Fandango

Fandango (1985) is a road comedy-drama you can watch online on iFILM — director Kevin Reynolds expanded his own 20-minute student film into a feature at Steven Spielberg's invitation, and the result gave Kevin Costner one of his earliest starring roles.

Texas, 1971. Five University of Texas seniors have just cleared their last exam, and ringleader Gardner Barnes (Costner) has one non-negotiable plan: pile into a car and burn across the state before reality catches up. What follows is two days of bonfires, botched skydiving over the desert, an accidental wedding and a lot of bourbon — a last gasp of freedom before Vietnam drafts, desk jobs and seminary splits the group apart for good.

Reynolds keeps the tone honest: this is youth as something fleeting and a little bewildered rather than triumphant. For anyone who's ever stalled at a crossroads between what was and what's coming, the film lands somewhere personal. Stream Fandango (1985) online on iFILM.