White Water Summer (Rites of Summer) (1987)

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 80’s (1542 movies items)

" White Water Summer is a 1987 American drama film directed by Jeff Bleckner and starring Kevin Bacon, Sean Astin, Jonathan Ward, and Matt Adler. An experienced guide (Vic) accompanies a city boy (Alan) and his three friends on their first wilderness experience. Hoping to teach the four boys lessons not only about the wilderness, but about themselves, Vic pushes them to the limit. Soon after alienating the boys, Vic finds himself in desperate need of help and must rely on his students in or"

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 80’s (1542 movies items)

" White Water Summer is a 1987 American drama film directed by Jeff Bleckner and starring Kevin Bacon, Sean Astin, Jonathan Ward, and Matt Adler. An experienced guide (Vic) accompanies a city boy (Alan) and his three friends on their first wilderness experience. Hoping to teach the four boys lessons not only about the wilderness, but about themselves, Vic pushes them to the limit. Soon after alienating the boys, Vic finds himself in desperate need of help and must rely on his students in or"

Winter/Spring 2022 Viewings (11 movies items)

"Viewing: 2nd (or 3rd) Format: DVD Thoughts: I revisited this movie after not seeing it since I was younger and I gotta say, it still holds up pretty well. Reason being is that it's a solid survival adventure flick that features a great mid-80s performance from Kevin Bacon. He's the survival guide instructor who walks the line between power-tripping jerk and tough to please coach. It's like is he really just pushing them to get the best out of them, or is he just an A-hole who can't take insubord"

DVD Pickups Fall 2021 (16 movies items)

"Went to another library book sale and scored a nice stack of dollar Blu-rays, they had a ton of DVDs but sadly only grabbed two for the collection. White Water Summer is another forgotten 80s classic, Kevin Bacon, Sean Astin, survival adventure. Nice to find the remastered widescreen DVD as it's currently not on Blu-ray."

Hit Or Miss? Good Or Bad? 2019 Movies Watched (461 movies items)

"An experienced wilderness guide, Vic leads a group of teenagers from the city on their first big outdoor adventure. One of the boys, the sheltered and defiant Alan, resents Vic's tough attempts at teaching them life lessons and clashes with him. After tensions have built up between Vic and his young charges, he is injured in an incident and needs their help so that they all can survive the ordeal and make it back to civilisation. This is a great coming of age tale. The story is told in some sor"