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Frankie and Annette, having grown up and put aside their beach-partying lifestyle, visit their daughter in Southern California and discover there's still some wild times left in them.Frankie and Annette, having grown up and put aside their beach-partying lifestyle, visit their daughter in Southern California and discover there's still some wild times left in them.Frankie and Annette, having grown up and put aside their beach-partying lifestyle, visit their daughter in Southern California and discover there's still some wild times left in them.
Laura Lanoil
- Robin
- (as Laura Urstein)
Hartley Silver
- Fleishman
- (as Hartly Silver)
Storyline
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- TriviaThroughout the movie, Frankie Avalon's character is only referred to as "The Big Kahuna", and never once is called by any real first name. He is listed as "Annette's Husband" in the end credits. The name "Frankie" could not legally be used in the film, because Avalon played "Frankie" in several 1960s beach movies. Legal issues were involved since this film was made by a different studio and with different producers. For the same reason, Annette Funicello's character could not be named Delores, or Dee Dee for short, as was her character's name in the Beach Party films. "The Big Kahuna" was actually a character from Gidget (1959), rather than from the Beach Party series.
- GoofsDuring a long dolly shot of the singing cast marching down the beach, wheel tracks in the sand from the camera car are visible.
- ConnectionsEdited from The Mickey Mouse Club (1955)
- SoundtracksAbsolute Perfection
By Jack Butler & Paul Shaffer
Performed by Private Domain
Produced by Jack Butler & Paul Shaffer
Additional Recording by David Kahne
Courtesy of Chameleon Music Group
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Frankie and Annette get back to their home turf
For those of us who grew up on Beach Party movies, this is a fun revisiting of the genre. Done as a combination homage/spoof to these early/mid 60's drive-in specials, the movie reunites some of the principle players and revisits the myth of California as Shangri-La.
Annette, Frankie, Connie and dozens of guests in cameo roles gently rib the genre and themselves. As usual, Annette and Frankie have some difference of opinions and go off in different directions--even though they have been married for 20 years. Their plots to make each other jealous and the ultimate reconciliation are no surprise, but still make for a pleasant 90 minutes.
Annette and Connie are as lovely as ever. The villains are redeemed in the end and, of course, the "Big Kahuna" overcomes his anxiety and wins the surfing competition(even though he has not been on a board in over 20 years)..
Annette, Frankie, Connie and dozens of guests in cameo roles gently rib the genre and themselves. As usual, Annette and Frankie have some difference of opinions and go off in different directions--even though they have been married for 20 years. Their plots to make each other jealous and the ultimate reconciliation are no surprise, but still make for a pleasant 90 minutes.
Annette and Connie are as lovely as ever. The villains are redeemed in the end and, of course, the "Big Kahuna" overcomes his anxiety and wins the surfing competition(even though he has not been on a board in over 20 years)..
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $13,110,903
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,265,660
- Aug 9, 1987
- Gross worldwide
- $13,110,903
- Runtime1 hour 32 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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