Ping Pong Summer
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Ping Pong Summer
A Film by Michael Tully
2014 - USA - Comedy - DCP - 1.78 - 92 min.
with Susan Sarandon , John Hannah , Lea Thompson , Amy Sedaris & Judah Friedlander
Language: English
Produced by Billy Peterson , Jeffrey Allard , Michael Gottwald , Brooke Bernard , Ryan Zacarias & George M. Rush
1985. Rad Miracle is a shy, 13-year-old kid obsessed with two things: ping-pong and music. During his family's annual summer vacation to Ocean City, Maryland, Rad makes a new best friend, experiences his first real crush, becomes the target of rich, racist local bullies and finds an unexpected mentor in his outcast next-door neighbor...
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