Charlie St. Cloud Trailer Starring Zac Efron Zac Efron and he doesn't have on his boogie shoes. In a move to distance himself from those types of films, Efron is moving towards more dramatic roles in films. Charlie St. Cloud is an upcoming fantasy-romance film based on the 2004 Ben Sherwood novel The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud . Accomplished sailor Charlie St. Cloud (Efron) has the adoration of mother Claire (Oscar® winner Kim Basinger) and little brother Sam (newcomer Charlie Tahan), as well as a college scholarship that will lead him far from his sleepy Pacific Northwest hometown. But his bright future is cut short when a tragedy strikes and takes his dreams with it. After his high-school classmate Tess (Amanda Crew) returns home unexpectedly, Charlie grows torn between honoring a promise he made four years earlier and moving forward with newfound love. And as he finds the courage to let go of the past for good, Charlie discovers the soul most worth saving is h