Carson marries her boyfriend so her friends Melaina, Pudge and Luanne take her to Myrtle Beach for an irresponsible last weekend.Carson marries her boyfriend so her friends Melaina, Pudge and Luanne take her to Myrtle Beach for an irresponsible last weekend.Carson marries her boyfriend so her friends Melaina, Pudge and Luanne take her to Myrtle Beach for an irresponsible last weekend.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Bonnie Johnson
- Mrs. Carmichael
- (as Bonnie Cook)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe VHS release contains the original music from the theatrical release. The DVD contains some music from the theatrical release, but many substitutions are made throughout the movie due to licensing. The original soundtrack release is music from the DVD version, not the VHS version.This was also due to licensing.
- GoofsWhen the girls first arrive in Myrtle Beach, they drive by an amusement park in which a steel looping roller coaster is clearly visible. The first modern coaster with a loop wasn't introduced until 1976.
- Alternate versionsSome video versions feature different songs on the soundtrack or no music at all in some scenes compared to the original release, probably due to licensing problems.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: UHF/Valentino Returns/Shag (1989)
- SoundtracksThe Shag
Performed by Tommy Page
Composed by Tommy Page and Andy Paley
Published by Doraflo Music Inc., Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
Copyright Control
Recording courtesy of Sire Records Co.
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Although it has taken myself thirty two (32) long years to catch this film on the TCM (Turner Classic Movies) channel I really enjoyed the simplicity of the story line and the brilliant films' color that the film producers, Palace Pictures utilized. The soundtrack was a classic and rather than the typical storyline that evolves around young men, this particular jocular Romedy focuses on four (4) young ladies who take an adventurous trip by a convertible car to sunny Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to have some fun before one of the young ladies named Carson (Phoebe Cates) gets married although she has recently felt some second thoughts about her upcoming nuptials.
The other three (3) ladies fool Carson about where they are really going until their convertible drive is well underway and Carson realizes that her friends are taking her on a quasi bachelorette party. Each lady has her heart swept away by a man that they initially object to, but the young men are persistent and each of the four (4) ladies finds their destiny in a relationship they were not expecting.
The acting is exceptional and before you know it you will think that you are at. Myrtle Beach enjoying the sun, fun and music alongside this very wide range of youthful vigor dancing to the Shag.
If any of the original producers read my review I hope you are listening and are open to the idea of a sequel possibly set in the year of 2000 which would be thirty seven (37) years forward from when the original film was set in 1963. We could see if the eight characters are still together with their significant partner(s) and/or they have divorced and moved on with their lives and what does their future in the new millennium of 2000.look like?
I give Shag a highly effective 7 out of 10 IMDB rating for this Romedy film.
The other three (3) ladies fool Carson about where they are really going until their convertible drive is well underway and Carson realizes that her friends are taking her on a quasi bachelorette party. Each lady has her heart swept away by a man that they initially object to, but the young men are persistent and each of the four (4) ladies finds their destiny in a relationship they were not expecting.
The acting is exceptional and before you know it you will think that you are at. Myrtle Beach enjoying the sun, fun and music alongside this very wide range of youthful vigor dancing to the Shag.
If any of the original producers read my review I hope you are listening and are open to the idea of a sequel possibly set in the year of 2000 which would be thirty seven (37) years forward from when the original film was set in 1963. We could see if the eight characters are still together with their significant partner(s) and/or they have divorced and moved on with their lives and what does their future in the new millennium of 2000.look like?
I give Shag a highly effective 7 out of 10 IMDB rating for this Romedy film.
- Ed-Shullivan
- May 4, 2021
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Shag, the Movie
- Filming locations
- Florence, South Carolina, USA(Skyview Drive-In)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $5,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $6,957,975
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $2,029,496
- Jul 23, 1989
- Gross worldwide
- $6,957,975
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