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1950s movie darlings Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello take a break from their normal Midwestern routine to visit their daughter at her southern California beach apartment. At first bewildered by the new wave lifestyle they encounter, Frankie and Annette soon join the fun to become a beach couple of the 1980s. This hysterical spoof/update of the classic beach-party films provides cameos by stars of both eras--including Bob Denver, Jerry Mathers, David Bowie, and Pee-Wee Herman--and a great deal of upbeat music and fun.
Credits
Producer:
Frank Mancuso Jr.
Cast:
Annette Funicello, Connie Stevens, Demian Slade, Frankie Avalon, Lori Loughlin, Tommy Hinkley
Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1 Keep Case Anamorphic Widescreen Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Dolby Surround - English Dolby Digital Stereo - French Interactive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus
Editorial reviews
"...A wonderfully campy trip down pop culture's trash filled memory lane....[The film] pokes fun at the entire beach movie genre while at the same time remaining true to its central tenets..." Variety - Camb. (08/12/1987)
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This is an Auction for a new copy of “Back to the Beach”
Is
Back to the Beach a masterpiece of
postmodernism? Or just a slaphappy hoot? Hey, why can't it be both? Either way,
this is a zippy tribute to/spoof of the 1960s Beach Party pictures. Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello,
landlocked in the Midwest since their surfing days, return to the California
sun with their wild kids. There are mucho gags about the earlier films
(including Frankie on a surfboard in front of a cheesy rear-projection wave),
and cameos (much of the Leave It to
Beaver cast, surf-guitar king Dick Dale). Pee-wee Herman sails in to
perform "Surfin' Bird," and Annette teaches a thousand people
"The Jamaican Ska." All that's missing is Erich von Zipper. This is a
genuinely smart and funny movie, although it helps to know the original films,
so you can savor the moment a beach boy gazes at Annette and marvels,
"After all that surfing, her hair's perfectly dry!"
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