| Summer Rain | |
| Director: | Leon Capetanos |
| Producer: | Steven Graham |
| Editing: | Lewis Teague |
| Production Companies: | --> |
| Released: | 1973 |
| Runtime: | 96 mins |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $250,000[1] |
Summer Run is a 1973 American film written and directed by Leon Capetanos.
It was also known as The Backpack Girls.
The film was finished in 1971 but took several years to be released.[2]
Lewis Teague co edited. He later made Dirty O'Neil with Captetanos.
A man backpacks through Europe.
The film was based on the personal experiences of the director and producer. A limited partnership was formed in Houston to make the film, which was shot in Europe starting in the summer of 1971. Filming took place over eight countries and a period of 56 days.[3]
Andrew Parks, the lead, was the son of actor Larry Parks. Capetanos said "I wanted to make a film about living and having a good time."[1]
The film screened at the USA Film Festival in Dallas in 1972.[4]
The film was released commercially in 1973.[3] The Los Angeles Times called it "easy, charming."[5]
The film won an award at the Atlanta Film Festival.[6]