Review by GEORGE R WARBURTON
With a 2017 copyright I expected something more recent. Not a carbon copy of the kind of crap that was coming out of movies when I was a kid. (My apologies to anyone that this might offend).
Availability Label | Location | Shelfmark | Availability | Reservations |
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Central Branch | DVD Shag | Copies Available |
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Rideau Heights Branch | DVD Shag | Copies Available |
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Cataraqui Centre | DVD Shag | Copies Available |
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With a 2017 copyright I expected something more recent. Not a carbon copy of the kind of crap that was coming out of movies when I was a kid. (My apologies to anyone that this might offend).
Title Statement | Shag [DVD] / John Daly and Derek Gibson present for Hemdale Film Corporation a Palace production ; story by Lanier Laney & Terry Sweeney ; screenplay by Robin Swicord, Lanier Laney & Terry Sweeney ; produced by Julia Chasman and Stephen Woolley ; directed by Zelda Barron. |
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Alternative Title(s) | Shag: the movie |
Additional Contributors | Barron, Zelda |
Laney, Lanier | |
Sweeney, Terry,1950- | |
Swicord, Robin | |
Chasman, Julia | |
Woolley, Stephen | |
Gish, Annabeth,1973- | |
Cates, Phoebe | |
Fonda, Bridget | |
Coffey, Scott | |
Publication | [Chicago, Ill]: Olive Films,[2017] |
Extent of Item | 1 videodisc (99 min.) |
Standard Number (UPC, etc.) | 887090135016 |
General Notes | Includes trailer. Originally released as a motion picture in 1989. Widescreen (aspect ratio, 1.85:1) |
Production Credits | Director of photography, Peter MacDonald ; editor, Laurence Mâery-Clark; sound and music editor, Peter Krook. |
Performance Credits | Phoebe Cates, Bridget Fonda, Scott Coffey, Annabeth Gish, Page Hannah, Robert Rusler, Tyrone Power Jr. |
Audience & Ratings | MPAA rating: PG. |
Languages | English dialogue; optional English subtitles. |
System Details | DVD; NTSC; Widescreen (aspect ratio, 1.85:1) presentation; stereo; Dolby digital; Region 1. |
Summary | Carson McBride, who's counting down the days until her wedding, and Melaina Buller, the capricious daughter of a preacher, will sneak away from home along with friends Caroline Carmichael and Luanne Clatterbuck for big time fun and 'shag' dancing on the south coast. Through romantic entanglements, broken hearts and some of life's hard truths, these friends are in it for the long haul. |
Subjects & Genres | |
By Topic | Female friendship--Drama |
Shag (Dance)--Drama | |
Single women--Drama | |
By Genre | Comedy films |
Romance films | |
Feature films |