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Matt Johnson's Last Ride - Big Wednesday (1978)

Credits: John Milius, Greg MacGillivray, Dan Merkel

Encyclopedia of Surfing

Big Wednesday
Dunn, Jackie
Hamilton, Bill
Hollywood and surfing
Merkel, Dan

History of Surfing

Hollywood Tries Again

Interviews

John Milius

Features

"BIG WEDNESDAY GETS CAUGHT IN SOME ROUGH SURF," NYT REVIEW BY JANET MASLIN (1978)
"ROUGH CUT: SURFING ON FILM," by MATT WARSHAW (1998)
"THE AGONY AND THE EXCESS," BIG WEDNESDAY REVIEW by SURFING MAGAZINE (1980)
MATT’S LAST RIDE – BIG WEDNESDAY’S BLOOD-AND-THUNDER FINALE

The Sunday Joint

SUNDAY JOINT, 11-21-2021: I LOST IT AT THE MOVIES – LIVE FROM THE FLORIDA SURF FILM FESTIVAL
SUNDAY JOINT, 9-16-18: JEFF SPICOLI, COL KILGORE, LEROY THE MASOCHIST, AND MAT SURFING

Videos

"Big Wednesday," Hangover Cure
"Big Wednesday," Mexican weekend
Big Wednesday, highway bullfighting scene
The Bear Abides, from "Big Wednesday"