The Flamingo Kid
- Original title
- The Flamingo Kid
- Year
- 1984
- Running time
- 100 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Matt Dillon
- Hector Elizondo
- Molly McCarthy
- Martha Gehman
- Richard Crenna
- Jessica Walter
- Carole Davis
- Janet Jones
- Brian McNamara
- Fisher Stevens
- Leon
- Bronson Pinchot
- Frank Campanella
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Comedy. Drama. Romance
- Synopsis
- In the summer of 1963, Jeffrey Willis (Matt Dillon) is hired on at upscale Long Island beach resort, The Flamingo. Jeffrey is a kid from a middle class Brooklyn family and his father (Elizondo) does not approve of him working at the private club. His hero and mentor at the resort is the reigning Gin rummy card game champ, Phil Brody (Crenna).
- Awards
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1984: Golden Globes: Nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Richard Crenna)
- Critics' reviews
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"Some of the film's junkiness is enjoyable, but there's also an unenjoyable cultural fundamentalism at work. Marshall is telling us that the complications of the last two decades are unimportant."
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