5-25-77

Alienated, hopeful-filmmaker Pat Johnson's epic story growing up in rural Illinois, falling in love, and becoming the first fan of the movie that changed everything.

Cast

John Francis Daley

as Pat Johnson

Colleen Camp

as Janet Johnson

Steve Coulter

as Bill Holmes

Emmi Chen

as Linda Augustyniak

Katie Jeep

as Robin Braden

Mark Lorenz

as Donny Allen (as Mark Buenning)

Gwen Kmiec

as Jody Johnson (as Gwen Streitmatter)

Eric Miles

as Jay Johnson

Tim Beringer

as Eric Johnson

Ema Tuennerman

as Dawn Ferry

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