| One Crazy Summer | |
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| Directed by | Savage Steve Holland |
| Produced by | Michael Jaffe |
| Written by | Savage Steve Holland |
| Starring | John Cusack Demi Moore Bobcat Goldthwait Joel Murray Curtis Armstrong |
| Music by | Cory Lerios |
| Cinematography | Isidore Mankofsky |
| Editing by | Alan Balsam |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | August 8, 1986 |
| Running time | 89 min. Savage Steve Holland (born 1960 is an animator and director who wrote and directed the Cult films Better Off Dead (1985 and One Crazy Summer Savage Steve Holland (born 1960 is an animator and director who wrote and directed the Cult films Better Off Dead (1985 and One Crazy Summer John Paul Cusack (born June 28, 1966) is an American Film actor and Screenwriter. Demi Moore (born Demetria Gene Guynes on November 11 1962 is an American Actress. Robert Francis 'Bobcat' Goldthwait (born May 26 1962) is an American Comedian, actor screenwriter and film and television director Not to be confused with Joe Murray animator and Joe Murray UK boxer Curtis Armstrong (born November 27, 1953) is an American Actor. Cory Lerios is an American pianist and vocalist noted for his fast and flowing style of playing Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Events 1220 - Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Gross revenue | $13,432,000 |
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One Crazy Summer is a 1986 comedy movie starring John Cusack, Demi Moore, Bobcat Goldthwait, Curtis Armstrong, and Joel Murray. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Events April 12 - Actor Morgan Mason marries The Go-Go's Belinda Carlisle Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger marries John Paul Cusack (born June 28, 1966) is an American Film actor and Screenwriter. Demi Moore (born Demetria Gene Guynes on November 11 1962 is an American Actress. Robert Francis 'Bobcat' Goldthwait (born May 26 1962) is an American Comedian, actor screenwriter and film and television director Curtis Armstrong (born November 27, 1953) is an American Actor. Not to be confused with Joe Murray animator and Joe Murray UK boxer The movie was written and directed by Savage Steve Holland. Savage Steve Holland (born 1960 is an animator and director who wrote and directed the Cult films Better Off Dead (1985 and One Crazy Summer The original music score was composed by Cory Lerios. Cory Lerios is an American pianist and vocalist noted for his fast and flowing style of playing The film's tagline is: "They're out of school, out on Nantucket, and out of their minds. With this crowd, anything can happen!"
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Plot summary
John Cusack plays Hoops McCann, recent high school grad who failed to get a basketball scholarship, disappointing his parents. Hoops hopes to be admitted to the Rhode Island School of Design, and must write and illustrate a love story for his application. The Rhode Island School of Design (abbreviated as RISD, pronounced /ˈrɪzdi/ is a Fine arts college located in Providence Rhode Island. He joins his friend George Calamari (Joel Murray) and George's sister Squid to spend the summer on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts. En route, they pick up a young rock singer named Cassandra Eldridge (Demi Moore); she is being chased by a motorcycle gang at the time. Once on the island, Hoops and George, along with George's island friends the Stork twins and Ack-Ack Raymond (son of a Marine), must help Cassandra save her grandfather's house from the greedy Beckersted Family. Along the way, Hoops must find a way to write his cartoon love story.
Cast
- John Cusack . John Paul Cusack (born June 28, 1966) is an American Film actor and Screenwriter. . . Hoops McCann
- Demi Moore . Demi Moore (born Demetria Gene Guynes on November 11 1962 is an American Actress. . . Cassandra Eldridge
- Curtis Armstrong . Curtis Armstrong (born November 27, 1953) is an American Actor. . . Ack Ack Raymond
- William Hickey . William Edward Hickey ( September 19, 1927 – June 29, 1997) was an American actor . . Old Man Beckersted
- Joe Flaherty . Joe Flaherty ( June 21, 1941) is an American-Canadian Comedian. . . General Raymond
- Mark Metcalf . Mark Peter Metcalf (born March 11, 1946 in Findlay Ohio) is an American actor in both television and film . . Aquilla Beckersted
- John Matuszak . John Daniel Matuszak ( October 25, 1950 - June 17, 1989) nicknamed Tooz, was an American football player in the NFL . . Stan
- Kimberly Foster . Kimberly Foster (b July 6, 1961 in Ft Smith Arkansas) is an American actress best known for her role as Michelle Stevens in the . . Cookie Campbell
- Joel Murray . Not to be confused with Joe Murray animator and Joe Murray UK boxer . . George Calamari
- Matt Mulhern . Matt Mulhern (born July 21, 1960 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania) is an American actor who has starred in such films as One Crazy Summer . . Teddy Beckersted
- Rich Little . Richard Caruthers "Rich" Little (born November 26, 1938) is a Canadian impressionist and Voice actor. . . Radio Contest DJ
- Kristen Goelz . . . Squid Calamari
- Bob Goldthwait . Robert Francis 'Bobcat' Goldthwait (born May 26 1962) is an American Comedian, actor screenwriter and film and television director . . Egg Stork
- Tom Villard . Thomas Louis Villard (born November 19, 1953 in Waipahu Hawaii - died November 14, 1994 in Los Angeles California) was . . Clay Stork
- Donald Li . . . Chong Freen, Banker
- Jeremy Piven . Jeremy Samuel Piven (born July 26 1965 and attended Harand Theater Camp in Elkhart Lake Wisconsin, as a teenager . . Ty
- Laura Waterbury . . . Crossing Guard
- Rich Hall . See also Richard Hall Rich Hall (born 10 June 1954 in Alexandria Virginia)is an American comedian and writer . . Wilbur, Gas Station Attendant
- Taylor Negron . Taylor Negron (born August 1, 1957) is an American Actor who appeared frequently in comedies of the 1980s and on television . . Taylor, Gas Station Attendant
- Billie Bird . Billie Bird ( February 28, 1908 – November 27, 2002) was an American Actress and Comedian. . . Grandma Calamari
Trivia
- During one of the montage scenes which illustrates Hoops' journey from Generic, New York to Woods Hole, Massachusetts, an overhead shot shows his car traveling along a freeway. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous Woods Hole is a Census-designated place (CDP in the town of Falmouth in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States. However, not only was the freeway chosen for the shot the Mid-Cape Highway section of U.S. Highway 6 on Cape Cod, a road he would not have traveled on to get to Woods Hole from New York, but the car was traveling westbound on the highway crossing Bass River, which serves as the Dennis/Yarmouth town line, which is approximately 25 miles east-north-east of Woods Hole. US Route 6, also called the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, is a main route of the U Cape Cod (or simply the Cape to most New Englanders is a Peninsula nearly coextensive with Barnstable County Massachusetts and forming the easternmost Dennis Massachusetts is also a census designated place Dennis is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts There are other places named Yarmouth. Yarmouth is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts,
- Sometimes described as "Better Off Dead goes to the beach", due to the same director and several returning cast members (Cusack, Armstrong, Negron) from the classic '80s comedy. Better Off Dead is a 1985 Teen cult Black comedy starring John Cusack, written and directed by Savage Steve Holland Additionally, Hoops and Lane Meyer are both cartoonists.
- One of the names they used for a character in the movie was Ack. The name Ack is the IATA code for Nantucket Memorial Airport. Nantucket Memorial Airport is a public Airport on the south side of the island of Nantucket in the U
- The grandparents home is actually in Megansett, MA (North Falmouth), not Nantucket. The home was not destroyed during the filming, and the owner got it repainted for free.
- Several scenes were filmed in Sandwich, Massachusetts- including the beach scene with the scouts and the bar scene (inside) where Demi performs. Sandwich is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States.
- Bobcat wears a Godzilla suit where he ends up accidentally destroying a miniature suburban town
- Several scenes where filmed in Hyannisport. Etymology Name "Godzilla" is a combination of two Japanese words and. The Generic High School (Hyannis West High) and Generic Elementary (Hyannis West Middle school). Hyannis west Middle