The Flamingo Kid
It's going to be a summer to remember!
Jeffrey Willis is out to set the world on fire... starting with a well-to-do Long Island beach club! Matt Dillon leads an all-star cast, including Richard Crenna, Hector Elizondo, Jessica Walter and Janet Jones, in this poignant, fast-moving and totally engrossing story that USA Today calls "funny, sensitive [and] beautifully written!"
Everything was settled for 18-year-old Jeffrey (Dillon), the plumber's son from Brooklyn: one last summer of carefree fun before college. but when he gets a job as a cabana boy at the El Flamingo Beach Club - with its shapely coeds, gin-playing cardsharps and wealthy snobs - Jeffrey is lured into a world distinctly different from his working-class roots... a world that could ultimately draw him away from his education, his background and his family!
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Surprised me... - nelsonlonigan
When it started off, I was expecting "American Graffiti" type nostalgic 50s nonesense, but I ended up watching a decent movie about a kid and his relationship with his father (and family). Matt Dillon has a certain charm about him that comes across well on film. Even when he's a sleaze, you still like him. His character is misguided in the Flamingo Kid, not sleazy, but you get the point - the guy's likable somehow. Also keep your eye out for Janet Gretzky (Jones). An early pre-Wayne role for her here. Definitely worth a watch.
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Surprised me... - nelsonlonigan
When it started off, I was expecting "American Graffiti" type nostalgic 50s nonesense, but I ended up watching a decent movie about a kid and his relationship with his father (and family). Matt Dillon has a certain charm about him that comes across well on ...