Back to the Beach 1987 PG, 92 min. Genre: Musical
Director: Lyndall Hobbs Cast: Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, Connie Stevens, Lori Loughlin, Tommy Hinkley, Demian Slade, John Calvin, Joe Holland, David Bowe, Laura Urstein, Linda Carol, Hartley Silver
In this satire on the famous beach movies of the sixties starring the famous duo of Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello, it's their kids who are the teens. The daughter has moved in with a bum in Malibu and their son is a punk rocker. On the way to Hawaii, they stop in California and discover that some of their gang is still hanging around.
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Better Off Dead 1985 PG, 97 min. Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Savage Steve Holland Cast: John Cusack, Kim Darby, Diane Franklin, David Ogden Stiers, Amanda Wyss, Curtis Armstrong, Vincent Schiavelli, Taylor Negron, Demian Slade, Scooter Stevens, Laura Waterbury, Dan Schneider, Yuji Okumoto, Brian Imada, Chuck Mitchell
When teenager Lane Meyer (John Cusack) gets dumped by his girlfriend Beth (Amanda Wyss) after she falls for the ski team captain, he tries, without success, to kill himself. Hoping to win Beth back, Lane challenges the new boyfriend to a ski race. In the meantime, Lane meets French exchange student Monique (Diane Franklin) and begins to fall for her. And through it all, Lane endures his mother's (Kim Darby) imaginative, but terrible, cooking. Followed by "One Crazy Summer."
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| 1. Back to the Beach (1987)
2. Better Off Dead (1985)
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