Gidget's Summer Reunion

1985 1h 33m EN

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6.0

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6.2

IMDB

★6.0TMDB · 1★6.2IMDB · 114

ComedyTV Movie

Synopsis

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Former beach bunny/girl surfer Francine “Gidget” Lawrence is an adult and married to her long-term beau Jeff “Moondoggie” Griffin. She deals with a variety of marital spats, as well as running her own travel agency, running interferences with her teenage niece, and trying to arrange a reunion of her husband’s old surfing friends. Meanwhile, Jeff works as an architect and must fend off romantic advances from his beautiful and lascivious boss. Gidget’s niece wants to learn how to surf and gets too much when she sneaks out to see a suave, self-serving beach bum behind the back of her nerdy boyfriend.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Caryn Richman
Francine 'Gidget' Griffin
Dean Butler
Jeff 'Moondoggie' Griffin
Allison Barron
Kim
Don Stroud
The Great Kahoona
Anne Lockhart
Laure Powell
Vincent Van Patten
Mickey
Johnny Yune
Johnny Soon
David Knell
Albert Winslow

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Bruce Bilson
Writers: George Zateslo, Robert Blees
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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41 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "The Gidget Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Bruce Bilson, shot by Richard M. Rawlings Jr.. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by George Aliceson Tipton. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Art Stafford shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Caryn Richman and Dean Butler and Allison Barron carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0089202 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Bruce Bilson directs. Richard M. Rawlings Jr. behind the camera. George Aliceson Tipton scores. Art Stafford cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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141 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "The Gidget Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Bruce Bilson, shot by Richard M. Rawlings Jr.. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by George Aliceson Tipton. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Art Stafford shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Caryn Richman and Dean Butler and Allison Barron carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0089202 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.