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Hollywood Knights By Sean Axmaker
You've got to give credit to the Hollywood Knights. They may be crass,
juvenile, sex-mad pranksters, but they have an open-door policy: nerds and
jocks alike are welcome, as long as they show proper disrespect for
authority. The Hollywood Knights, a minor 1980 cult comedy poised
somewhere between the innocent nostalgia of American
Graffiti and the raunchy humor of Animal
House, chronicles the antics of a practical-joking high school
gang on Halloween night, 1965. In tribute to the last night of their
favorite hangout, a Beverly Hills drive-in marked for destruction by the
snooty Chamber of Commerce, the gang's court jester Newbomb Turk (Robert
Wuhl in his film debut) leads the Knights in an all-out assault on the
forces of law and order, conformity, and good taste. Nestled in the parade
of toilet humor, fart jokes, mooning rebels, and topless co-eds, however,
are the ruminations of the end of an era: the times they are a changin'.
The doo-wop and surf soundtrack gives way to Motown, the Mamas and the
Papas, and the Byrds as high school sweethearts Tony Danza and Michelle
Pfeiffer weather the transition from puppy love to adult romance and
Vietnam looms on the horizon. It's a schizophrenic film, bopping from
juvenile anarchy to thoughtful drama and back again with a sloppy but
energetic drive and a rowdy rebelliousness that will never be accused of
sensitivity, decency, or dignity. Fran Drescher, Gary Graham, and a
hilarious Stuart Pankin also star.
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"Loved the movie! A great comedy classic! Only one thing missing to make it 100% "awesome", THE DAMMED SOUNTRACK! So, Where is it? Does anyone know if there was ever one created?" --Frustrated | "The Hollywood Knights is my friend KJ's favorite movie. We all fall out laughing when she does an impression of Nubomb Turk saying, "My **** was in the punchbowl...my ****...my **** was in the punch."" --c.a.s. | ""Hollywood Knights" is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen. Three generations of our family rate it as their all-time favorite comedy. The music totally compliments the story, too. I wish there were more movies of this type made. Thank you." --Busia |
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|  | Director: Floyd Mutrux
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| | Stars: Tony Danza, Michelle Pfeiffer, Fran Drescher, Leigh French, Randy Gornel, Robert Wuhl, Stuart Pankin, Debra Feue, Richard Schaal, P.R. Paul
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| | Released: May 18, 1980
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| | Availability: DVD VHS | | |
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