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,

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 he drives. His friends decide to give him the bachelor party of all bachelor parties with an expensive hotel, booze, 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 business men, and so on as things get out of hand.

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Plot Keywords:

party | bachelor party | friend | shower | three on a match | 

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Taglines:

A man's tradition every woman should know about.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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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

Near the end of the film at the movie theater, they are supposedly showing a marathon of 3D films. Some are actual theatrical 3D releases, but most are made up. Those that are real films are "House of Wax", "Dial M For Murder" and "Comin' At Ya". All the others are fake, which include "Syborg" (which could be a parody title for "Metalstorm"), "The Bug" (which is a probably a parody title for the real 3D movie "Parasite"), "Biloxi (spelled wrong as "Boulxi") Blood Bath", "Chainsaw Child", "Hell House", "Battle For Berkeley", "Bat Beast", "Zenobia", "Pedestrian Bondage", "Glendale Girls Go Berserk", "Zulu", "Watts Wilderness", "Richard III", "Death Cult Bar-Mitsfa" and "Sioux City". There are a bunch of other titles on the right side marquee, but they are hard to read.

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Goofs

When O'Neill is about to take the blackmail pictures of Mr. Thompson, he calls for the hired help to go to the bedroom. Five girls follow him, but in the next shot there are only four girls.

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Quotes

Mr. Thompson: Is that the foot-long?
Nick: And then some.

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Connections

Referenced in Saturday Night Live: The Best of Tom Hanks (2004)

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Soundtracks

"Bachelor Party"
Composed by Danny Elfman
Performed by Oingo Boingo
Produced by Oingo Boingo and Paul Ratajczak
Courtesy of A & M Records

User Reviews

Works as an amusing time-passer thanks to a likable debut performance by Tom Hanks

"Bachelor Party" is very much like other films of its genre except that it is one of Tom Hanks' very early efforts and, as a result, is more fondly remembered than it probably would be without Hanks.

Yes, before Hanks turned into Forrest Gump and an Oscar-winning heavyweight actor, he desperately starred in a 1984 teen sex comedy not unlike "Porky's," "The Last American Virgin" or "American Pie." "Splash" had been a success by now so the marketers could rely upon his newly-created status to promote "Bachelor Party," and it paid off -- this movie was an unexpected hit when it came out (albeit a small one).

Tom Hanks is a fine actor but I have to say that he had a certain charm about his acting that made many mediocre '80s comedies -- including "Turner and Hooch," "The 'burbs" and of course "Bachelor Party" -- immensely likable despite their flaws.

Yes, this is a crude, lewd, rude movie but it has its fair share of embarrassing moments, laugh-out-loud segments and cheesy (but fun) segments. Good entertainment for a Friday or Saturday night, and a good glimpse at a much younger, thinner, more comedic (and slapstick) Tom Hanks before he got all weepy-eyed and serious on us.