Shag

Director: Zelda Barron Zelda Barron

Overview

Shag is a beach flick set in 1963. The years have passed, but the old Where the Boys Are formula holds firm: four attractive young lasses head for the surf and sand of Myrtle Beach, SC, looking for guys. Carson McBride (Phoebe Cates) is about to be married, so her three pals seek out a final affaire d'amour on her behalf before she is lost to the world forever. The cast is fascinating for its family ties: Bridget Fonda is the daughter of Peter Fonda, Page Hannah the sister of Daryl Hannah, and Tyrone Power Jr. is the son of you-know-who. Filmed in 1988, Shag was released that year in Europe, then offered to American audiences one year later.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/27/2017
UPC:	0887090135016
Original Release:	1989
Rating:	PG
Source:	Olive
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:39:00
Sales rank:	8,296

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Phoebe Cates	Carson McBride
Scott Coffey	Chip Guillyard
Bridget Fonda	Melaina Buller
Annabeth Gish	Caroline "Pudge" Carmichael
Page Hannah	Luanne Clatterbuck
Robert Rusler	Buzz Ravenel
Tyrone Power III	Harley Ralston
Jeff Yagher	Jimmy Valentine
Tyrone Power Jr.	Harley Ralston
Leonid Filatov	Actor
Vladimir Ilyin	Actor
Jim Kelly, Jr.	Big Dan and the Sand Dollars Member
Andrey Kharitonov	Actor
John Lewis, Jr.	Big Dan and the Sand Dollars Member
Joey A. McGroarty	Reverend Buller
Douglas Smith	Big Dan and the Sand Dollars Member
Yelena Yakovleva	Actor
Paul Lieber	Manager
Donald Craig	Senator Clatterbuck
Shirley Field	Mrs. Clatterbuck
Leilani Sarelle	Suette
Carrie Hamilton	Nadine
Jay Baker	Big Bob
Joe Seely	Creep
Pearl Jones	Elvira
Bonnie Johnson	Mrs. Carmichael
Janelle Cochrane	Mrs. McBride
Barry Thigpen	MC
Walker Owens	Young Man
William Roberts	Dying Cockroach
Ezra Sutton	Gator Boy
Elliott Phillips	Turkey Sandwich
Linda Weatherly Wellman	Bathing Beauty
Lise Lang	Car Hop
Jane Aiken	Ettie Stroos
Robert Jacobs	Jack Stroos
Garry Goins	"Big Dan and the Sand Dollars" Band
Lawrence Whitaker	"Big Dan and the Sand Dollars" Band

Technical Credits

Lanier Laney

Terry Sweeney

Robin Swicord

Zelda Barron	Director
Julia Chasman	Producer
John Daly	Executive Producer
Derek Gibson	Executive Producer
Nik Powell	Executive Producer
Stephen Woolley	Producer
Lanier Laney	Screenwriter
Bobby Huber	Key Grip
Terry Sweeney	Screenwriter
Robin Swicord	Screenwriter
Jeffrey Silver	Producer
Elisabeth Leustig	Casting
Peter Krook	Sound Editor
Ed Novick	Sound Mixer
Paul Carr	Sound Mixer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Shag
1. Chapter 1 [9:40]
2. Chapter 2 [12:22]
3. Chapter 3 [14:20]
4. Chapter 4 [10:33]
5. Chapter 5 [11:02]
6. Chapter 6 [11:39]
7. Chapter 7 [12:32]
8. Chapter 8 [16:48]
9. Chapter 9 [:11]

Menu

Disc #1 -- Shag
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   Chapters
   Trailer
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Editorial Reviews

Most nostalgia exercises carry an implicit aura of camp, but this beach-movie revival is as straightforward as it is gratifyingly sweet. The fresh-faced young cast -- especially frisky adventurer Bridget Fonda and repressed deb Phoebe Cates -- embody the hot-blooded youth of an earlier era with considerable panache. Meanwhile, director Zelda Barron keeps everyone marching at a brisk comedic pace. Script by committee isn't always a recipe for success, but the three-way collaboration on Shag yields a workable plot and plenty of laughs -- coupled with the faintest tinge of feminist hindsight and grown-up perspective. By the time Hairspray rolled around, gross-out satirist John Waters had become nothing but a slightly subversive family entertainer. Shag, Hairspray's contemporary both in release date and setting, seems almost as subversive in its unashamedly feel-good vision of the past.

All Movie Guide - Brian J. Dillard