid Leven - Editor, Sid Levin - Editor, Roy E. Peterson - Editor, Louis S. Arkoff - Executive Producer, Samuel Z. Arkoff - Executive Producer, Fred Karlin - Composer (Music Score), William Hiney - Production Designer, Bobby Byrne - Cinematographer, Christian Whittaker - Producer, Ned Wynn - Screenwriter

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