Big Wednesday

...Clones, when Anakin Skywalker sneaks into the camp where his mother is being held.) Milius, who made The Wind and the Lion (1975) and Big Wednesday (and later Conan the Barbarian, 1982), told New York magazine he'd seen the film 60 times and...

In this article: The Searchers, John Ford, John Wayne, Martin Scorsese, Ethan Edwards, Academy Award, Inglourious Basterds, American Film Institute, and Paul Schrader

Lee Purcell (born Lee Jeune Williams; June 15, 1947) is an American actress who has starred in such films as Mr. Majestyk, Big Wednesday, Stir Crazy , and Valley Girl . Purcell was born at Cherry Point Marine Base , North Carolina. After...

In this article: Lee Purcell, Steve McQueen, Errol Flynn, Paul Haggis, Mark Harmon, Olivia DeHavilland, Michael Douglas, Beau Bridges, and Due South

Big Wednesday (1978 ) is an American coming of age film directed by John Milius. Milius co-wrote Big Wednesday with Denny Aaberg, and it is loosely based on their own experiences at Malibu and a short story Aaberg had published in a 1974...

In this article: John Milius, William Katt, Malibu, Jan-Michael Vincent, Gary Busey, Barbara Hale, and Dave Kehr

...actor Elvis Presley took the eighth spot with his role in Blue Hawaii . Russell Brand was placed on the ninth spot for his role in Forgetting Sarah Marshall , and the tenth place went to Jan-Michael Vincent for 60s surf movie Big Wednesday .

In this article: Daniel Craig, The Sun, Hollywood, Thunderball, Blue Hawaii, Russell Brand, Sacha Baron Cohen, Jan-Michael Vincent, Casino Royale, and Hank Azaria

...in the world far out to sea. Doc's alma mater is the Ondas Nudosas (literally, Gnarly Waves) Community College. As in John Milius's film Big Wednesday, people are always drifting off to Hawaii and Waimea Bay or dreaming about the perfect wave.

In this article: Thomas Pynchon, Vineland, Gravity's Rainbow, Against the Day, Frozen bananas, and Cambridge University

...2008 at Tribeca Cinemas with 25 films screened from all over the world, including a special 30th Anniversary screening of Warner Brothers' Big Wednesday directed by John Milius & co-written with Denny Aaberg. The NY Surf Film Festival is a...

In this article: Warner Brothers, John Milius, Under the Sun, and Between the Lines

...the Vietnam War era. Between the lines documents and explores some of the concepts depicted in the fictional films Apocalypse Now and Big Wednesday. All of the men interviewed are surfers who either entered the military and went to...

In this article: Vietnam, FBI, and Apocalypse Now

...time. Having attended in the 1960s, when the school turned out fellow filmmakers like Randal Kleiser ("Grease") and John Milius ("Big Wednesday"), Mr. Lucas later provided funds for, among other things, a George Lucas Instructional...

In this article: George Lucas, Los Angeles, University of Southern California, William Morris Agency, Hollywood, and Steven Spielberg

...of reality TV show Celebrity Rehab when actors Gary Busey and Jeff Conaway challenged each other to a fight. Conaway accused the Big Wednesday star of manhandling him and suggested Busey should be in a "psych unit" at a hospital, fuming,...

In this article: Gary Busey, Jeff Conaway, Celebrity Rehab, Dr. Drew Pinsky, and U.S.

...to reconstruct it, with some minor editing, leaving at least a copy for the future. The Library will be showing the Warner Brothers film "Big Wednesday" that stars Gary Busey and Jan-Michael Vincent. You also had a film called "Big Wednesday.

In this article: Library of Congress, Endless Summer, Warner Brothers, John Milius, Hollywood, Riding Giants, Hawaii, and American International Pictures