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Dec 21, 1984 · The Flamingo Kid: Directed by Garry Marshall. With Matt Dillon, Hector Elizondo, Molly McCarthy, Martha Gehman. A recent high-school graduate unsure of his future gets a summer job at the Flamingo beach club, and meets the charismatic Phil Brody.
The Flamingo Kid is a 1984 American romantic comedy film directed by Garry Marshall and produced by Michael Phillips. It stars Matt Dillon, Richard Crenna, Héctor Elizondo, and Jessica Walter. The film tells the story of a working class boy who takes a summer job at a beach resort and learns valuable life lessons.
The Flamingo Kid. 67 Metascore. 1984. 1 hr 40 mins. Drama, Comedy. PG13. Watchlist. A Brooklyn-bred cabana boy emulates a smooth-talking car dealer. Streaming.
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Brooklyn teenager Jeffrey Willis (Matt Dillon), thoroughly unhappy with his modest homestead, embraces the other-world aspects of his summer job at the posh Flamingo Club.
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- Comedy, Drama
- PG-13
In the early 60s a Brooklyn teenager gets a job waiting on the rich and the "shady" rich at a nearby beach club and comes of age in the process.
The summer begins with a kid from a poor Brooklyn neighborhood taking a job as a cabana boy at a posh beach club out on Long Island. That's against the advice of his father, a plumber, who wants his son to get a job where he can learn about hard work.
