There are always movies that go on to become part of our collective pop culture memory because they hit on certain issues happening when they were made. John Milius’ Red Dawn in particular captured a certain moment in time when the United States and Russia were at the height of […]
Basil Poledouris
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After making the AIP crime film Dillinger (1973) and the sprawling adventure film The Wind and The Lion (1975), Writer-Director John Milius returned to his personal roots and wrote/directed the 1978 surfing epic Big Wednesday. The film tells the coming of age tale of three friends Matt (Jan Michael Vincent) […]