Shag | 
| Director: Zelda Barron
Actors: Phoebe Cates, Bridget Fonda, Scott Coffey, Annabeth Gish, Page Hannah
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
List Price: $14.98
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Rating:  102 reviews
Sales Rank: 2698
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
DVD Layers: 2
DVD Sides: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 98 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: MGMD1001851D
ISBN: 0792849698
UPC: 027616861191
EAN: 9780792849698
ASIN: B000059TGD
Theatrical Release Date: July 21, 1989
Release Date: May 22, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
On a summer weekend in 1963 four girlfriends made memories that would last a lifetime. Studio: Tcfhe/mgm Release Date: 09/20/2005 Starring: Phoebe Cates Annabeth Gish Run time: 99 minutes Rating: Pg Director: Zelda Barron
Amazon.com
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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 The songs on the DVD are unbearable!!! June 17, 2009
Carol P. Cobb (Greenville, SC)
I have watched my VHS copy of Shag (my all-time favorite movie) at least fifty times and always sing along to every song. When the DVD copy arrived in the mail last week, I immediately watched it and could not have been more dissapointed! Listening to new songs take the place of the old songs that fit perfectly in the movie was UNBEARABLE! I honestly could not finish watching this version because it drove me crazy to hear the replacement songs that don't even go with the time period or mood of the scenes.
MGM, please release another DVD version of Shag that has the originial songs on it! I would buy it in a heart beat, no matter the cost!
 quick May 24, 2009
Bee Bro
dvd arrived quickly but the dvd was shaking around in the case, but no scratches.
 This movie's the most fun! March 3, 2009
Caroline
This is one of my favorite movies. It's so cute and funny. Any girl would love it!
Shag....the movie that does not play... February 22, 2009
Brenda Vandervort (fayetteville, nc)
This is one of my favorite movies from my teenage years, and when I was able find it here for a great price, I immediately made my purchase. When I opened it, and put it in my DVD player.....nothing happened. I stared at a black screen for several minutes, coming to the sad conclusion that I wasted my money on a DVD that won't play.
 Shag the Movie January 7, 2009
coogs (new york)
Loved the movie. Was so glad I found it on Amazon, because I
had trouble finding it. My husband and I use to watch it all the time many years ago. I bought it for my husband for Christmas as a keepsake.
Great price. Couldn't go wrong.
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