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California Dreaming: Directed by John D. Hancock. With Glynnis O'Connor, Seymour Cassel, Dorothy Tristan, Dennis Christopher. A nerd from Chicago tries desperately to fit in with the California surfing crowd, blind to the fact that their lives are even more boring and empty than his.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- John D. Hancock
- 1979-04
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Overview. Young T.T. comes from Chicago to spend the summer in California. He slowly becomes "California-ized," while learning about love and life in the Golden State. John D. Hancock.
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is a 1979 American comedy-drama film starring Glynnis O'Connor, Dennis Christopher, Seymour Cassel and Tanya Roberts and directed by John D. Hancock.
A young man named T.T. moves from Chicago to California for the summer. He quickly becomes adapted to the new pace of beach life, learning several lessons along the way.
•Glynnis O'Connor as Corky
•Seymour Cassel as Duke
•Dennis Christopher as T.T.
•Dorothy Tristan as Faye
•Tanya Roberts as Stephanie
•John Calvin as Rick
, a production of American International Pictures (AIP), could be considered a latter-day exemplar of the beach-party film genre that AIP pioneered in the 1960s. However, the film's producer Lou Arkoff, the son of AIP founder Samuel Z. Arkoff, stated a desire to "move [AIP] toward more serious, insightful and creative projects" rather than the exploitation films favored by his father, saying specifically of California Dreaming: "My concern is that this doesn't become 'Beach Blanket Bingo'."
Filming for California Dreaming began on October 17, 1977 at Santa Monica State Beach, the film's purported setting. However, most of the movie's footage would be shot at Pismo Beach, with Avila Beach also serving as a locale.
The script written by Ned Wynn was entitled State Beach, which was the film's working title (with Golden State mentioned as a possible alternative). Director John D. Hancock wanted to change the title to California Dreaming, and the new title was confirmed in December 1977. Permission for the title was obtained from the copyright holders of the song "California Dreamin'", though the film's storyline has no immediate parallels with the song's lyrics. The film's poster features the slogan "A state somewhere between fantasy and reality" under the title.
Filming was completed in December 1978. The film's budget was $2 million.
The planned July 1978 release of California Dreaming was postponed because of a perceived glut of similarly themed movies set for release that summer (most prominently Big Wednesday). A rescheduled October 1978 was also canceled. The film finally premiered with a December 27-January 1 engagement at a Yuma, Arizona theater; it was to AIP's advantage for taxation purposes to release the film before the end of 1978.
was given a limited release on March 16, 1979, and the release was expanded in the following two months. The release schedule was planned to coincide with the release of the film's soundtrack album, distributed by Casablanca Records. The version of "California Dreamin'" recorded by America that plays during California Dreaming's closing credits was issued as a single, spending eight weeks in the Billboard Hot 100 and peaking at #56.
1.THE BIG THUDS OF 1979--FILMS THAT FLOPPED, BADLY Epstein, Andrew. Los Angeles Times 27 Apr 1980: o6.
2.Clarke Fountain (2008). California Dreaming. The New York Times.
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4.Los Angeles Times "Riding the Waves of California Dreaming" 11 December 1977 p. 66
5.Pittsburgh Post Gazetter 6 April 1978 "Hancock's 'California Dreaming' After Playhouse & Jaws 2" by George Anderson p.12
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Jun 26, 2020 · California Dreaming is a 1979 American comedy-drama film starring Glynnis O’Connor, Dennis Christopher, Seymour Cassel, Tanya Roberts, Alice Playten, Ned Wynn, James Van Patten, Stacey Nelkin, Johnny Fain, Tom McFadden and Marshall Efron and directed by John D. Hancock.
A middle-aged beach bum/bar owner/bullshit artist named Duke (Seymour Cassel) befriends him, while his daughter Corky (Glynnis O'Connor) treats him like a wet food stamp. Meanwhile, Tanya Roberts weighs the options on taking her drunken, infidelitous dick surfer boyfriend (John Calvin) on vacation to Hawaii with her family and…
