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California Dreaming (1979)
Directed by John D. Hancock
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Young T.T. comes from Chicago to spend the summer in California. He slowly becomes “California-ized,” while learning about love and life in the Golden State.
Rated R | Length 92 minutes
Actors
Dennis Christopher | Glynnis O'Connor | Seymour Cassel | Dorothy Tristan | John Calvin | Todd Susman | Tanya Roberts | Alice Playten | Ned Wynn | James Van Patten | Stacey Nelkin | Johnny Fain | Tom McFadden | Tom Rosqui | Marshall Efron | Barton Heyman | Kirsten Baker | Shannon Terhune | Vivian Bonnell | James Staley | Bonnie Bartlett | Carol O'Leary | Ernest Misko | Buddy Kling | Rene Lea | Becky Nelson | Cheri Capps | Walt Schlim | Charles Graffeo
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/18/2020 | Computer | Broadcast | Other | 6 stars |
| (Average) 6 stars |
Viewing Notes
Jason held a special quickly arranged watch party to pay tribute to Mike McPadden who we lost this week due to a heart attack. This was a tremendous loss for the cult film community and Chicago (he was ever-present at most weird film events around town; I last saw him earlier this year— pre-pandemic lockdown—in March at a Doc Films 35mm screening of Looking for Mr. Goodbar). Anywho, Jason programmed a double feature of obscure sex comedies as a way to remember Mike’s contributions and his most recent tome, Teen Movie Hell. Mike was the same age as me and his death really affected me so I wanted to join the watch party for at least one of the movies.
I think I enjoyed this movie more than most of our group but yeah the lead protag is an asshole. But I like the fish out of water learning to adapt premise and the general story of jocks versus nerd. This is mostly a sex comedy up until the finale when it gets oddly serious. Decent flick overall.
RIP McBeardo
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