Muscle Beach
Directed by Jacob Hurwitz-Goodman
After soaring high and flaming out in Hollywood, Abe, a celebrated bodybuilder, returns home across the 405 to Venice Beach, where it all started. But Abe's beloved boardwalk feels different. There’s a nasty bite to the sea breeze, a slew of unexplained overdoses putting the gym rats on edge, strange supernatural sightings on the pier hinting at something primordial lurking beneath the surface of sun-dappled Venice.… From TMDB
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23 of 23 · most liked firstDomino meme “Muscle Beach was created by The New Deal’s WPA” —> “basically every action movie and all American lifting culture”
neutral · AI labelView post →#Edwards1000SixtiesMovies 481/1000: MUSCLE BEACH PARTY This beach-themed film from AIP revolves around a bodybuilding business taking over the local beach from a group of beach-going youngsters. It's relatively average compared to the other beach movies of the 60s but it was still fun.
neutral · AI labelView post →For Day 115 of my year long retrospectives on TV movies that need a DVD/Blu Ray release, I chose the 1980 drama Hustler of Muscle Beach, with Richard Hatch as a sleazy wannbe promoter who attempts to take advantage of a naive bodybuilder. With Kay Lenz and Veronica Hamel, plus Venice hardbodies!
neutral · AI labelView post →There's a movie that Peter Lorre and Stevie Wonder both appear in. (Muscle Beach Party, 1964; Lorre's last appearance, Little Stevie's first)
neutral · AI labelView post →From the later MGM years, there were some one-time females like the Gal Cat from "Blue Cat Blues" and Yvonne Jockalong from "Muscle Beach Tom". Toodles had a one-time redesign from Chuck Jones. Toots got redesigned for the 2021 movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →I love that my life has led to me watching a movie called Muscle Beach Party as legit research for an rpg
positive · AI labelView post →#MayMovieChallenge 5/13 Stevie Wonder song in a movie Muscle Beach Party (1964) Not just a Stevie Wonder song, but Little Stevie Wonder himself performing "Happy Street." #filmsky 📽️ #moviesky 📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=nStJ...
neutral · AI labelView post →13 year old Little Stevie Wonder, with a young Dick Dale, in the film Muscle Beach Party (1964)
neutral · AI labelView post →Stevie Wonder first appeared in a feature film when he was just 13 years old. He performed as "Little Stevie Wonder" in the 1964 beach party movie Muscle Beach Party, where he sang his song "Happy Street".
neutral · AI labelView post →Courtney Stephens: Mating Games (2017, 7:45 min.). "A film comprised of 1960s home movies shot on Muscle Beach, Los Angeles." Music by Joe Meek. vimeo.com/418755598
neutral · AI labelView post →@willmckinley.bsky.social Music/movie birthday. Frankie Avalon b.1940. Teen idol singer topped the charts with the 1959 single Venus. Got into acting and appeared in the 1964 films Muscle Beach Party, Bikini Beach.
neutral · AI labelView post →He was Little Stevie Wonder. I saw him in one of those Frankie Avalon/Annette Funicello's Muscle Beach Party. Another movie was Bikini Beach. He was 13. 1964. Along side the awesome Dick Dale. 😊🏄♂️🎸😎
positive · AI labelView post →Might have been a thread on the other place but there was a great lens on CTB as a 70s buddy action film about a Muscle Beach bodybuilder and a Chicano surfer dude taking on a Manson-style “hippies gone bad” cult in 1970s California
neutral · AI labelView post →You mean failed movie star, former California governor Regean, or Muscle Beach star, former California governor Swartzinhislager?
neutral · AI labelView post →On BACKROOMS🤷♂️ "Ejiofor and Reinsve strive hard to make this story seem at least a little terrifying" - @peterhowellfilm.bsky.social On MUSCLE BEACH 💪 "offers no big surprises" - @liamlacey.bsky.social torontofilmcritics.com/features/tfc...
neutral · AI labelView post →Not necessarily one of my favorites but one of his earliest. He performed it in his film debut in Muscle Beach Party at 13 years old . He was called Little Stevie Wonder. The song was Happy Street
neutral · AI labelView post →*Written by Brian Wilson, Gary Usher, and Roger Christian for the film Muscle Beach Party.
neutral · AI labelView post →Film #24: Muscle Beach Party As much as I wanted to give this some love, it didn't even get more than a little campy. Honestly, after watching two of these, it really feels like if you see one, you've seen them all. Little Stevie Wonder made me go, "Wait, really!?!" #2026Films
negative · AI labelView post →#NowWatching Muscle Beach Party (1964) via PlutoTV | PS: Looking for work. jephmann.com/movies/film....
neutral · AI labelView post →Born Sally Irene Rogers in San Diego, she broke into the beach party film scene in 1964 with *Muscle Beach Party* and appeared in around 20 films and TV shows through 1969, including *Beach Blanket Bingo* and *Wild in the Streets*.
neutral · AI labelView post →196B. BRIAN WILSON’S ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK FOR MUSCLE BEACH PARTY Learn about the Beach Boys movie that almost was! Sneak Peek: linktr.ee/discograffiti Full Episode: Patreon.com/Discograffiti
neutral · AI labelView post →Tonight's movie is "Muscle Beach Party", the second Frankie & Annette Beach movie lots more music, including Little Stevie Wonder slightly more serious relationship troubles resolution ends in a giant brawl between the surfers & the jocks It's on PlutoTV. "Beach Party" is on Tubi.
neutral · AI labelView post →My Cousin Vinny is an excellent movie. I haven't seen Muscle Beach Party, though.
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