Joysticks (1983)

When a top local businessman and his two bumbling nephews try to shut down the town's only video arcade, arcade employees and patrons fight back.

Director:

Greydon Clark

Writers:

Al Gomez, Mickey Epps,

Stars:

Joe Don Baker, Leif Green, Jim Greenleaf

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Joe Don Baker	...	Joseph Rutter
Leif Green	...	Eugene Groebe
Jim Greenleaf	...	Jonathan Andrew McDorfus
Scott McGinnis	...	Jefferson Bailey
Jon Gries	...	King Vidiot (as Jonathan Gries)
Corinne Bohrer	...	Patsy Rutter
John Diehl	...	Arnie
John Voldstad	...	Max
Reid Cruickshanks	...	Coach Straight
Morgan Lofting	...	Mrs. Rutter
Kym Malin	...	Lola
Kim G. Michel	...	Alva
Jacqueline Cole	...	Alexis Wheeler (as Jacqulin Cole)
Logan Ramsey	...	Mayor Neville
Justine Lenore	...	Nurse Tubitt

Storyline

There's trouble in town and it's video games. High school students spend so much time with the electronic monsters that there's no time for schoolwork. Shucks.

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Plot Keywords:

arcade | campy | teen sex comedy | sex | sexual humor | 

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Taglines:

More fun than games.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

March 1983 (USA)

Also Known As:

Video Madness

Box Office

Budget:

$300,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jensen Farley Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

88 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Shot in three weeks.

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Quotes

Joseph Rutter: You and I have something in common. Do you know what that is?
King Vidiot: [Shakes hands with Mr. Rutter] We both like to hang out in public bathrooms!

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Connections

Features Galaxian (1979)

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Soundtracks

"Last Chance for Love"
Music by Ray Knehnetsky and Sherry Klein
Lyrics by Tom Demenkoff

User Reviews

Thank You!

Thank you all for your support of this wonderfully perverse piece of classic entertainment! When Mickey Epps and I wrote the original screenplay we never thought it would turn into a piece of movie memorabilia. Sex comedies in the 80's will never return (that could be good or bad), but nonetheless, playing video games topless or in your underwear is now done in the privacy of the home and no longer in video arcades. So, worry not, you naysayers of this pulchritudinous adventure in film-making, you will not see a sequel to this movie. But because of it, I'm sure you've created a number of memorable moments in your own personal histories at various drive-ins and the back rows of the movie theaters! Long live teen sex comedies... long live perverted, out-of-work, over-aged, have nothing better to do writers... like myself!!!!!