Screwballs (1983)

Frolicking youth comedy about zany high school students set in the 1960s.

Director:

Rafal Zielinski

Writers:

Linda Shayne, Jim Wynorski

Stars:

Peter Keleghan, Kent Deuters, Linda Speciale

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Peter Keleghan	...	Rick McKay
Kent Deuters	...	Brent Van Dusen III
Linda Speciale	...	Purity Busch
Alan Deveau	...	Howie Bates
Linda Shayne	...	Bootsie Goodhead
Jason Warren	...	Melvin Jerkovski
Jim Coburn	...	Tim Stevenson
Terrea Smith	...	Rhonda Rockett (as Terrea Foster)
Donnie Bowes	...	Principal Stuckoff
Kimberly Brooks	...	Miss Boudoir
Nicky Fylan	...	Vince the Prince
Paula Farmer	...	Miss Shivers
Joe Crozier	...	Ward Busch
Heather Smith	...	June Busch
Nola Wale	...	Mrs. Roach

Storyline

Starting a new tradition of sex comedy, T & A High School, five boys meet in the detention room thanks to the evil virgin princess urity Busch. RICK - dressed as a doctor and gave breast exams to the high school new comers. BRENT - sexually teased Purity in French class. MELVIN - caught masterbating in the meat locker. HOWIE - rearranged the mirrors in order to see up the skirts of cheerleaders after practice. And TIM - tricked into entering the girls watchroom. Each one fooled by Purity. They want revenge. Each one makes a packed to deflower the virgin, but all have failed. Their only chance is to work together with others of the school to get her at the homecoming game.

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Plot Keywords:

cheerleader | sex | girl stripped down to bra | psychotronic | nipples visible through clothing | 

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Taglines:

The Raunchiest '80s Sex Comedy of Them All!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 April 1983 (USA)

Also Known As:

Los rompecocos

Filming Locations:

Filmores Hotel, 212 Dundas St. E., Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$800,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Maurice Smith Productions, Millenium, New World Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Kent Deuters also read for the role of Rick McKay.

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Goofs

The character posing as a doctor calls himself "Dr. Pepper" and sings the commercial jingle "Wouldn't you like to be a pepper too?" The movie takes place circa early 1960s, and the jingle was not used until 1977.

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Quotes

Principal Stuckoff: Do you gentlemen know the meaning of the word vermin? Heathens? Scum? Trash? Degenerates?
Melvin Jerkovski: [raising hand] I think I know what trash means...

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Connections

References The Wasp Woman (1959)

User Reviews

Almost exactly what you'd expect

After I finished watching this, I checked the description, and saw that it was described as being the "granddaddy of teen sex movies." It seems hard to describe it that way when it was released in 1983. There's a very minimal amount of plot to the movie. In fact, it seems strange for a movie that is so laser-focused on having a series of sex gags back to back. If I were back in 7th or 8th grade, I would absolutely love this movie. I would have found it hilarious, and probably pretty erotic. But as an adult, I didn't find it terribly funny. In fact, this is one of the strangest movies I've seen. Usually, in a teen sex movie, there's a serious plot of some sort. There will be a romance, there will be some sort of lesson learned. There will be someone struggling to pass a class... This one doesn't. This one is so singularly focused on just providing one titillating moment after another. There's only a single character who isn't fully sex-obsessed, and that's a teacher that has been bound in a wheelchair. Most of the other teachers are portrayed as being anti-sex, although later, they are shown to be just as obsessed as the core cast is. There are a few things that are memorable, but ultimately, the movie is an example of what happens when you pull all of the heart out of a movie. It narrows the audience that will enjoy it.