Rating: R
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Release Date: 09/16/2003
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/Espanol
Sound: DDS
Run Time: 96 Minutes
Flags: Not For Children
Distributor/Studio: MGM
Similar to the premise of
American Graffiti, this film centers on eight California high school students whose lives intersect over two nights in the hot summer of 1965. As the Watts riots begin, the young people make decisions that will impact their entire lives. Writer-director
Floyd Mutrux examines at the graduating class of 1965 of Westwood High School in Los Angeles, which was featured on the cover of
Look magazine in 1961. The story is narrated by the class valedictorian, Mary Beth (
Lucy Deakins).
Kelli Williams plays Sunshine, a prototypical flower child. Characters played by
Dermot Mulroney and
Rick Schroder and others struggle with decisions about the Vietnam war, aspire to be rock musicians, and take divergent paths on politics while navigating various romantic entanglements.
~ Michael Betzold, All Movie Guide