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One Crazy Summer is a 1986
1986 in film

Events*April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle*Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver....
 comedy movie starring John Cusack
John Cusack

John Paul Cusack is an United States film actor and screenwriter. He won the 1990 Most Promising Actor CFCA Award for Say Anything..., the 1998 Favorite Supporting Actor Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Con Air, and the 2000 Commitment to Chicago Award....
, Demi Moore
Demi Moore

Demetria Gene "Demi" Moore Kutcher is an American actress. She became well-known after a string of 1980s teen-oriented movies, and was one of the best known actresses of 1990s Hollywood....
, Bobcat Goldthwait, Curtis Armstrong
Curtis Armstrong

Curtis Armstrong is an United States actor.BiographyEarly lifeCurtis Armstrong was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Norma E....
, and Joel Murray
Joel Murray

Joel Murray is an United States actor who has starred in film and on television....
. The movie was written and directed by Savage Steve Holland
Savage Steve Holland

Savage Steve Holland is an animator and director who wrote and directed the cult films Better Off Dead and One Crazy Summer , starring John Cusack....
. The original music score was composed by Cory Lerios
Cory Lerios

Cory Lerios is an American pianist and vocalist noted for his fast and flowing style of playing. He has worked on the soundtracks of several major TV series including the Baywatch soundtrack and the music direction of Days of our Livesfor which he won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1998....
. The film's tagline is: "They're out of school, out on Nantucket, and out of their minds. With this crowd, anything can happen!"

The MPAA rated this film as PG
MPAA film rating system

The Motion Picture Association of America's film-rating system is used in the United States and its Territories of the United States to rate a film's thematic and content suitability for certain audiences....
, as a result, parental guidance is suggested.

Cusack plays Hoops McCann, recent high school grad who failed to get a basketball scholarship, disappointing his parents.






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One Crazy Summer is a 1986
1986 in film

Events*April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle*Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries television journalist Maria Shriver....
 comedy movie starring John Cusack
John Cusack

John Paul Cusack is an United States film actor and screenwriter. He won the 1990 Most Promising Actor CFCA Award for Say Anything..., the 1998 Favorite Supporting Actor Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Con Air, and the 2000 Commitment to Chicago Award....
, Demi Moore
Demi Moore

Demetria Gene "Demi" Moore Kutcher is an American actress. She became well-known after a string of 1980s teen-oriented movies, and was one of the best known actresses of 1990s Hollywood....
, Bobcat Goldthwait, Curtis Armstrong
Curtis Armstrong

Curtis Armstrong is an United States actor.BiographyEarly lifeCurtis Armstrong was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Norma E....
, and Joel Murray
Joel Murray

Joel Murray is an United States actor who has starred in film and on television....
. The movie was written and directed by Savage Steve Holland
Savage Steve Holland

Savage Steve Holland is an animator and director who wrote and directed the cult films Better Off Dead and One Crazy Summer , starring John Cusack....
. The original music score was composed by Cory Lerios
Cory Lerios

Cory Lerios is an American pianist and vocalist noted for his fast and flowing style of playing. He has worked on the soundtracks of several major TV series including the Baywatch soundtrack and the music direction of Days of our Livesfor which he won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1998....
. The film's tagline is: "They're out of school, out on Nantucket, and out of their minds. With this crowd, anything can happen!"

The MPAA rated this film as PG
MPAA film rating system

The Motion Picture Association of America's film-rating system is used in the United States and its Territories of the United States to rate a film's thematic and content suitability for certain audiences....
, as a result, parental guidance is suggested.

Plot summary

John Cusack plays Hoops McCann, recent high school grad who failed to get a basketball scholarship, disappointing his parents. Hoops hopes to be admitted to the Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design

The Rhode Island School of Design is a fine arts and design college located in Providence, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1877 and is currently located at the base of College Hill, Providence, Rhode Island and contiguous with the Brown University campus....
, and must write and illustrate a love story for his application. He joins his friend George Calamari (Joel Murray), and George's sister Squid, to spend the summer on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts
Nantucket, Massachusetts

Nantucket is an island 30 miles south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in the United States. Together with the small islands of Tuckernuck Island and Muskeget, it constitutes the New England town of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and the coterminous Nantucket County, which are consolidated....
. En route, they pick up a young rock singer named Cassandra Eldridge (Demi Moore); she is being chased by a motorcycle gang at the time. Once on the island, Hoops and George, along with George's island friends the Stork twins and Ack-Ack Raymond (son of a Marine), must help Cassandra save her grandfather's house from the greedy Beckersted Family. Along the way, Hoops must find a way to write his cartoon love story.

Cast

  • John Cusack
    John Cusack

    John Paul Cusack is an United States film actor and screenwriter. He won the 1990 Most Promising Actor CFCA Award for Say Anything..., the 1998 Favorite Supporting Actor Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Con Air, and the 2000 Commitment to Chicago Award....
     ... Hoops McCann
  • Demi Moore
    Demi Moore

    Demetria Gene "Demi" Moore Kutcher is an American actress. She became well-known after a string of 1980s teen-oriented movies, and was one of the best known actresses of 1990s Hollywood....
     ... Cassandra Eldridge
  • Joel Murray
    Joel Murray

    Joel Murray is an United States actor who has starred in film and on television....
     ... George Calamari
  • William Hickey
    William Hickey (actor)

    William Edward Hickey was an United States actor. He was known for his Oscar-nominated role as Don Corrado Prizzi in the John Huston 1985 film Prizzi's Honor....
     ... Old Man Beckersted
  • Joe Flaherty
    Joe Flaherty

    Joe Flaherty is an American-Canadian comedian. He is best known for his work on the Canadian sketch comedy Second City Television, from 1976 to 1984....
     ... General Raymond
  • Mark Metcalf
    Mark Metcalf

    Mark Peter Metcalf is an American actor in both television and film.Metcalf attended Westfield High School in Westfield, NJ. He is likely most known to two different generations for two notable roles....
     ... Aquilla Beckersted
  • John Matuszak
    John Matuszak

    John Daniel Matuszak , nicknamed Tooz, was an American football player in the National Football League who later became an actor. He was the first draft pick of 1973 NFL Draft and played most of his career with the Oakland Raiders until he retired after winning his second Super Bowl in 1981 NFL season....
     ... Stan
  • Kimberly Foster
    Kimberly Foster

    Kimberly Foster is an United States actress, best known for her role as Michelle Stevens in the later seasons of the prime-time drama Dallas which she played from 1989 to 1991....
     ... Cookie Campbell
  • Curtis Armstrong
    Curtis Armstrong

    Curtis Armstrong is an United States actor.BiographyEarly lifeCurtis Armstrong was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Norma E....
     ... Ack Ack Raymond
  • Matt Mulhern
    Matt Mulhern

    Matt Mulhern is an United States actor who has starred in such films as One Crazy Summer and Biloxi Blues, and such television series such as Major Dad, JAG, and Rescue Me ....
     ... Teddy Beckersted
  • Rich Little
    Rich Little

    Richard Caruthers "Rich" Little is a Canada Impressionist and voice actor. Little has long been known as a top impersonator of famous people throughout the world, which has earned him the nickname "The Man of a Thousand Voices."...
     ... Radio Contest DJ
  • Kristen Goelz ... Squid Calamari
  • Bobcat Goldthwait
    Bobcat Goldthwait

    Robert Francis 'Bobcat' Goldthwait is an United States comedian, actor, screenwriter, and film and television director. He is commonly known for his energetic, rabid stage personality, his dark, acerbic humor, and his gruff but high-pitched voice....
     ... Egg Stork
  • Tom Villard
    Tom Villard

    Thomas Louis Villard was an United States actor. He grew up in Spencerport, New York and went to Allegheny College in Meadville, Pennsylvania, the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City....
     ... Clay Stork
  • Donald Li ... Chong Freen, Banker
  • Jeremy Piven
    Jeremy Piven

    Jeremy Samuel Piven is a three-time Emmy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning American actor. He is best known for his role as Ari Gold on the critically acclaimed HBO television series Entourage ....
     ... Ty
  • Laura Waterbury ... Crossing Guard
  • Rich Hall
    Rich Hall

    Rich Hall is an United States comedian and writer. He was a writer and performer on the sketch comedy TV series Fridays , Not Necessarily the News, and Saturday Night Live....
     ... Wilbur, Gas Station Attendant
  • Taylor Negron
    Taylor Negron

    Taylor Negron is an American actor who appeared frequently in comedies of the 1980s and on television. He is a stand-up comedian and co-starred in the movie The Last Boy Scout....
     ... Taylor, Gas Station Attendant
  • Billie Bird
    Billie Bird

    Billie Bird was an United States actress and comedian....
     ... Grandma Calamari


Trivia


  • Sometimes described as "Better Off Dead goes to the beach", due to the same director and several returning cast members (Cusack, Armstrong, Negron) from the classic '80s comedy. Additionally, Hoops and Lane Meyer
    Better Off Dead

    Better Off Dead is a 1985 teen Cult film black comedy starring John Cusack, written and directed by Savage Steve Holland. Originally released by Warner Bros....
     are both cartoonists.
  • Savage Steve Holland was upset Gene Siskel
    Gene Siskel

    Eugene "Gene" Kal Siskel was an United States film critic. Alongside colleague Roger Ebert, he pioneered the classic review show, Siskel & Ebert at the Movies....
     and Roger Ebert
    Roger Ebert

    Roger Joseph Ebert born June 18, 1942) is an United States film criticism and screenwriter.He is known for his film review column and for two television programs Sneak Previews and At the Movies , which he co-hosted for a combined 23 years with Gene Siskel....
     criticized Better Off Dead. Two bunnies that get blown up at the end of the movie bear a strong (and not accidental) resemblance to the movie critics.
  • Several scenes were filmed in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts. The Generic High School (Hyannis West High) and Generic Elementary (Hyannis West Middle school).
  • Hoops McCann is named after a basketball player from Steely Dan
    Steely Dan

    Steely Dan is an United States jazz-Rock music band centered on core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. The band reached a peak of popularity in the late 1970s, with the release of seven albums blending elements of jazz, rock and roll, funk, rhythm and blues, and Pop music....
    's song "Glamor Profession" from the Gaucho
    Gaucho (album)

    Gaucho was Steely Dan last album before the band's 10-year breakup from June 1981 to October 1991. The album, originally released in 1980, was also the band's last studio album until the 2000 release of Two Against Nature....
     album.


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