An American Summer

An American Summer

1991
1h 40m
5.0

5.0/10

2 votes • View on IMDb

"Boys Will Be Boys."

Overview

In this youthful drama, Tom, a 14- year-old who's parents have just divorced, is abruptly uprooted from his wealthy Chicago home and sent to the strange land of LA to live in the far-out beach bungalow of his aunt, an aging hippie still stuck in a by-gone era. He is unhappy with the new arrangement and finds his new bohemian lifestyle strange and the activities of his new peers, stupid. His life begins to change a bit when he befriends a young surfer named Fin. At first he thinks of the fun-loving Fin as a real dolt, but later he admits he was wrong. Like the Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn characters on which they are loosely based, the two new friends soon find themselves having a series of adventures, some of them dangerous; by the summer's end, Tom finds himself wiser, accustomed to California, and a lot more grown up.

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
SVS Films American Summer Boss
Production Countries
United States of America
Spoken Languages
English Spanish

Quick Facts

Release Date February 24, 1991
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0101328

Cast

Brian Austin Green
Brian Austin Green

Charles 'Fin' Findley

Michael Landes
Michael Landes

Tom Travis

Brian Krause
Brian Krause

Joey

Wayne Péré
Wayne Péré

Rockman

Barrett Sherwood
Barrett Sherwood

Surfer / Beach Bum

Chance Boyer
Chance Boyer

Forgot

Tony Crane
Tony Crane

Bo

Sherrié Austin
Sherrié Austin

Cari

Amber Susa
Amber Susa

Traci

Karen Teliha
Karen Teliha

Bag Lady

Key Crew

James Slocum
Writer
James Slocum
Director
Jane Hamsher
Producer
James Slocum
Producer