The Flamingo Kid
This was the very first film to be given a PG-13 rating, but it was shelved for five months, making Red Dawn (1984) the first film to be *released* with the PG-13 rating.,In the opening sequence, after the kid hits the ball, a shot of a passing train shows graffiti covered cars. This was not the case in 1963, but definitely was the case in 1984 when the film was made.,Jeffrey Willis: Gin, Phil.,Featured in At the Movies: Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo/The Cotton Club/The River/The Flamingo Kid (1984),Breakaway
Music by Bennett Salvay & W.G. Snuffy Walden (as Snuffy Walden)
Words by Arlene Matza-Jackson
Publisher: ABC Circle Music, Inc.
Performed by Jesse Frederick,Good movie, worth owning, part for the time it represents, and part because of all the good acting (understated and funny). Richard Crenna plays a great pompous jerk (are we sure he's acting?) Hector Elizondo plays one of his best parts ever as the DAD ("Now he knows Kings!"), and Gretzky's wife even does a half decent job. Fisher Stevens and Bronson Pinchot play good supporting roles as well. Matt Dillon does a great job as a kid who's enamored with Crenna's BS. (One actress who is hot as hell is Carole Davis, who plays Crenna's daughter, and who I am almost positive was a Penthouse Pet at one time. She was also in "Mannequin" and "Shrimp on the Barbie". Hotter than Gretzky's wife).......Anyway, good lines, good script, good ending, good movie.,