Screwballs
| Screwballs | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Directed by | Rafal Zielinski |
| Produced by |
Maurice Smith Nicky Fylan Peter McQuillan |
| Written by |
Linda Shayne Jim Wynorski |
| Starring |
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| Music by | Tim McCauley |
| Cinematography | Miklós Lente |
| Edited by | Brian Ravok |
| Distributed by | New World Pictures |
Release date | 1983 |
Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $800,000[1] |
| Box office | $1.4 million[1] |
Screwballs is a 1983 Canadian teen sex comedy film.[2]
It was inspired by the success of Porky's.[3]
Premise
Four male friends at Taft and Adams High School try to see the bare breasts of Purity Bush, the most beautiful girl in school.
Production
Jim Wynorski designed the poster and said he was inspired by MAD magazine.[4]
Reception
Critical
Variety magazine called the film "a poor man’s Porky’s... full of youthful exuberance and proves utterly painless to watch, but it is so close in premise and tone to its model that negative comparisons can’t help but be drawn."[5]
Box office
The film led to a semi-sequel, Loose Screws (1985).[6]
References
- 1 2 Christopher T Koetting, Mind Warp!: The Fantastic True Story of Roger Corman's New World Pictures, Hemlock Books. 2009 p 224
- ↑ The New York Times review
- ↑ "Screwballs", Offscreen, Volume 13 Issue 9 accessed 4 May 2014
- ↑ Chris Nashawaty, Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen and Candy Stripe Nurses - Roger Corman: King of the B Movie, Abrams, 2013 p 193
- ↑ Screwballs review at Variety
- ↑ "Screwballs II". The New York Times.
External links
- Screwballs on IMDb
- Review of film at Canuxploitation
- Review of film at AV Club
- Review of film at Mondo Digital
- Screwballs at Rotten Tomatoes
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