- Country: USA
- Genres: Drama, Sport
- Release: 1978-05-26
- Director: John Milius
- Writers: John Milius , Dennis Aaberg
- Language: English | Spanish
- Stars: Jan-Michael Vincent , William Katt , Gary Busey , Patti D’Arbanville , Lee Purcell , Sam Melville , Darrell Fetty , Gerry Lopez , Hank Worden , Joe Spinell (1936–1989)
- Runtime: 120 min
- Awards: 2 nominations
- AKA: Un mercoledì da leoni (Italy) , Summer of Innocence , Nagy szerda (Hungary) , Big Wednesday (Australia) , El verano de mi juventud (Peru) , Teenagers (Greece) , Tag der Entscheidung , Big Wednesday (United Kingdom) , Big Wednesday (Canada) , California Surf (Netherlands the) , Dan velikih valova , Un mercredi spécial (Canada) , Big Wednesday (Mexico) , Все решается в среду , Villit vuodet (Finland) , Miercurea cea mare (Romania) , Tag der Entscheidung (Germany) , Big Wednesday (United States of America) , Wielka środa (Poland) , Den stora dagen (Sweden) , Bølgenes våghalser (Norway) , Amargo Reencontro (Brazil) , El gran miércoles (Spain) , De vilde år (Denmark) , Os Três Amigos (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Graffiti Party (France, French Republic) , ビッグ ウェンズデー (Japan) , Dan velikih talasa (Serbia) , Big Wednesday 伟大的星期三 (China)
- Plot: Matt Johnson, Jack Barlow, and Leroy Smith are three young California surfers in the 1960s. At first reveling in the carefree life of beaches, girls, and waves, they eventually must face the fact that the world is changing, becoming more complex, less answerable by simple solutions. Ultimately the Vietnam war interrupts their idyll, leaving them to wonder if they will survive until "Big Wednesday," the mythical day when the greatest, cleanest, most transcendent wave of all will come.
- IMDB:tt0077235
Big Wednesday Cast · · · ALL
John Milius
Director
Jan-Michael Vincent
Matt Johnson
William Katt
Jack Barlow
Gary Busey
Leroy "The Masochist" Smith
Patti D’Arbanville
Sally
Lee Purcell
Peggy Gordon
Sam Melville
"Bear"
Reb Brown
"Enforcer"
Robert Englund
"Fly"
Joe Spinell
(1936–1989)
Psychologist
Hank Worden
Shopping Cart (as Hank Warden)
Charlene Tilton
Party Girl
Darrell Fetty
Jim "Waxer" King
Gerry Lopez
Gerry Lopez
Steve Kanaly
Sally's Husband
Barbara Hale
Mrs. Barlow
Fran Ryan
Lucy
Keith Davis
Ostrich
Johnny Fain
Breathman
Rick Dano
Panhead
Michael Talbott
Hog
Janet Julian
Party Girl
Ollie O’Toole
Minister