Glory Daze

Glory Daze

Year: 1995

Runtime: 100 mins

Language: English

Director: Rich Wilkes

Comedy

True or False. Jack, about to graduate, struggles to let go of college life and wonders if he can keep it going. His roommates share similar doubts: Rob fears settling down; Mickey, a comic‑strip artist, is shy around women; Slosh is an intellectual party animal; and Dennis remains a perpetual student.

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1

Graduation at UCSC

Jack Freeman graduates with a degree in art, but his heart is still hurting from his breakup with Dina. He shares the house El Rancho with four friends who are also facing the end of college and the start of new lives. The day centers on the tension between leaving school and holding onto memories.

Graduation day UC Santa Cruz campus
2

Final critique: Luther vs. Dennis

Art professor Luther harshly criticizes Jack's final sculpture for projecting a bland, suburban worldview. He praises Dennis's thesis—a photo-essay of Slosh getting drunk and working dead-end jobs—and offers Dennis an apprenticeship. Jack mutters that Luther's praise is due to a sexual attraction toward Dennis, a claim Dennis dismisses.

During final critique Art department, UCSC
3

Staying an extra year and a party at El Rancho

Jack convinces his friends to postpone their plans and stay another year, clinging to college memories. They celebrate with a party at El Rancho. Chelsea makes a sexual advance toward Jack, which he rejects, leaving her embarrassed; Rob has an argument with Joanie during the gathering.

Night of the party El Rancho
4

Rob reconciles with Joanie after commencement

After the commencement ceremony the next day, Rob reconciles with Joanie and meets her mother, and they begin to get along well. The uneasy tensions from the night before seem to ease as family and couple dynamics shift.

After commencement On/near UCSC campus
5

Jack argues with his parents

Jack has a heated discussion with his parents about his future, feeling pressured to choose a clear path. The disagreement ends abruptly when his parents leave the scene, signaling a rift between generations and expectations.

After commencement Jack's parents' home
6

Luther's advance and Dennis's response

At a faculty luncheon, Luther makes a pass at Dennis, confirming Jack's suspicion about Luther's ulterior motives. Dennis dismisses the notion and remains focused on his own ambitions.

During luncheon Faculty luncheon
7

To ram pole: venting and rebellion

Jack and Dennis vent their frustrations by cutting down a totem pole that Luther's sculpture students spent two semesters building. The act serves as a cathartic confrontation against Luther's authority.

That afternoon Campus sculpture workshop
8

Beach bonfire and Dina

At a beach bonfire that night, Slosh tells Jack that his carefree attitude inspired him to give up on college, and that he has no regrets about his future. Following this, Jack attempts to win back Dina, but she rebuffs him.

Night Beach
9

Mickey and Chelsea kiss

Back at El Rancho, Mickey admits his feelings to Chelsea. The two share a kiss, marking a breakthrough in their friendship.

That night El Rancho
10

Deciding to move on and memory destruction

The friends realize they should not stay another year and choose to move on with their adult lives. They symbolically destroy their memories by smashing their furniture, including the bar counter they built together.

Night El Rancho
11

Next-day departures and new beginnings

The group begins to part ways: Rob leaves for Los Angeles with Joanie, Dennis heads to Michigan for an MBA, and Mickey and Chelsea start dating. Slosh moves in with a new group of students and hangs the El Rancho sign on their house.

Next day El Rancho / various cities
12

Farewell to Dina

As Jack leaves town, he stops at a restaurant where Dina is eating with her new boyfriend and writes 'angst for the memories' on the window as a farewell message.

On the way out of town Restaurant

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