Porky's (1982)

Set in 1954, a group of Florida high schoolers seek out to help a buddy lose his virginity, which leads them to seek revenge on a sleazy nightclub owner and his redneck sheriff brother for harassing them.

Director:

Bob Clark

Writer:

Bob Clark

Stars:

Dan Monahan, Mark Herrier, Wyatt Knight

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dan Monahan	...	Pee Wee
Mark Herrier	...	Billy
Wyatt Knight	...	Tommy
Roger Wilson	...	Mickey
Cyril O'Reilly	...	Tim
Tony Ganios	...	Meat
Kaki Hunter	...	Wendy
Kim Cattrall	...	Honeywell
Nancy Parsons	...	Balbricker
Scott Colomby	...	Brian Schwartz
Boyd Gaines	...	Coach Brackett
Doug McGrath	...	Coach Warren
Susan Clark	...	Cherry Forever
Art Hindle	...	Ted Jarvis
Wayne Maunder	...	Cavanaugh

Storyline

We follow a bunch of high school kids through a period in their puberty. Their lives mainly consist of watching the girls in the shower and making life a living hell for their teachers and for each other. The movie is packed with practical jokes and eccentric characters, like Pee Wee with the short dick (which he measures every morning) who met up for sex with the school "mattress" Wendy already wearing a rubber, or the fat teaching bitch Beulah Balbricker who is determined on making life a living hell for the boys. The name "Porky's" is the name of a striptease bar the boys get thrown out of and humiliated later in the movie. They have their minds set on revenge, but that's not easy as the owner's brother is sheriff. Only by forgetting their internal differences can they defeat Porky and his gang.

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Plot Keywords:

sex | revenge | florida | shower | virginity | 

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Taglines:

You'll be glad you came!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 March 1982 (USA)

Also Known As:

Chez Porky

Filming Locations:

2450 SW 1st Street, Miami, Florida, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$4,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$105,500,000 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Melvin Simon Productions, Astral Bellevue Pathé

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Writer/Director Bob Clark gathered material for the movie over a 15 year period. The story is composite of incidents collected from the males of his generation along with some of his own personal memories from growing up in high school.

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Goofs

Just before the frame scales down to show the credits, the camera's shadow is visible on the left side of the screen (over Meat).

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Quotes

Pee Wee Morris: All I need is a watermelon and two jelly donuts!
Billy: That's it. I am not taking a shower with you.
[Billy and the other guys get up and leave]
Pee Wee Morris: Religious fanatics.

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Crazy Credits

As the end credits roll, an additional scene is shown featuring Pee-wee and Wendy on a school bus. Also, Balbricker returns one final time in her never-ending quest to punish the boys.

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Connections

Featured in I Love the '80s (2002)

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Soundtracks

"Sh-Boom, Sh-Boom"
by The Crew Cuts (as The Crewcuts)
Courtesy of PHONOGRAM Inc.

User Reviews

Worth at least seeing once

Funny movie, as long as you go into it with an open mind and realize "This ain't suppose to be Shakespeare".

The concept is raw and a bit sophomoric (s) but, it is a great mindless movie to sit back, have a beer and some chips and kill a couple of mindless hours.

Like Caddy Shack, it is a movie worth seeing only the first in the series. The sequels should be lost in movie obscurity. If you were ever a teen age guy most of the gags in this movie will ring true, if only as a thought you once had of actually doing (i.e. The guy, the hole and the girls locker room}.