Dennis Beck
Dennis is the bully of the piece. Smooth, good-looking, with the "hottest" girlfriend. They shine on the dance floor and in the roller rink (remember this movie travels back in time to 1962 when roller skating was relatively popular). But like all bullies, at least in movies of this type, he's no match for the underdog he picks on and is always put in his place. Some good scenes for Daniel, in particular the dance with his girlfriend and the resulting aftermath.

Synopsis
A fortyish cancer-stricken, emaciated Frank Crosby (Louis Gossett Jr.) and his fifteen-year-old son Clay (Robert Ri'chard), who is the healthful, youthful image of his father, are spending an afternoon enjoying the atmosphere of Venice Beach. They enter Oddities, a store where the gypsy woman owner gives them a pair of special wingtip shoes.

Later that night in the hospital where Frank lay dying, he shares with Clay his memory of a postcard image: a golf course where people are playing and are leisurely sipping tea. Frank dies and leaves behind a distraught family: Clay, his little sister Maggie (Shadia Simmons), and their mother Janice (Barbara Eve Harris).

Clay wistfully goes to his father's closet and finds the wingtips from earlier in the day. Putting them on, he is transported back in time and becomes his father as a child. He discovers he can travel back and forth in time just by putting on or taking off the shoes. Clay learns a great deal about his father's early years and is eager to learn more...

The Movie
Emmy-winning family fair with solid performances from Gossett (in a double role) and Ri'chard. At times it does try too hard to convey its moral, but that can be forgiven.