Big Wednesday

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Big Wednesday is a 1978 coming-of-age surf drama film that follows a group of California surfers as they navigate friendship, adulthood, and the changing culture of the 1960s and 1970s.

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Big Wednesday canonical 13

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
surf film ⓘ
cinematography Bruce Surtees ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
depicts Vietnam War draft ⓘ
changing surf culture ⓘ
director John Milius ⓘ
distributor Warner Bros. ⓘ
editor Carroll Timothy O'Meara ⓘ
linked to: C. Timothy O'Meara
filmingLocation California ⓘ
follows group of surfers ⓘ
genre coming-of-age drama ⓘ
sports drama ⓘ
surfing film ⓘ
hasCastMember Gary Busey ⓘ
Jan-Michael Vincent ⓘ
Joe Spinell ⓘ
Lee Purcell ⓘ
Patti D'Arbanville ⓘ
Sam Melville ⓘ
William Katt ⓘ
hasCultFollowing true ⓘ
hasPart Vietnam War subplot ⓘ
locationOfStory California ⓘ
Malibu, California ⓘ
mainSubject adulthood ⓘ
counterculture ⓘ
friendship ⓘ
surfing ⓘ
musicBy Basil Poledouris ⓘ
narrativeFocus transition to adulthood ⓘ
notableFor nostalgic portrayal of 1960s surf culture ⓘ
realistic surf sequences ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Buzz Feitshans ⓘ
productionCompany Aaberg-Milius ⓘ
Warner Bros. ⓘ
publicationDate 1978 ⓘ
releaseDate May 26, 1978 ⓘ
runtime approximately 120 minutes ⓘ
setInPeriod 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ
writer Dennis Aaberg ⓘ
John Milius ⓘ

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John Milius → notableWork → Big Wednesday ⓘ
John Milius → screenwriterOf → Big Wednesday ⓘ
John Milius → directorOf → Big Wednesday ⓘ
Gary Busey → notableWork → Big Wednesday ⓘ
Jan-Michael Vincent → notableWork → Big Wednesday ⓘ
Gerry Lopez → appearedInFilm → Big Wednesday ⓘ
William Katt → notableWork → Big Wednesday ⓘ
William Katt → appearedIn → Big Wednesday ⓘ
John Milius → notableWork → Big Wednesday ⓘ
subject linked to: John
John Milius → directed → Big Wednesday ⓘ
subject linked to: John
Janet Julian → appearedIn → Big Wednesday ⓘ
Janet Julian → notableWork → Big Wednesday ⓘ
William Gary Busey → notableWork → Big Wednesday ⓘ