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<i>Sizzle Beach, U.S.A.</i>

Sizzle Beach, U.S.A.

1981 American film


Sizzle Beach, U.S.A., also known as Malibu Hot Summer, is a 1981 independent film directed by Richard Brander, and starring Robert Acey, Terry Congie, Leslie Brander, Roselyn Royce and Kevin Costner in his film debut. It was not released until 1986, after Costner became more well-known as an actor. His biography says it was filmed between 1978 and 1979. It was referenced in the Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode Alien From L.A., but was never parodied on any incarnation of this show itself.

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Costner was reportedly uncomfortable when filming a sex scene in the film. In the late 1980s, Costner tried to buy the rights to the film so he could keep it out of public view, but Troma Entertainment declined his offer.[1]

Plot

Three young women team up to rent a beach house in Malibu, California. One of them lands a job in a high school, thanks to an investment broker who she meets while jogging along the beach. Another of the women is taking acting lessons and enjoys horseback riding, though the young owner of the stable, John Logan (Kevin Costner), turns out to be more interesting than the riding itself.

The third woman practices her guitar, shuns the owner of the studio where she records, and hangs out with her hunk cousin Steve, the fourth roommate in the house.

Reception

TV Guide panned the film, writing that it was "Inept from the opening titles to the closing credits."[2]


References

  1. Rush, George (September 7, 1993). "Costner panting for 'Hot Summer'". New York Daily News. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  2. "Sizzle Beach, U.S.A. (review)". TV Guide. Retrieved 2020-12-03.

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