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:

Keep an eye out for the funniest movie about growing up ever made!

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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

This is the first movie to gross over £1 million at the Irish box office, despite having being banned initially and only released after appeal.

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Goofs

Early on, it is revealed that Porky's is "70 miles out in the Everglades". After Mickey receives his last and most brutal beating, it is highly unlikely that he would have been able to drive the 70 miles back home.

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Quotes

Tommy Turner: Jesus Christ! It's the mother lode.
Billy: I never seen so much wool. You could knit a sweater.
Tommy Turner: This has gotta be the biggest beaver shoot in the history of Florida.

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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

Referenced in Valley Party Girls (2003)

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Soundtracks

"Ebb Tide"
by Frank Chacksfield
Courtesy of DECCA RECORDS Co. Ltd.

User Reviews

made me laugh

I saw it in middle school, thought it super-cool, and most of my

college friends had fond memories to share of sneaking in to see

it. The subject would come up over a game of quarters or

something.

Porky's isn't brilliant and maybe deserves a lot of socio-critical

dissection, but I just thought it was funny at the time. I don't know it

deserves film-critic attack - wasn't it low-budget and lucky to get

some mainstream distribution?

Anyway, my memories of Porky's made American Pie a lot more

funnier, too. The two would be a good movie night double feature.