The Hollywood Knights (1980)

User Rating:

5.5/10   

Director:

Floyd Mutrux

Writers:

Floyd Mutrux (story) and
Richard Lederer (story) ...

Release Date:

30 May 1980 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

At last, a motion picture that moons a man on the land.

Plot:

Led by their comedic and pranking leader, Newbomb Turk, the Hollywood Knights car gang raise hell throughout Beverly Hills on Halloween Night...

Plot Keywords:

Halloween | High School | Cars | Nerd | Topless

Cast

Robert Wuhl	...	Newbomb Turk
Tony Danza	...	Duke
Fran Drescher	...	Sally
Leigh French	...	Jacqueline Freedman
Randy Gornel	...	Wheatly
Gary Graham	...	Jimmy Shine
Sandy Helberg	...	Officer Clark
James Jeter	...	Smitty
Stuart Pankin	...	Dudley Laywicker
P.R. Paul	...	Simpson
Michelle Pfeiffer	...	Suzie Q
Gailard Sartain	...	Bimbeau
Julius Averitt	...	Earle
Richard Schaal	...	Nevans
Steve Ballard	...	Mechanic

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:12 | Australia:M | USA:R

Filming Locations:

A&W Root Beer - Van Nuys Boulevard, Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Casablanca Filmworks

Trivia:

When the filming reached into late September, it became cold enough to require the actors to keep ice in their mouths before speaking their lines to prevent frost from forming when they spoke their lines.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Newbomb is making the tape in the girls bathroom he says "...Tubby's drive in." Yet when it is played at the party the tape has added dialog. It now says, "...Tubby's drive in this Halloween night."

Quotes:

Suzie Q: How about a kiss?
Duke: Sure, those never cost anything.
Suzie Q: Yes they did. I got used to them.

Movie Connections:

References Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

Soundtrack:

Hey Baby

Leave your brains at the door and laugh

Folks, this is not a movie to be judged or rated by ordinary or serious standards as you would "I Am Legend" or "Gone With The Wind." Admittedly, this is a typical early 1980s (set in the 1960s) teen trash and laugh fests crudely mixed together from "Animal House" and "American Graffiti." No real plot, a thousand different things happen at once to group of wild teenagers (played by numerous soon-to-be's) who pull crazy pranks on Halloween Night 1965.

However, if you are not of the overly-sensitive politically correct crowd or watching this with (very) young children, this film is FUNNY! The gaseus rendition of "Volare", wild catch-phrases (his pants fit him like a glove, Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia, et. al) and senseless raunch makes this ideal for firing up the DVD player while your buddies are over for beer and pizza. Don't expect to find the meaning of life in this one.