Zuma Beach

A day at the beach in SoCal in the late 70s

Suzanne Somers was 30 years-old playing a fading rock singer who goes to a beach in Malibu to find inspiration amidst the youths, mostly high school kids. Its a fun drama that addresses some heavy things amidst the frolics rather than a goofy beach party flick, like those from the 60s. Speaking of which, people forget that the originator of the "beach party film" genre was 1959's "Gidget" (the movie with Sandra Dee, not the TV series with Sally Field), which was a beach drama with moving depth and not zany at all.

So, this is more along the lines of the 1959 version of Gidget, just mixed with the 70s vibe of Sam Elliotts Lifeguard from 1976. Its basically a TV version of California Dre...

A day at the beach in SoCal in the late 70s

Suzanne Somers was 30 years-old playing a fading rock singer who goes to a beach in Malibu to find inspiration amidst the youths, mostly high school kids. Its a fun drama that addresses some heavy things amidst the frolics rather than a goofy beach party flick, like those from the 60s. Speaking of which, people forget that the originator of the "beach party film" genre was 1959's "Gidget" (the movie with Sandra Dee, not the TV series with Sally Field), which was a beach drama with moving depth and not zany at all.

So, this is more along the lines of the 1959 version of Gidget, just mixed with the 70s vibe of Sam Elliotts Lifeguard from 1976. Its basically a TV version of California Dre...