Shag

Shag (also known as Shag: The Movie) is a 1989 American comedy film starring Bridget Fonda, Phoebe Cates, Annabeth Gish, Page Hannah, Jeff Yagher, and Scott Coffey. Directed by Zelda Barron, the film features Carolina shag dancing and was produced in coöperation with the South Carolina Film Commission. The soundtrack album was on Sire/Warner Bros. Records. Plot Four teenage girlfriends escape their middle-class parents for a few days in 1963 for an adventure in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The big spring festival promises a dance contest, beer blasts, and many cute boys. Carson McBride is engaged to Harley, the boring son of a businessman; Melaina Buller is a restless preacher's daughter; Luanne Clatterbuck is the daughter of a conservative senator; and Caroline Carmichael, nicknamed "Pudge,” is self-conscious about her weight. They stay at Luanne's parents’ vacation home. At a club, Melaina hooks up and leaves with a guy in his car. She then gets attacked and covered in shaving cream by two local girls. Earlier, overhearing them talking about a beauty contest, she said she'd enter and beat them. Carson and Pudge hang out with Buzz and Chip, while Luanne is trying to escape another.