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2.8/10   235 votes
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Director:

Martha Coolidge

Writers:

Alex Comfort (book) and
Kathleen Rowell (writer)
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Contact:

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Release Date:

3 August 1984 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy | Romance more

Tagline:

Somewhere between Virginity and Senility lies Paradise.

Plot:

Teenager Leslie Hindenberg, mistakenly believing she has just weeks to live, decides she will lose her virginity before she dies... more | add synopsis

User Comments:

Enjoyable. more (8 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Cameron Dye ... Alan Holt
Michelle Meyrink ... Leslie Hindenberg

Colleen Camp ... Liz Sampson

Ernie Hudson ... Mr. Porter

Lisa Langlois ... Melanie

Charles Van Eman ... Max Holt

Joanne Baron ... Miss Post

Darren Dalton ... Ed Ingalls
Heidi Holicker ... Candy
Cristen Kauffman ... Sharon
David H. MacDonald ... Ernie Carpenter
Paul Tulley ... Ted

Joe Unger ... Mr. Ranada

Christopher Lloyd ... Coach Hindenberg
Conni Marie Brazelton ... Allison
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

National Lampoon's The Joy of Sex (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:MA (cable rating) | Iceland:14 | Canada:18A (Ontario) | USA:R | West Germany:18 | Malaysia:(Banned)

Filming Locations:

Santa Monica, California, USA


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

John Belushi was rumored to have been cast in this film. more

Quotes:

Roberta: Gotta peel the banana before you can eat it! more

Movie Connections:

Featured in Who Is Alan Smithee? (2002) (TV) more


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5 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Enjoyable., 28 December 1998
7/10
Author: Peach-2 from USA

I found this film enjoyable and pretty funny. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be and it's pretty good for the genre of 80's teen flicks.

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