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Big Wednesday (1978)

Film · 1978 · 120 min · PG · Drama · Comedy

A day will come that is like no other... and nothing that happens after will ever be the same.

Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves.

Directed by John Milius

Starring Jan-Michael Vincent, William Katt, Gary Busey, Patti D'Arbanville, Lee Purcell, Sam Melville, Reb Brown, Robert Englund

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In cinemas26 May 1978
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First release anywhere26 May 1978

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