O.C. and Stiggs (1985)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Robert Altman

Writers:

Tod Carroll (stories) &
Ted Mann (stories) ...

Release Date:

1985 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

O.C. and Stiggs aren't your average unhappy teenagers. They not only despise their suburban surroundings, they plot against it. They seek revenge against the middle class Schwab family, who embody all they detest: middle class. |

Plot Keywords:

Teenager | Teen Comedy | Insurance | National Lampoon Series | High School

Cast

Daniel Jenkins	...	Oliver Cromwell 'O.C.' Ogilvie (as Daniel H. Jenkins)
Neill Barry	...	Mark Stiggs
Jane Curtin	...	Elinore Schwab
Paul Dooley	...	Randall Schwab
Jon Cryer	...	Randall Schwab Jr.
Laura Urstein	...	Lenore Schwab
Victor Ho	...	Frankie Tang
Ray Walston	...	Grandpa 'Gramps' Ogilvie
Donald May	...	Jack Stiggs
Carla Borelli	...	Stella Stiggs
Stephanie Elfrink	...	Missie Stiggs
Amanda Hull	...	Debbie Stiggs
James Gilsenan	...	Barney Beaugereaux
Tina Louise	...	Florence Beaugereaux
Cynthia Nixon	...	Michelle

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:13 | UK:15 (video rating) (1986) | UK:12 (video re-rating) (2005) | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Glendale, Arizona, USA

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

MGM had wanted a straightforward teen comedy, a genre that was enjoying great success at the time with films like Porky's (1982) and Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982). Robert Altman had a different take on the idea, however. As he disliked the teen comedy genre, his notion was to make a satire of such films.

Quotes:

[O.C. and Stiggs are at Lenora Schwab's wedding and are fooling with the Uzi they gave as a present.]
Randall: Hey, whatcha got?
Stiggs: Randall, how would you like to have more fun than you've ever had in your life?
Randall: I don't know. I've had a lot of fun. I have Legos, you know.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Pink Panther (1963)

Soundtrack:

O.C. and Stiggs

Underrated

Like many of Robert Altman's smaller movies, O.C. and Stiggs is under-appreciated. Most of the teenage movies that clogged up the mid-80's consisted of nothing more than stupid sex jokes and gross-out shots designed to humiliate straw men villains. O.C. and Stiggs is a movie where you feel that all sorts of things are possible. It's humorous in the best sense.

It remains a mystery why some of Altman's films are overrated (e.g. The Player and Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean), while others are immediately forgotten.