Back to the Beach (1987)

Directed by

Lyndall Hobbs

Genre

musical film, beach party film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 32m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 47 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello return as parodies of their 1960s beach movie characters. The film strings together jokes, cameos, and music while making fun of the old beach party films.

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What happens

Back to the Beach is a 1987 American comedy film starring Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello, directed by Lyndall Hobbs. The original music score is composed by Steve Dorff. The film generated a total domestic gross of $13,110,903. It received a "two thumbs up" rating from Siskel and Ebert, who compared it favorably to Grease. The film is an open parody of the beach party films made popular in the 1960s, especially those in which Avalon and Funicello had appeared. The plot is merely the means of connecting the various sight gags, homages and in-jokes. All character names are taken from those earlier films. The film's soundtrack included covers of several well-known beach tunes, along with new songs by such artists as Aimee Mann and Private Domain. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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