On the south shore of Long Island in the summer of 1982, a group of working-class teenagers and 20-somethings work their summer jobs, fall in and out of love, and wrestle with what the future holds when the summer ends and the real world beckons.
Acting
Anthony Ramos before Hollywood knew his name. Steals every frame.
Writing
Burns' dialogue actually sounds like humans, not screenplay robots.
Production
Period detail that doesn't scream 'LOOK AT THE 80s!'
Director
Edward Burns
Pico Alexander
JJ Flynn
Lindsey Morgan
Debbie Espinoza
Caitlin Stasey
Suzy Denner
Anthony Ramos
Frankie Espinoza
Amadeus Serafini
Terry
Rita Volk
Winky McKenna
Edward Burns
Jack Flynn
Zoe Levin
Lydia
Jon Rudnitsky
Mello
Susan Misner
Claudia McKenna
Carly Brooke
Pam
Isabella Farrell
Stacy
Lydia Styslinger
Sally
Charles Aitken
Scott
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Burns self-financed after studios passed, shooting in his actual Long Island hometown. The local authenticity isn't performance—it's memory.
Released to zero fanfare in 2018, this quietly predicted the '80s working-class nostalgia wave that 'Licorice Pizza' and 'Stranger Things' would dominate.
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