Sam Elliott is LIFEGUARD

Schedule

Thu Jul 02 2026 at 07:00 pm to 08:45 pm

UTC-05:00
Location

Room 4070, Vilas Hall, 821 University Avenue, Madison, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53706 | Madison, WI

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LIFEGUARD
USA | 1976 | DCP | 96 min.
Director: Daniel Petrie
Cast: Sam Elliott, Anne Archer, Kathleen Quinlan
At 32, Southern California lifeguard Rick (Elliott), is not exactly what you’d call ambitious. Facing pressure from friends and family to “get serious” and make a career change, Rick finds himself torn between his super casual beach-centric lifestyle and the call of adulthood. Complicating matters on either side are Wendy (Quinlan), a 17-year-old with a serious crush, and Cathy (Archer), an old high school flame, now divorced and entertaining dreams of settling down with man-child Rick. Director Petrie’s low-key charmer is, above all, a definitive showcase for Sam Elliott, who, in 1976, arrived at the apex of his leading-man SoCal charisma.
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Room 4070, Vilas Hall, 821 University Avenue, Madison, WI, United States, Wisconsin 53706

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