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The Flamingo Kid
The Flamingo Kid is a 1984 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Garry Marshall and produced by Michael Phillips. It stars Matt Dillon, Richard Crenna, Héctor Elizondo, and Jessica Walter. The film follows a working-class teenage boy (Dillon) who takes a summer job at a private beach club on Long Island, where a successful car salesman (Crenna) takes him under his wing, while the boy's father (Elizondo) is concerned about him abandoning his plans to attend college.
The Flamingo Kid was the first film to receive a PG-13 rating in the United States, although it was the fifth to be released with that rating (after Red Dawn, The Woman in Red, Dreamscape, and Dune). Crenna was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for his role, and Marisa Tomei made her big screen debut with a minor role in the film.
In the summer of 1963, Jeffrey Willis, an 18-year-old from a middle-class Brooklyn family, is invited by two friends to a game of gin rummy at the El Flamingo, a private beach club in Rockaway, Queens, on the Fourth of July. While at the club, he becomes smitten with Carla Sampson, a Californian college student visiting her cousin Joyce and Joyce's nouveau riche parents, Phil and Phyllis Brody. As Jeffrey and his friends are leaving, he lands a job as a parking lot attendant after fixing the engine of a car. When Jeffrey shares the news with his family, his father Arthur, a plumber, is upset as he had arranged an office job for Jeffrey at an engineering firm.
At the El Flamingo, Jeffrey and his friends observe Phil, the reigning gin rummy champion, playing a game against Colonel Cal Eastland, who owns the club. When Carla invites Jeffrey to dinner with the Brodys, Phil takes a liking to Jeffrey over their shared interest in gin rummy and offers to arrange for him to be promoted to cabana boy. That evening, Jeffrey and Carla kiss. One day, Phil takes Jeffrey to his Long Island car dealership. Phil, who never went to college, believes that Jeffrey has potential as a salesman.
Although Jeffrey has been accepted at Pratt Institute and is on the waiting list for Columbia University, he informs his family that he has decided to skip college to pursue a job as a car salesman. Arthur berates him, insisting that his children be educated. One evening, Jeffrey and his friends lose money after betting on a horse race at Yonkers Raceway. Later at a diner, a group of young men from the racetrack start a fight with them and they are all arrested. After Arthur bails Jeffrey out of jail, Jeffrey moves out of the house.
The next day, Jeffrey tells Phil he is ready to work for him, expecting to be a car salesman. However, he is disappointed when Phil instead offers him a job as a stock boy at his Yonkers dealership. Meanwhile, Jeffrey continues dating Carla, and on the night before she leaves, they sleep together on the beach. She suggests that he visit her in California on Thanksgiving.
On Labor Day at the El Flamingo, as Phil and his team play gin rummy against Colonel Eastland and his team, Jeffrey notices that a regular onlooker, Big Sid, is feeding signals to Phil, the cause of his winning streak. When Big Sid collapses with heat stroke and injures Eastland by falling onto him, Jeffrey fills in for Eastland, opposing Phil. Jeffrey wins. Phil is initially angry but later congratulates Jeffrey and offers him a salesman job at his new dealership in Newport, California, where he can be close to Carla. Jeffrey declines and reveals that he told the others about Phil's cheating scheme.
That night, Jeffrey goes to Larry's Fish House, where his family is dining. Reconciling with Arthur, Jeffrey announces he intends to move back home and they hug.
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The Flamingo Kid
The Flamingo Kid is a 1984 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Garry Marshall and produced by Michael Phillips. It stars Matt Dillon, Richard Crenna, Héctor Elizondo, and Jessica Walter. The film follows a working-class teenage boy (Dillon) who takes a summer job at a private beach club on Long Island, where a successful car salesman (Crenna) takes him under his wing, while the boy's father (Elizondo) is concerned about him abandoning his plans to attend college.
The Flamingo Kid was the first film to receive a PG-13 rating in the United States, although it was the fifth to be released with that rating (after Red Dawn, The Woman in Red, Dreamscape, and Dune). Crenna was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for his role, and Marisa Tomei made her big screen debut with a minor role in the film.
In the summer of 1963, Jeffrey Willis, an 18-year-old from a middle-class Brooklyn family, is invited by two friends to a game of gin rummy at the El Flamingo, a private beach club in Rockaway, Queens, on the Fourth of July. While at the club, he becomes smitten with Carla Sampson, a Californian college student visiting her cousin Joyce and Joyce's nouveau riche parents, Phil and Phyllis Brody. As Jeffrey and his friends are leaving, he lands a job as a parking lot attendant after fixing the engine of a car. When Jeffrey shares the news with his family, his father Arthur, a plumber, is upset as he had arranged an office job for Jeffrey at an engineering firm.
At the El Flamingo, Jeffrey and his friends observe Phil, the reigning gin rummy champion, playing a game against Colonel Cal Eastland, who owns the club. When Carla invites Jeffrey to dinner with the Brodys, Phil takes a liking to Jeffrey over their shared interest in gin rummy and offers to arrange for him to be promoted to cabana boy. That evening, Jeffrey and Carla kiss. One day, Phil takes Jeffrey to his Long Island car dealership. Phil, who never went to college, believes that Jeffrey has potential as a salesman.
Although Jeffrey has been accepted at Pratt Institute and is on the waiting list for Columbia University, he informs his family that he has decided to skip college to pursue a job as a car salesman. Arthur berates him, insisting that his children be educated. One evening, Jeffrey and his friends lose money after betting on a horse race at Yonkers Raceway. Later at a diner, a group of young men from the racetrack start a fight with them and they are all arrested. After Arthur bails Jeffrey out of jail, Jeffrey moves out of the house.
The next day, Jeffrey tells Phil he is ready to work for him, expecting to be a car salesman. However, he is disappointed when Phil instead offers him a job as a stock boy at his Yonkers dealership. Meanwhile, Jeffrey continues dating Carla, and on the night before she leaves, they sleep together on the beach. She suggests that he visit her in California on Thanksgiving.
On Labor Day at the El Flamingo, as Phil and his team play gin rummy against Colonel Eastland and his team, Jeffrey notices that a regular onlooker, Big Sid, is feeding signals to Phil, the cause of his winning streak. When Big Sid collapses with heat stroke and injures Eastland by falling onto him, Jeffrey fills in for Eastland, opposing Phil. Jeffrey wins. Phil is initially angry but later congratulates Jeffrey and offers him a salesman job at his new dealership in Newport, California, where he can be close to Carla. Jeffrey declines and reveals that he told the others about Phil's cheating scheme.
That night, Jeffrey goes to Larry's Fish House, where his family is dining. Reconciling with Arthur, Jeffrey announces he intends to move back home and they hug.