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The Flamingo Kid is a 1984 American comedy film directed by Garry Marshall, starring Matt Dillon, Richard Crenna, Hector Elizondo, Janet Jones & Jessica Walter. The film also starred Marisa Tomei (in her film debut), Steven Weber and Bronson Pinchot (from the 1980s sitcom "Perfect Strangers"). It was also the first film to be rated "PG-13" (although it was the fifth film to be released with ...
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.
Brooklyn teenager Jeffrey Willis, thoroughly unhappy with his modest homestead, embraces the other-world aspects of his summer job at the posh Flamingo Club. He spurns his father in favor of the patronage of smooth-talking Phil Brody and is seduced by the ample bikini charms of club member Carla Samson. But thanks to a couple of late-summer hard lessons, the teen eventually realizes that ...
Official Trailer. A recent high school graduate unsure of his future gets a summer job at the Flamingo beach club, and meets the charismatic Phil Brody.
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6.2 (6,045) 67. The Flamingo Kid is a coming-of-age drama film released in 1984 directed by Garry Marshall. The movie stars Matt Dillon in his early career, Hector Elizondo, Molly McCarthy, Richard Crenna, and Jessica Walter. The film takes place in the summer of 1963 in Long Island, New York, and follows the story of Jeffrey Willis (Matt ...
Dec 21, 1984 · Set in 1963, The Flamingo Kid finds 18-year-old Brooklynite Matt Dillon, the son of blue-collar Hector Elizondo, getting a taste of the Good Life by joining several of his friends at "El Flamingo", a swank Long Island beach club.
Oct 25, 2017 · It all gets resolved pretty neatly, but “Flamingo Kid” has an easygoing, unhurried charm, lingering on the details of life at both the country club and in Jeffrey’s old neighborhood. The cast is uniformly strong, with Dillon unexpectedly showing a knack for physical comedy as he awkwardly navigates the fancy soaps and folding chairs of ...
