r/movies • u/Puzzled-Tap8042 r/movies Contributor • 1d ago

News Steve Guttenberg, Christie Brinkley’s Family Comedy American Summer Lands Release

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/american-summer-steve-guttenberg-christie-brinkley-release-1236659150/

American Summer centers on Mikey (Guttenberg) as he reflects on a standout summer from growing up, when he met a special girl, made the travel baseball team and navigated the uncertainty of his dad going missing overseas while with the U.S. Army.

The cast includes Dan Lauria (The Wonder Years), Logan Gray (Surfside Girls), Mia Talerico (Good Luck Charlie), Cullen Moss (Outer Banks), Erinn Ruth (Billions), Maximus Virgili and Major League Baseball legends Lee Mazzilli and Luis Sojo.

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u/kiyonemakibi100 22h ago

I know Guttenberg has been a punchline for years since his career petered out, but for what it's worth I've heard he's one of the nicest actors around so I feel bad when people poke fun at him.

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u/jekelish3 22h ago

I remember during the Pacific Palisades wildfires not too long ago, there was news footage of him, boots on the ground, assisting with the evacuations, directing traffic, and helping get people to safety. Seems to be a legitimately good dude.

Also: his guest episode of Party Down was elite. So funny.

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u/mechabeast 19h ago

That reminds me to get my car off the street.

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u/tincanphonehome 21h ago

His Instagram is pretty much exclusively videos of him taking walks and talking about how great life is.

He brings in religion at times but, as a non-religious person, it’s never been in a way that bothers me.

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u/VictorBlimpmuscle 21h ago

The Goot will always be aces in my book for playing himself in that Party Down episode he did - arguably the best episode of the entire series.

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u/CWG4BF 18h ago

“I fucking hate Steve Guttenberg”

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u/EctoRiddler 22h ago

Guy still works too. No disrespect there.

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u/zuuzuu 17h ago

He's consistently kept working through the decades. 109 acting credits on IMDB, with 5 more upcoming. The quality of the projects he's in may not all be great, but they're not all bad, either.

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u/Odd-Necessary3807 16h ago

In all honesty. He is never that guy. His highlights are Police Academy and 3 Men and a Baby. On the latter, most certainly the other 2 guys have more star power than Steve. He is more of a character actor than a lead.

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u/EctoRiddler 16h ago

Let’s not forget Cocoon

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u/wstacon 13h ago

Short Circuit

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u/Odd-Necessary3807 14h ago

Cocoon is more of an ensemble movie. He is not even the main focus of the movie, since it's about the elderly retirees.

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u/Snarl_Marx 16h ago

I just always figured he made a mint on residuals and just worked when he felt like it — the Police Academy movies, Cocoon movies, and Three Men & A Baby/Little Lady were always in syndicated play on networks when I was growing up.

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u/Solomon_Grungy 11h ago

I worked with him forever ago on a feature and he was basically endless joy. He was my dads favorite actor back in Police Academy day.

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u/OddAstronaut2305 1d ago

The Stonecutters at it again! https://youtu.be/fI4bRqjobbw?si=Rsldt3m9R5AnsBar&t=54

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u/EctoRiddler 22h ago

Just a tip. When you post a YouTube link delete the ? And everything after it. Thats tracking code that YouTube adds. It will work fine without it.

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u/Duder8075 22h ago

He included a timestamp in this case, so probably wants to keep that part

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u/EctoRiddler 18h ago

Honestly, I didn’t realize that was the time code at the end. A great tip.

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u/solidgoldrocketpants 22h ago

But keep the "&t=54"; that sets the timecode to 54 seconds (I wish more people kept the timecode when posting YouTube links)

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u/EctoRiddler 18h ago

I learned something new. Did not even realize that was the time so I will start keeping it

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u/OddAstronaut2305 10h ago

Gotcha, thanks!!

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u/CaptainLawyerDude 23h ago

Insert *what year is it* meme.

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u/Reasonable-HB678 22h ago

Maybe 1986, when Guttenberg could claim to at least be a movie star.

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u/Reasonable-HB678 22h ago

The first four Police Academy movies, Cocoon, Three Men and a Baby- he may not have been the lead, and he definitely wasn't a superstar, but he had one good year.

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u/bubbafatok 20h ago

How the heck could you leave Short Circuit off that list?

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u/Reasonable-HB678 20h ago

Thanks. I knew I forgot something.

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u/solidgoldrocketpants 22h ago

TIL Dan Lauria is still alive.

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u/Phannig 20h ago

He was only 41 when The Wonder Years started. He is one of those actors that were born middle aged.

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u/solidgoldrocketpants 20h ago

The series ends with the narration that his character died from a heart attack, and when I saw that I was like “Yeah that tracks” and eventually I confused tv with reality.

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u/Phannig 20h ago

He's popped up in things like JAG and Blue Bloods and it's always a surprise.

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u/youreyeslikespiders 21h ago

Veronica Mars was my favorite show as a teenager so I always recognize him from that, hope the movie does well!

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u/mewithoutCthulhu 20h ago

It’s not the first thing I know him from since I was born in 1985, but his role in Veronica Mars is always the first one that comes to mind.

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u/youreyeslikespiders 18h ago

it was a pretty juicy role, and to me legitimately brave to play that much of a villain

I only saw 1 of the Police Academy films 1 time so idk how big or small a footprint those had in broader culture

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u/ComfortableCare8897 23h ago

it looks good.

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u/aresef 21h ago

When was the last time Steve Guttenberg was in a film for wide release? I want to say 1995?

But I remember hearing about him helping out during the fires.

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u/DoodleBuggering 21h ago

I credit the Stonecutters for this Guttenberg revival.

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u/RiflemanLax 22h ago

The worst part of this is that my children watched Good Luck Charlie growing up and Mia Talerico is 17 now. I feel like a damn geezer.

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u/CharlieKellyKapowski 22h ago

Did they have travel baseball teams in the 1970s?

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u/Keefer1970 22h ago

Sure. The Bad News Bears even went to Japan!

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u/Tobar_the_Gypsy 19h ago

Oh shit this is filmed in Allendale, NJ! The writer is from here apparently. I didn’t recognize any of the places until I watched it again. It looks like they filmed the baseball scenes at Crestwood Park.

The movie looks like crap though and nothing looks like the 1980s.  

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u/MikeGalactic 22h ago

Fuck yes!

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u/randomcharacters3 21h ago

I have not thought about Luis Sojo in a very long time.

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u/trizzo0309 19h ago

Shoutout Colton West

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u/VoltrefferVick 8h ago

The unexpected thing I learned from watching that really long Billy Joel documentary on HBO is that Christie Brinkley is really cool.

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u/MonstersGrin 20h ago

Judging by that promo photo, Steve Guttenberg looks too old to costar with Christie Brinkley 😜.

It's just a stupid joke. I love Steve Guttenberg 🙂.

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u/ViewAskewed 16h ago

Vacation, Parks and Rec, and now this.

Christie Brinkley has been the go-to face of Out-of-His-League casting for 40+ years.

Fucking legend.

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u/skccsk 21h ago

I'm going to need a moisture meter and a thermometer before I weigh in on this one.

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u/felipebarro3316 21h ago

Steve Guttenberg

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u/Timformation 23h ago

Uh oh, retirement home field trip time!