Bachelor Party (1984)

A soon-to-be-married man's friends throw him the ultimate bachelor party.

Director:

Neal Israel

Writers:

Bob Israel (story), Neal Israel (screenplay)

Stars:

Tom Hanks, Tawny Kitaen, Adrian Zmed

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tom Hanks	...	Rick Gassko
Tawny Kitaen	...	Debbie Thompson
Adrian Zmed	...	Jay O'Neill
George Grizzard	...	Ed Thompson
Barbara Stuart	...	Mrs. Thompson
Robert Prescott	...	Cole Whittier
William Tepper	...	Dr. Stan Gassko
Wendie Jo Sperber	...	Dr. Tina Gassko
Barry Diamond	...	Rudy
Gary Grossman	...	Gary
Michael Dudikoff	...	Ryko
Bradford Bancroft	...	Brad Mollen
Martina Finch	...	Phoebe
Deborah Harmon	...	Ilene
Tracy Smith	...	Bobbi

Storyline

Rick Gassko is about to marry Debbie Thompson. Her parents hate him. Her old boyfriend hates him. They all have money and he gets a cut of the crap games on the Catholic school bus that he drives. His friends decide to give him the bachelor party of all bachelor parties in an expensive hotel with booze, adult movies and hookers. As the players catch wind of the elements of the party, each adds a little monkey wrench so that one set of hookers ends up giving demos at the bride's shower, the brides friends end up dressed as hookers in a room with a number of non English speaking Japanese businessmen, and so on, as things get out of hand.

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Plot Keywords:

party | friend | bachelor party | shower | bestiality | 

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Taglines:

Shocking, Shameless, Sinful, Wicked. And the party hasn't even started.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Japanese

Release Date:

29 June 1984 (USA)

Also Known As:

Despedida de soltero

Filming Locations:

John Marshall High School - 3939 Tracy Street, Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Gross:

$38,400,000 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bachelor Party Productions, Aspect Ratio Film, Twin Continental

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

As indicated in its "making-of featurette:", Bachelor Party 2: The Last Temptation (2008), was originally intended to be a remake of this film, but was released as a sequel instead.

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Goofs

When the 3D theater scene occurs the image of the screen is in standard format. The image should be in anaglyph 3D.

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Quotes

Rick Gassko: Who was that?
Jay O'Neill: I dunno.
Rick Gassko: [pointing to the arrow] And what's this?
Jay O'Neill: Search me.
Rick Gassko: [Another arrow hits the wall] What about this?
Jay O'Neill: Still drawing a blank.
Rick Gassko: [Seeing Cole across the way] He look familiar to you?
Jay O'Neill: Yep.
Rick Gassko: Get the hookers in a circle. We're going to put Cochise out of business.

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Connections

Featured in Sex, Censorship and the Silver Screen: Forward Into the Past (1996)

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Soundtracks

Alley Oop
Composed by Dallas Frazier
Performed by Darlene Love
Produced by Bob Gaudio

User Reviews

Classic!!

First of all, if you are thinking that this will be some wonderful, well thought out, well crafted artwork starring Tom Hanks, put the movie down and back away from the rack. Now flash back to 1984, when movies were inane and entertaining--solely for entertaining!!! As far as raunchy 80's humor goes, you won't find anything better that Bachelor Party. Yes, the humor is predictable. Yes, the sight gags are predictable. But this movie does it better than anyone else in it's genre (that would be raunchy comedy). Good girl falls for bad boy, plan to get married, but first the guys must be guys. "Let's have a party with liquor and drugs and guns and hookers and cops!" and they do. Don't ask for more than this movie can deliver, yet appreciate it for what it is!