Shag | 
 enlarge | Director: Zelda Barron
Actor: Phoebe Cates; Scott Coffey; Bridget Fonda; Annabeth Gish; Page Hannah
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: Video
List Price: $9.98
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Rating:  97 reviews
Sales Rank: 4602
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Hifi Sound, Original Recording Reissued, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 96 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 3.9 x 1
ISBN: 0792837746
UPC: 027616684837
EAN: 9780792837749
ASIN: 0792837746
Theatrical Release Date: July 21, 1989
Release Date: January 13, 1998
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: Previously rented Item.
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It's not too surprising that Shag flopped on its 1989 release but found a devoted cult following on cable TV and home video. This featherweight comedy looked like a waste of space on the big screen, but it plays very cozily on the tube, where it lends itself to popcorn breaks and pajama parties. (The lousy title must have had something to do with the movie's initial failure, a problem worsened by the film being marketed as Shag: The Movie, a truly dumb idea.) Shag is in the tradition of Spring Break pictures, a thoroughly formulaic stroll through the conventions of the minigenre: beachside romance, a wild party, one tender deflowering, and lots of rock & roll. The time is 1963, as three gal friends trick their soon-to-be-married pal (Phoebe Cates) into one final all-girl fling in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Cates is engaged to a local well-bred stick (Tyrone Power Jr.), but soon she's tempted by a beach boy (Robert Rusler) bound for Yale (mm-hmm). The so-so material is buoyed by lovely Annabeth Gish, as the supposedly pudgy one in the group, and Bridget Fonda, as a prematurely sophisticated sexpot. After a while it's easy enough to relax and enjoy the girls' breezy adventures, which are served up without the soap opera melodrama of the similarly tooled Where the Boys Are. Oh, and Austin Powers notwithstanding, the title refers to the dance, not something else. --Robert Horton
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What do you get when you mix T-Birds, Bermuda shorts, bubble-flip dos and incredible dancing? You get Shag, The Movie a comic free-for-all (The New York Times) that Variety calls fun and breezy and you'll call a blast! Carson (Phoebe Cates, Fast Times at Ridgemont High) is all set to marry respectable but boring Harley (Tyrone Power, Jr., Cocoon) until her best friends Melaina (Bridget Fonda, Single White Female), Pudge (Annabeth Gish, MysticPizza), and Luanne (Page Hannah, TV's Fame ) whisk her off for a last-fling beach party where all the girls have the time of their lives! A charming bad boy throws Carson's marriage plans intothe spin cycle. His nerdy sidekick whirls Pudge through some dazzling dance steps. Sultry Melaina learns some sexy moves from an Elvis-like teen idol. And even straight-laced Luanne whips off her horn-rimmed glasses and tosses her innocence to the wind!
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 DVD remaster Sucks...Buy it on VHS instead. November 30, 2008
A.Robles
Don't buy Shag on DVD. You will be very disappointed. Buy it on VHS because that is the original one. The person that remastered it to DVD did a lousy job by replacing the original songs with horrible ones that I never heard of. It made the movie uninteresting.
 perfect condition November 24, 2008
T. M. Kilpatrick (usa)
I'm very satisfied with my purchase, the video was in perfect condition inside and out.
Great Service October 3, 2008
Channing Hefner
This movie was sent in a great timeframe after purchase and I did not have to wait for anything on this item. I would recommend this seller to anyone looking for a great turnaround time.
Thanks.
Great Summer Movie July 8, 2008
Rudee Malcolm (Orlando, FL)
If you can't make it to the beach this summer - check out the Shag. Escapism at it's all time best
 Fun movie June 16, 2008
Stephen J. Powers
This item arrived quickly and in good condition. This is a good-time movie. The music (on the VHS version) is great.
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