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8 February 1980 (USA)
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A Wacky College Adventure more
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Leon planned "The Great Allnighter" by picking college students to participate in his night long scavenger hunt...
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Predictions 2010 Sundance Film Festival: Agrelo, D'Arienzo, Gibney
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Midnight Madness . . . is gonna get to you!
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| David Naughton | ... | Adam Larson - Yellow Team Leader | |
| Debra Clinger | ... | Laura - Yellow Team | |
| David Damas | ... | Marvin - Yellow Team | |
| Michael J. Fox | ... | Scott Larson (as Michael Fox) | |
| Stephen Furst | ... | Harold - Blue Team Leader | |
| Patricia Alice Albrecht | ... | Lucille - Blue Team | |
| Andy Tennant | ... | Melio - Blue Team | |
| Brian Frishman | ... | Barf - Blue Team | |
| Joel Kenney | ... | Flynch - Yellow Team (as Joel P. Kenney) | |
| Sal Lopez | ... | Blade - Blue Team | |
| Maggie Roswell | ... | Donna - Red Team Leader | |
| Robyn Petty | ... | Berle - Red Team | |
| Betsy Lynn Thompson | ... | Peggy - Red Team | |
| Carol Gwynn Thompson | ... | Lulu - Red Team | |
| Eddie Deezen | ... | Wesley - White Team Leader |
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Disney released this film, its second to be rated "PG" by the MPAA (the first being The Black Hole (1979)), without any mention of its involvement, in hopes that teenage audiences might be more likely to see it if they didn't know that it was a Disney picture. (However, the cover art of the DVD release of the film in 2004 credits the film to Walt Disney Pictures.)
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Revealing mistakes: When Harold's team is finally in the lead en route to the Bonadventure Hotel; Lucille asks Harold to go back for 'Little Harold' to no avail. When Melio and Lucille try and make the projected u-turn, they pull the steering wheel to the right (which would have crashed into a building, not make the u-turn to go back)
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Somewhere in the dark recesses of my brain cells a song plays in my head. I can't forget it no matter how hard I try. It's MIDNIGHT MADNESS and it's gonna get to you! Wish i could find a copy of this on a 45rpm record. Five disparate teams head out one night in L.A. for a scavenger hunt for clues instead of physical objects. An unkempt game-master with two gorgeous assistants is the mastermind of all this insanity that's about to be unleashed on L.A. All the teams are stereotypes (this movie being from 1980, before political correctness screwed everything up): the "good guys", the "nerds" led by Eddie Deezen, the dumb beer-loving "jocks", the "we-don't-need-a-man-type ladies", especially the redhead. The giggling twins are a scream, too. And finally, the "bad guys" with Stephen Furst as the leader. Furst is hilarious as the overweight slob Harold, whose attempt to use a computer to decipher the various clues leads to a gooey mess. Movies like this aren't made anymore. These days, movies have to have an "edginess" to them with some dark characters and other nonsense. Go back to the days when the "good guys" led by David Naughton were still good and not hopelessly conflicted. So dump all serious pretensions and go back to 1980. It's MIDNIGHT MADNESS . . .