Product Details

• Actors: Barbara Hershey, Richard Thomas, Catherine Burns, Bruce Davison
• Directors: Frank Perry
• Format: NTSC
• Language: English
• Run Time: 97 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0007YUSVK
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #14,918 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Product Description
A wonderfully acted film about the experiences of four teenagers vacationing on the beach at Fire Island, Long Island. When tragedy strikes, the four youths are bound together for life by a terrible secret. Academy Award Nominations: Best Supporting Actress--Catherine Burns.

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "LAST SUMMER" Deserves Anamorphic Widescreen DVD , July 16, 2005

By	Sandra Levin "Sandra Levin" (NY NY) - See all my reviews

I saw this film when it first opened in NYC with the actor Richard Thomas in the audience, an instant turn on feature. It was I belive his first movie and was very touched by it's content. Since the topic deals with the pains and delights of growing up from childhood to adulthood. A critical period, that to all of us, is the stuff of the fondest memories and secrets.

It's an extraordinary movie very similar in many ways to "Summer of 42" released 2 years after "Last Summer." I have always considered that both films topics were by some means inter-related, or that the first one somehow, inspired the other to be made. "Last Summer" takes place in Fire Island, Long Island during the late 1960's social revolution, whereas the other story happen at a New England beach colony during the Second World War.

Unfortunatelly, while "Summer of 42" was released by Warner Brothers on DVD to great lyrical intensity. "LAST SUMMER" STILL AWAITS TO BE REDISCOVERED BY A NEWER GENERATION OF FILM LOVERS.

PLEASE CAN SOMEONE DO SOMETHING TO HAVE IT SOON RELEASED ON DVD. BECAUSE THIS STORY GOT SO MUCH SOUL THAT IT COULD BRAKE YOUR HEART.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Forgotten Classic! Where's the dvd?!, November 3, 2005

By	dekkard8 (outside the circle) - See all my reviews

Late 60's coming of age psychodrama. Three teens(Bruce Davison, Richard Thomas, Barbara Hershey) on Fire Island deal with their awakening sexuality and a new resident, played by Catherine Burns(whatever happened to her?), who wants to be friends with them. The standout scene is when Burns delivers a monologue that is one of the finest ever filmed. I think she was nominated for an Oscar based on that scene alone. It's that moving. This movie is known best for it's ending but there's a lot more to appreciate. Directed by Frank Perry('The Swimmer').

I would love to see this one dvd with cast and crew reflections and a look at Fire Island, then and now.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Where are the parents?, March 22, 2005

By	Alan Montgomery "Opera lover" (Oberlin, Oh USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This movie is erotic, disturbing, entertaining, and ultimately one to remember. I'm surprised it is so expensive. Maybe it needs reissuing! The book actually had an odd format in which the two halves were roughly the same, with major phrases from the first half (the Seagull half) recurring in the second (dealing with Cathy Burns' character). Bruce Davison, Richard Thomas and Barbara Hershey are all quite good in their roles. That trio forms an alliance, one into which Cathy Burns tries to wedge herself. They let her in, only to turn on her with devastating results at the end.

It was an early film for all four, but they create scenes that will stay with you a long time. I do have to wonder though: where are the parents? These teens do pretty much whatever they want with no one to stop them. They are the four people you'll remember. They are the movie, and it will stay with you long after you finish it for many reasons.