Big Wednesday Pt01 - Opening Credits

The opening credits to the excellent film "Big Wednesday", which chronicles the friendship, lifestyle and the "coming of age" of three surfers over 12 years (1962 -- 1974).
Stars Jan-Michael Vincent (Matt), William Katt (Jack) and Gary Busey (Leroy).

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Big
• Wednesday
• John
• Milius
• California
• Surfing
• 60's
• 70's

[LordOfCrimson]

luv this movie

[aleb9920]

and each morning we knew this will be a special day

[ishtarg8]

Does the opening narration remind anyone else of Hemingway?

A deceptively simple, but enormously evocative prose style...

...too pretentious?

Fine, I'll get my coat.

[NeverDoubt1]

@ishtarg8 Um, I liked the film and not just because of the cute guys, heh.

[ecskates]

I film made out of passion. One of my favorite films - If not the favorite film.

[GTH8991]

when i found the narrator was robert englund, i couldnt believe the actor responsible for freddy kruger could have such a smooth voice

[lovethemovies3]

i enjoyed that simply because the narrarator was Robert Englund.........he has such a soft voice.......................fa­r from Freddy's voice......

[hotfish2101x]

I saw this movie when it first came out and at 48 years old it has never left me. I am not a surfer by any means but get the movie and it's meaning. Too bad they don't show it on any of the cable channels but that is why I have the DVD. I have a few tee shirts with the Bear Surfboard logo on them and a hat with the logo on it too.

[taffyapples73]

in the old days, i remember a wind,that would blow down the canyons, it was a hot wind called a santana, and it carried with it the smell of... warm places...it blew the strongest before dawn, across the point,my friends and I would sleep in our cars and the smell of the offshore wind would often wake us...and each morning, we knew this would be a special day....

[ishtarg8]

@essertpitay

Possibly; although my ex-wife, sister in law and also the girlfriend of a close friend all loved this film.

I suspect it may have had more to do with Jan-Michael Vincent's tanned six-pack than any empathy with the characters, though...

They were all into Point Break, as well. Probably for similar reasons.

[essertpitay]

@ishtarg8 . I have offered the DVD to 3 of my girlfriends and none of them got it !...Must be a blokes movie...

[ishtarg8]

@essertpitay

I think Milius has kind of mythologised his own youth- that's a photograph of him as a young 'un by his directors credit; but then all of us start to that about our own youth at some point. It's just that most of us don't have several million dollars, a movie crew or the writing talent to help us make something concrete.

I think, "based upon actual events" probably sums it up best.