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Patrick Swayze and April Allen were each other's first rolling skating partners as children in Houston, TX. They didn't seen each other for 11 years before filming started.
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The Skatetown, U.S.A disco was based on Flipper's Roller Boogie Palace on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood. The roller disco rink had opened earlier in 1979 and had become popular. This movie's world premiere was held there.
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The movie is one of a number of disco movies made during the late 1970s / early 1980s that feature rollerskating / roller discos. Other such movies included Roller Boogie, Disco Godfather, Xanadu, and Can't Stop the Music as well as the made in the 2000s but set in the 70s, Roll Bounce.
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This film was the first roller-disco movie of the late 1970s cycle. This film beat the second roller-disco picture to launch in theaters, Roller Boogie, by a couple of months.
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According to actress Maureen McCormick, cocaine was used on the set during filming. McCormick has said in her book 'Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice': "Like a disco, there was a lot of cocaine being done on the set. Many people were open about it".
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This movie has apparently never been licensed and officially legally released on home video cassette or DVD. One reason suggested is because of the many rights issues that might relate to the soundtrack.
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Skater April Allen, uncredited, playing Charlene, Ace (Patrick Swayze)'s skating partner and girlfriend in this film, won the world championship in women's free skating seven years prior to this movie.
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The movie features a number of American television stars from the 1960s and 1970s. These included Scott Baio, Ruth Buzzi, Maureen McCormick, Ron Palillo and Flip Wilson.
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