the flamingo kid is a 1984 american romantic comedy-drama movie directed by garry marshall and starring matt dillon, héctor elizondo, richard crenna, janet jones, jessica walter, brian mcnamara, fisher stevens, leon robinson, john prine, steven weber, richard stahl, sian webber, marisa tomei. it was distributed by 20th century fox. it was the fifth movie to released with a pg-13 rating.