Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise

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Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
Directed by	Joe Roth
Produced by	Peter Bart, Robert W. Cort, Ted Field
Written by	Dan Guntzelman, Steve Marshall
Starring	Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Timothy Busfield
Cinematography	Charles Cornell
Editing by	Richard Chew
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date(s)	July 10, 1987
Running time	98 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	N/A
Gross revenue	$30,063,289 (USA) (sub-total)
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Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise is the 1987 sequel to the 1984 film Revenge of the Nerds. Its cast featured most of the main actors from the earlier film, including Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Curtis Armstrong, Larry B. Scott, Timothy Busfield, Donald Gibb, and Andrew Cassese. This film also provided an early starring role for Courtney Thorne-Smith. Other cast members include Bradley Whitford, Ed Lauter, Tom Hodges, and Barry Sobel.

Contents 1 Plot summary 2 Quotes 3 Trivia 4 External links

[edit] Plot summary

In this follow-up to the original film, the nerdy fraternity boys from Lambda Lambda Lambda go to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, for a national fraternity conference, where they again must outwit the thick-tongued jocks from the Alpha Beta fraternity who are also at the conference. This they are able to do with the help of "Ogre" (Gibb), their former nemesis, who joins forces with the nerds after being ostracized by his Alpha Beta brothers. The nerds are forced into a uninhabited island, only to find that it was a base of operations for a Cuban military officer who had been exiled. Using the military gear, the nerds are able to return to Fort Lauterdale and confront the Alpha Betas. Ogre later becomes a member of Lambda Lambda Lambda.

The most noticeable difference between this movie and the original, is the reduction of the role of Lewis' shy and sensitive best friend, Gilbert (Edwards), from a main character to a brief cameo appearance, with the explanation that Gilbert had broken his leg (curiously, during a chess match), and was unable to attend the conference. Since Lewis has a different love interest in this movie, Betty (Julia Montgomery) is also not in this film, despite being married to Lewis in the two future Revenge of the Nerds films.

[edit] Quotes

Poindexter: Lewis, I don't think these guys are Indians!
Lewis: What makes you think that?
Poindexter: Well, when I said "bite my crank" in Seminole, nobody responded.

Lewis: Okay, so I'm stupid! But you listened to me! What does that make you?
Booger: A felon!

Booger: Excuse me, Miss! I just want you to know that I don't intend to sleep with another woman until I'm here with you, nestling my head between your creamy thighs--"
(slap) Lamarr: Now, where did Booger go?
(slap)
Offended Woman: You pig!

Lamarr: We're VIP's.
Stewardess: Right this way.
Booger: Very immense penises!
(slap)

• (The nerds have been arrested by the police. They share the holding cell with some rough looking men. One of them is rude to Poindexter)
  

Poindexter: Lewis, did you know you just said "Butt-face" to the Missing Link?
Lewis: I did?
Poindexter: And really loud, too!

[edit] Trivia

• One of the movie trailers parodies the trailer of Poltergeist II: The Other Side where they pan the inside of a house, then the phone rings, and the person sitting in the chair facing away from the camera picks up, then the person turns to reveal it's Heather O'Rourke's character, Carol-Ann, whom says "They're Back." In the Nerds version, Lewis's character turns and says "We're BAAAAACK!"

[edit] External links

• Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise at the Internet Movie Database
• Review of the movie, with images

Revenge of the Nerds Series
Revenge of the Nerds (1984) | Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987) | Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation (1992) | Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love (1994) | Revenge of the Nerds (2007 film) (2007)