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Big Wednesday
Directed by
John Milius
PG
1978
2h
Drama
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Comedy
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7.1
67%
87%
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Character study about the lives of some California surfers from the early 1960s to the 1970s as the Vietnam War interrupts their carefree life.
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Cast of Big Wednesday
Jan-Michael Vincent
Matt Johnson
William Katt
Jack Barlow
Gary Busey
Leroy "The Masochist" Smith
Patti D'Arbanville
Sally
Lee Purcell
Peggy Gordon
Sam Melville
"Bear"
Reb Brown
"Enforcer"
Robert Englund
"Fly"
Joe Spinell
Psychologist
Hank Worden
Shopping Cart
Charlene Tilton
Party Girl
Celia Milius
Bride of the Bear
Darrell Fetty
Jim "Waxer" King
Gerry Lopez
Gerry Lopez
Steve Kanaly
Sally's Husband
Barbara Hale
Mrs. Barlow
Fran Ryan
Lucy
Keith Davis
Ostrich
Johnny Fain
Breathman
Rick Dano
Panhead
Michael Talbott
Hog
Janet Julian
Party Girl
Ollie O'Toole
Minister
Big Wednesday Ratings & Reviews
ChristyLemire.com
Christy Lemire
Looking back at the strong, young cast, the evocative sense of time and place and the thrilling ocean imagery, Big Wednesday certainly deserves a spot among the pantheon of classic surfing films.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
Ambitious in goal, John Millius' tale suffers from an inconsistent tone, trying to be elegiac, nostalgic, and mythical in depicting the impact of Vietnam and aging on a clique of three surfers between 1962 and 1974 but the acting and imagery are good.
ColeSmithey.com
Cole Smithey
[VIDEO ESSAY] Milius constantly revisits the ocean's churning surf as a literal and metaphoric yardstick to underscore the movie's themes of personal responsibility, loyalty, and the pressures of unpredictable social change.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Remains noteworthy as a cult film.
The New Beverly
Quentin Tarantino
While all in all I prefer Milius' directorial debut Dillinger, it's hard to argue against the idea that his surfer epic "Big Wednesday" isn't his classic.
rec.arts.movies.reviews
Shane Burridge
Imparts quintessential elements of the male psyche more persuasively than Milius' other gung-ho action pictures
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