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4 October 1981 (USA)
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A teacher plays a mental game with some of his students. Based on a true story. full summary | add synopsis
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Won Primetime Emmy.
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2 nominations
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I produced The Wave after being told the story by the real teacher.
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Bruce Davison | ... | Ben Ross |
 | Lori Lethin | ... | Laurie |
 | John Putch | ... | David |
| Johnny Doran | ... | Robert |
| Pasha Gray | ... | Amy |
| Wesley Pfenning | ... | Christy Ross (as Wesley Ann Pfenning) |
| Larry Keith | ... | Mr. Saunders |
| Teri Ralston | ... | Mrs. Saunders |
| Marc Copage | ... | Student |
 | Jamie Rose | ... | Andrea |
| Frank Lloyd | ||
| Matthew Dunn | ||
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| Robert DeLapp | ||
| Danny Marmolejo | ||
 | Michael Pasternak | ||
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44 min
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Originally produced as an ABC Afterschool Special, the network chose to instead debut this film in prime time as part of its 'ABC Theater for Young Americans' series.
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The Wave was the first movie I ever made. I pitched the project to ABC and plunged forward. As an After School Special it was done on a very low budget, roughly $250,000 when an average Prime Time hour in those days was done for roughly $1,000,000. All acting and writing was done for scale fees and the number of shooting days were very few to hold down costs, As I remember it shot in 8 days. When ABC saw the final show they took it out of the After School slot and aired it in prime time against 60 Minutes on Sunday night. Needless to say the ratings were very low, but even at that, back in those days about 17 million people saw it in the States. And since then millions more have seen it around the world. I'm proud of the show and the message it delivers. As the years have gone by production styles and social behaviors have shifted, that's just the way it is. So be it, the show still seems to have legs. :>>