Hot Dog... The Movie (1984)

Naive corn-pone skiing wunderkind picks up beautiful hitchhiking bimbo on way to ski competition. Once at the ski competition he is taunted in the daytime and laid at night, by different ... See full summary »

Director:

Peter Markle

Writer:

Mike Marvin

Stars:

David Naughton, Patrick Houser, Tracy Smith

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
David Naughton	...	Dan
Patrick Houser	...	Harkin
Tracy Smith	...	Sunny
John Patrick Reger	...	Rudi
Frank Koppala	...	Squirrel
James Saito	...	Kendo
Shannon Tweed	...	Sylvia Fonda
George Theobald	...	Slasher
Mark Vance	...	Heinz
Erik Watson	...	Fergy
Lynn Wieland	...	Michelle
Sandy Hackett	...	T-Shirt Contest M.C.
Crystal Smith	...	Motel Clerk
Peter Vogt	...	Fader Black
Robert Fuhrmann	...	Rick Lauter

Storyline

Naive corn-pone skiing wunderkind picks up beautiful hitchhiking bimbo on way to ski competition. Once at the ski competition he is taunted in the daytime and laid at night, by different people. Four letter words, stoopid ethnic stereotypes (the Asian skiier's dancing looks like martial arts, of course) and skinny naked women with badly dated hairstyles abound. Not worth seeing except on cable -- the nudity is the big selling point and if you're not embarrassed to rent a movie with this title, you might as well go a little further and rent something honestly labeled as smut, instead of off-and-on nudity masquerading as "comedy."

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Plot Keywords:

skiing | ski | nudity | idaho | squaw valley | 

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Taglines:

Taste the sauce in...HOT DOG

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance | Sport

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 January 1984 (USA)

Also Known As:

Casse-cou en liberté

Filming Locations:

Squaw Valley, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hot Dog, United Artists

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Dan challenges Rudy to the Chinese Downhill, he states, "Forty bucks a man, winner takes all." At the start of the race, the announcer says that the winner will get $2300. 2300 doesn't divide evenly by 40. Further, only about 26 racers can be seen at the start. That would make the grand total $1040.

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Quotes

Harkin Banks: So what happens now?
Sylvia Fonda: First we take off our clothes and then we fuck our brains out.

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Connections

Referenced in Married with Children: Honey, I Blew Up Myself (1994)

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Soundtracks

Bringing Down The Moon
Performed by John Stewart
From the album "Trancas"

User Reviews

Classic 80's cinema

How can people put down this movie? It is a classic raucous comedy from the 1980's. There is lot of nudity, and their may be some ethnic stereotyping, but I remember this as being my favorite movie from when my family first got a VCR.

The skiing sequences are filmed beautifully, from a time when extreme skiing was just being born. If you are a fan of Warren Miller, you'll probably enjoy the scenes from the competition, and also the free-skiing.

But who can forget the classic Chinese Downhill scene? I saw this movie on cable last night, and it's still as good as it ever was.