One Crazy Summer

{{Infobox film | name = One Crazy Summer | image = One crazy summer.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster by Carl Ramsey | director = Savage Steve Holland | producer = Michael Jaffe | writer = Savage Steve Holland | starring = | music = Cory Lerios | cinematography = Isidore Mankofsky | editing = Alan Balsam | studio = A&M Films | distributor = Warner Bros. | released = | runtime = 89 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = $9 million<ref>[https://catalog.afi.com/Film/57432-ONE-CRAZYSUMMER One Crazy Summer' at AFI]</ref> | gross = $13 million }}One Crazy Summer is a 1986 American romantic comedy film, written and directed by Savage Steve Holland, starring John Cusack, Demi Moore, Bobcat Goldthwait, Curtis Armstrong and Joel Murray. The original film score was composed by Cory Lerios. Plot Hoops McCann, a recent high school graduate, fails to get a basketball scholarship, disappointing his parents. He hopes to be admitted to the Rhode Island School of Design and must write and illustrate a love story for his application. He joins his friends, siblings George and Squid Calamari, to spend the summer on the island of Nantucket, Massachusetts. En route, they pick up a young rock singer named Cassandra Eldridge who is pursued by a motorcycle gang at the time. Once on the island, Hoops and George, along with twin brothers Egg and Clay Stork and outcast Ack-Ack Raymond, must help Cassandra save her grandfather's house from the greedy Beckersted family (led by the callous Aguilla). Along the way, Hoops must find a way to write his cartoon love story. Hoops runs afoul of Teddy Beckersted and his neglected girlfriend, Cookie. She secretly offers Hoops a date, and he is persuaded to go out with her even though he had promised to appear at Cassandra's first musical performance (which turns out to be sparsely attended). Hoops and Cookie go to a drive-in that night, where Teddy's friend Ty sees them and notifies Teddy.