Lifeguard
by Daniel Petrie
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Actor: Anne Archer, Kathleen Quinlan, Parker Stevenson, Sam Elliott, Stephen YoungDirector: Daniel Petrie
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 96 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-06-21
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount
DVD Reviews of Lifeguard
DVD Review: In 1975...
Summary: 4 Stars
In 1975 this film was released, and at the age of 14 the movie was about everything I wanted to be, or thought I wanted to be, when I grew up. I finally saw it again, thirty years later, time of course changed that, but it's still a nostalgic film, and a very good one at that.
Like a lot of films from that era, there are aspects of it that are dated, especially in it's look, the costumes, hair styles, and attitude. But there's something wondrous about Sam Elliot's character (Rick), and the inner struggle of his character growing older as a lifeguard. And the ending was both revealing, even a little inspiring. So while on the surface, this film might look like Baywatch 70's style, it has way, way more meaning than that.
What's interesting for me is that at 14 I wanted to be the hunky guy who drives a corvette, gets the girls, and is confident, quiet and strong. I never became that, and by the time I was 30, my life, and certainly career, was in a very different direction. But a little part of me still lived that dream. What made watching the film many years later quite interesting is that while I never was a hunky lifeguard, etc. I went through my share of relationships, career changes, and difficulties of aging in a changing world, which made Rick a character I think a lot of us could identify with. That might make this sound like a guy movie, but it's not. It's a good (if a bit old) date film too, and I think a lot of women would like it as well.
The film still looks good, with good cinematography presented in a nice widescreen format, the acting is good, especially Elliot who may surprise some here, and it sounds good. It's too bad there aren't any extras on the DVD. It would have been wonderful to see Elliot, Quinlan, Archer and Stevenson reflect on the film. Along with screenwriter Ron Koslow, and director Daniel Petrie before he passed away.
DVD Review: How did a lifeguard afford a new Corvette?
Summary: 2 Stars
Sam Elliott, all blow-dried and mustachioed in vintage 70s looks, tools around in a brand new Corvette in this 1975 film while still a county lifeguard at age 32. He makes 10 grand a year. He couldn't afford the car in reality. But is 32 so old? Today there are probably plenty of 30 something lifeguards, but this movie makes anyone over 30 seem vintage. The 1960 high school reunion is a hoot. I realized "Moon River" was their 1960 hit song. Gad, this movie came out a long time ago. And yet, I enjoyed it for its looks at a simpler time on the beach in southern California when the guys wore Speedos unembarrassedly. There's a surprising amount of smut here. The lifeguard has sex with a 15 year old, plus his stewardess girlfriend and his high school flame. There's a message here about doing your own thing. This relic has somewhat stood the test of time.DVD Review: T and A saves the day .
Summary: 4 Stars
i (suspect like the other people writing reviews here) still like this very 70s film for the same reasons i did when i saw it theatrically at 12 or 13 . the lifeguard's first lover (an absolutely lovely flight attendant) is given a fairly copious ammount of fully nude screen time . a buxom woman in the surf has her swim top torn off by a gaggle of horny teens . we DO see the result . we see ANNE ARCHER'S breast in another scene of love making . etc . all in a PG film to boot . lots of swim suited young ladies . who cares that there are only two life choices (selling automobiles or being an eternal lifeguard) the films actual life lesson ? if you're a guy , boy or man , you're not reading this review or scoping out this film for anything deeper than butter spread across toast . the other novelty must be seeing ELLIOT as a non-cowboy . talk about well compensated typecasting .DVD Review: So Bad it's Excellent
Summary: 5 Stars
Get a load of Sam Elliott driving his Corvette barefoot! I did things like that in the 70s, and would probably still do them today if I could get away with it. It's the kind of stuff that makes a bad movie great!
And a movie worth owning for its historical value alone. Plus, it's amusing and excruciating at the same time.
This five-star pick is an absolutely horrible movie, a shallow tale, one that I'll bet Sam Elliott is embarassed by (understandably), and probably posterity's most succinct, accurate snapshot of youth lifestyles on the Southern California coast in the 1970s. I know because I was there -- I was only a year or two older than Kathleen Quinlan's character, almost as cute, and easily as stupid. It's more accurate than a docudrama and is as timeless as it is trendy.
"Lifeguard" is a perfect chronicle of the horrific polyester cheesy-hair-and-sideburns brain-freezing-interior-decor, free love, bad dog 70s. Those of us who lived it, who wore those faux seersucker polyester jackets and bell-bottoms, those of us whose kitchens were decked with the sister print of the flowered wallpaper pattern in Ann Archer's kitchen, calculated to elicit spontaneous shouts of horror, know that it was even worse than we remember. We may also remember how the loose morality of the times made for a lot of cheap fun and worse misery. The tortuously sappy soundtrack captures it perfectly. The movie is a profile in the worst of 1970s America.
I give this movie five stars because it is so pleasantly and unpleasantly honest and accurate. It presents authentic insight into the bad 70s. They were bad. Worse, indeed, than remembered. This movie is evidence exhibit A!
DVD Review: I Love Sam Elliott
Summary: 5 Stars
I was introduced to Sam Elliott in this movie (I was a high school sophomore then)and have been a FAN ever since. I love his voice and he is just plain sexy! I never pass up a Sam Elliott movie, especially this one!
Description of Lifeguard
Sam Elliot drew waves of accolades for his sensitive and sexy portrayal of aging lifeguard Rick Carlson, who's compelled to reassess his life and career as a professional lifeguard. To keep things status quo or pursue things status-conscious - that's Carlson's dilemma. It's an agonizing decision compounded on one side by an adoring beach groupie (Quinlan) and on the other by a former high school flame (Archer) that's game for rekindling, but only if he's serious about trading in his swimsuits for three-piece suits.General DVDs
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