Porky's II: The Next Day (1983)

The naughty high schoolers of Angel Beach High now seek revenge on a group of KKK religious fanatics and corrupt politicians who want to shut down their Shakespeare production after they cast a Seminole transfer student in the lead.

Director:

Bob Clark

Writers:

Roger Swaybill, Alan Ormsby,

Stars:

Dan Monahan, Wyatt Knight, Mark Herrier

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dan Monahan	...	Pee Wee
Wyatt Knight	...	Tommy
Mark Herrier	...	Billy
Roger Wilson	...	Mickey
Cyril O'Reilly	...	Tim
Tony Ganios	...	Meat
Kaki Hunter	...	Wendy
Scott Colomby	...	Brian
Nancy Parsons	...	Balbricker
Joseph Runningfox	...	John Henry (as Joseph Running Fox)
Eric Christmas	...	Carter
Bill Wiley	...	Reverend Flavel
Edward Winter	...	Gebhardt
Cisse Cameron	...	Sandy Le Toi
Ilse Earl	...	Mrs. Morris

Storyline

When the students of Angel Beach High decide to stage "An Evening With Shakespeare," their efforts are threatened by Miss Balbricker, who views the works of Shakespeare as obscene. She enlists the help of Reverend Bubba Flavel, a religious fanatic who brings along his flock of followers to pressure the school into shutting down the production. When they succeed with the help of corrupt city officials seeking re-election, the gang don't get mad... they get even!

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Plot Keywords:

school | religious fanatic | student | revenge | politician | 

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Taglines:

If you thought the night before was funny, wait till you see the next day.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

24 June 1983 (USA)

Also Known As:

Porky's II

Filming Locations:

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$6,500,000 (estimated)

Gross:

SEK 2,921,518 (Sweden)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Simon / Reeves / Landsburg Productions, Astral Bellevue Pathé

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The yellow 1947 Crosley convertible featured in this film was borrowed from a family member of the original Crosley Motors.

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Goofs

The film takes place the day after the events in Porky's. In the original film, both Mickey and Tim were roughed up late in the film. Both can be seen with cuts and bandages on their faces. In Mickey's case, he is also seen limping and with crutches. All wounds have disappeared the next day.

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Quotes

Pee Wee: [to Commissioned Gebhart before taking his picture] Say "I'm Ruined!"

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Connections

Followed by Porky's 3: Revenge (1985)

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Soundtracks

"Sincerely"
Performed by The McGuire Sisters

User Reviews

Porky's II: The Next Day (Bob Clark, 1983) **

As often happens, this sequel to PORKY'S (1982) is inferior to the original - but, then, neither is it as bad as Leonard Maltin claims in his esteemed Film Guide!

It does cheat by forsaking the titular establishment entirely, though the formula is pretty much the same as before - except that here some of the characters from the original disappear and are replaced by new ones, while the girl who was involved with the protagonist in the first film gets a bigger part this time around. Again, the film pits a certain minority - in this case, American Indians - against a bigoted community.

While the film's major asset has to be the over-the-top characterization of the hypocritical Reverend, there are almost as many belly laughs here as in the original. Scenes that particularly stand out are the 'Shakespeare v. Bible' quoting duel (even if it's kind of silly and out-of-character to have the boys involved in putting on a show of the Bard's work in the first place) and the individual come-uppance of the gang's various antagonists - the KKK (in the school gymnasium), the duplicitous board member (humiliated in a restaurant prior to re-election) and the aforementioned evangelist and his flock (at their own rally).

P.S. Interestingly, co-writer Alan Ormsby had previously collaborated with Clark on his first two horror outings - CHILDREN SHOULDN'T PLAY WITH DEAD THINGS (1972; which I've never watched) and DEATHDREAM (1972)!