back to the beach

Director: lyndall hobbs

Actor: frankie avalon,annette funicello,lori loughlin,tommy hinkley

Data Published: Fri Aug 07 1987

Genres: Comedy,Musical

Key Words: 1980s,midwestern united states,united states,california,girl wears a bikini

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092608/

WIKI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_to_the_Beach

Description: Back to the Beach is a movie starring Frankie Avalon, Annette Funicello, and Lori Loughlin. Frankie and Annette, having grown up and put aside their beach-partying lifestyle, visit their daughter in Southern California and discover...

Plot: Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello are a husband and wife living in Ohio — far from the surf and sand of their earlier lives together. Frankie is a stressed out car salesman and former "Big Kahuna" of the surf scene in California while Annette bottles her own sense of angst up in a bevy of shopping. Together they are raising a son, Bobby, who is in the throes of rebellion against his seemingly square folks. One day, the family decides to take a vacation to Hawaii. Deciding to stop in California to visit their daughter Sandi (Lori Loughlin), Frankie and Annette are appalled to learn that she has been making time with surfer Michael (Tommy Hinkley) throughout her time there. The family misses their flight to Hawaii, and ultimately end up staying in California, much to the chagrin of Frankie. Frankie and Annette get caught up with the lives of their old friends and their old beach, and thus their last beach adventure begins. Along the way, Frankie must work together with a new generation of younger surfers while nearly ruining his marriage by dallying with Connie Stevens — one of several pop-culture icons appearing in the film, including Fishbone, Don Adams, Bob Denver, Alan Hale, Jr., Edd Byrnes, Jerry Mathers, Tony Dow, Barbara Billingsley, Dick Dale, Stevie Ray Vaughan, O. J. Simpson, and Pee-wee Herman. In the end The Big Kahuna overcomes his own fears and proves that he is still the king of the surfers, as he takes back his title and saves the beach from a gang of beach punks.