Synopsis
Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.
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Cast
- Jan-Michael VincentMatt Johnson
- William KattJack Barlow
- Gary BuseyLeroy "The Masochist" Smith
- Patti D'ArbanvilleSally
- Lee PurcellPeggy Gordon
- Sam Melville"Bear"
- Reb Brown"Enforcer"
- Robert Englund"Fly"
- Joe SpinellPsychologist
- Hank WordenShopping Cart
Recommandations
- 80
Empire
A key film from the movie brats-era, and quite possibly Milius best. - 80
The Guardian
Maybe in the end it's just an exuberant collection of great scenes – but what Big Wednesday has is heart. - 70
The Dissolve
There are moments when Big Wednesday strains under the weight of Milius’ ambition, but they’re balanced with lively authenticity and a brisk lack of sentiment. - 70
Chicago Reader
Milius can be faulted for reviving a number of ostensibly dead macho myths, but in the context of the subculture his film deftly re-creates, they take on the aura of eternal values. The breathtaking surfing footage, rather than the slightly stunted characters, makes his most eloquent argument. - 70
Variety
A rubber stamp wouldn’t do for John Milius. So he took a sledgehammer and pounded Important all over Big Wednesday. This film about three Malibu surfers in the 1960s has been branded major statement and it’s got Big Ideas about adolescence, friendship and the 1960s. - 60
Time Out
All this, along with the tremulous romanticism, might seem unbearably portentous were it not for some lovely comic moments - notably, Busey in the draft-dodging scenes - and the sheer exhilaration of the surfing footage. - 50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Big Wednesday is American writer-director John Milius' attempt to use surfing as a metaphor for life. It doesn't work. [27 June 1978] - 40
The New York Times
The movie often seems even more uneventful than material like this need make it, and Mr. Milius's attention to his actors focuses more closely on their pectorals than on their performances.
