In 1976, four working-class friends come of age in The Hamptons, on the South Shore of Long Island, New York, as clam diggers, as were their fathers and their grandfathers before them. They must cope with and learn to face the changing times in both their personal lives and their neighborhood.
Acting
Paul Rudd's most underrated dramatic turn, pre-Apatow softness.
Cinematography
Long Island light so golden you'll taste salt air.
Writing
Ken Marino's script: funny because it's true, sad because it's true.
Director
Katherine Dieckmann
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ken Marino wrote this while in The State, pulling from his actual Long Island clamming family history.
This was part of a 2007 wave of 'mumblecore goes period'—think The Last Days of Disco with less money and more mud.
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