Loose Shoes (1980)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Ira Miller

Writers:

Royce D. Applegate (writer)
Ira Miller (writer)

Release Date:

August 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

There won't be a dry seat in the house!

Plot:

Broad satire and buffoonery presented as a series of movie trailers. Among the titles and subjects are: "The Howard Huge Story"...

Plot Keywords:

Inmate | Spoof | Prison | Sketch Comedy | Nudity

Cast

Royce D. Applegate	...	Delmus
Lewis Arquette	...	Warden
Tom Baker	...	Billy Jerk
Dorothy Van	...	Army Nurse
Dan Barrows	...	Shaggy Dog
J.J. Barry	...	Indian #1
Pat Benson	...	Martha
Jack Bernardi	...	Sam, Prisoner
Jane Alice Brandon	...	Mildred
Thomas Brunelle	...	Biker
Paul Camen	...	Lieutenant
Billy Curtis	...	Menchkin
Paul David	...	Kid
Anthony Davis	...	Guard
Danny Dayton	...	Bartender

Also Known As:

Coming Attractions
Quackers

Runtime:

84 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Finland:K-12 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

San Bernardino County, California, USA

Company:

Brooksfilms

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Billy Jack (1971)

Hasn't Aged Well

An occasionally amusing, often confusing, gleefully profane 70's movie that hasn't really aged well. A precursor to Saturday NIGHT LIVE, it's a hodgepodge of spoofs and takeoffs of popular movies of the time. Some of the material is quite good ('The Shaggy Studio Executive,' where Walt Disney comes back as a guy in a dog suit), some of it's dated badly (A 'Snacktime' concession stand advert featuring a stoned guy with the munchies), a lot of it you have to think for a minute or two to figure out what's supposed to be funny (Who knew the eulogist at the biker funeral was supposed to be a takeoff of Georgie Jessel?). Best if you remember the time.