Lifeguard (1976/I)

User Rating:

6.1/10   

Director:

Daniel Petrie

Writer:

Ron Koslow (writer)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Every girl's summer dream

Plot:

Rick is in his 30s, but still works full-time as a lifeguard on the beaches of Los Angeles in California...

Plot Keywords:

Lifeguard | Class Reunion | High School Reunion | Southern California | Masturbation Reference

Cast

Sam Elliott	...	Rick Carlson
Anne Archer	...	Cathy
Stephen Young	...	Larry
Parker Stevenson	...	Chris Randall
Kathleen Quinlan	...	Wendy
Sharon Clark	...	Tina (as Sharon Weber)
Steve Burns	...	Machine Gun
Lenka Peterson	...	Mrs. Carlson
George Wallace	...	Mr. Carlson
Paul Kent	...	Jack Gilmore
Susan Anderson	...	Sandy
Beatrice Colen	...	Judy
Linda Gillen	...	Dell
Jody Gilbert	...	Frantic Woman on Beach
Russ Marin	...	Voyeur

Runtime:

96 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Torrance Beach at Burnout, Torrance, California, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Quotes:

Rick Carlson: [at job interview] That blond Adonis image you're talking about, that doesn't fit anymore. There's a lot of training involved. A lot of responsibility. A lot of discipline. I do more P.R. out on that beach on a summer day than you do in here in a month. But you're right. Saving lives isn't selling cars.

Soundtrack:

Time and Tide

Good, under-appreciated movie...

With a different type of role for Sam Elliott. Has some of my fave actors in it besides him-Anne Archer and Kathleen Quinlan. She is a cutie, Anne is as always class. I enjoyed the theme of doing what you Should be doing for a career VS. what you Want to do. It was something that hit home with myself, having worked some dubby jobs in my twenties ere finally getting that 'Real' career that everyone expects you to have by c.30, roughly the same age Elliott is in this flick.

I liked the poignant scenes of his 15 year High School reunion, the scenes of indecision he and Anne Archer undergo, trying to reconnect with what they had in their pasts, and the attempts to do something about it now. It is always hard to 'keep up with the Joneses' in High School, and as hard after too.

Overall a good flick, nothing great, hearfelt, well acted, plays like a TV movie(maybe it was? I donno)-but one of the highest order.

*** outta **** of course.