UW Cinematheque - Summer Cinematheque
Lifeguard | USA | 1976 | DCP | 96 min. Director: Daniel Petrie
Event Details
Date
Thursday, July 2, 2026
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
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.
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.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please email jehealy@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Requests should be made by Thursday, June 18, 2026, though reasonable effort will be made to support late accommodation requests.