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Overview

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3.8/10   270 votes
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Director:
Sondra Locke
Writer:
Rob Thompson (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
17 October 1986 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Mystery more
Tagline:
it's so hard to be different...
Awards:
1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
Before the Oscars, They Belonged to Us, Part 1
 (From Dread Central. 24 February 2009, 3:04 AM, PST)

User Comments:
Ratboy: why movies should never have been invented more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Sondra Locke ... Nikki Morrison
Robert Townsend ... Manny

Christopher Hewett ... Acting Coach

Larry Hankin ... Robert Jewell
Sydney Lassick ... Lee 'Dial-A-Prayer'
Gerrit Graham ... Billy Morrison
Louie Anderson ... Omer Morrison
Sharon Baird ... Ratboy (as S. L. Baird)
Billie Bird ... Psychic

John Witherspoon ... Heavy
Charles Bartlett ... Catullus Cop

Lee de Broux ... Catullus Cop
Jeffrey Josephson ... Catullus Cop

Peter Looney ... Catullus Cop
Tiger Haynes ... Derelict Ralph
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Additional Details

Runtime:
104 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Iceland:12 | Australia:M | Finland:K-8 | UK:15 (original rating) | UK:PG (video rating) | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:12
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: During the drive through Hollywood, shots from the driver's side of the car show Hollywood Blvd., but shots from the passenger's side show Sunset Blvd. more

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9 out of 13 people found the following comment useful:-
Ratboy: why movies should never have been invented, 12 July 2001
Author: netwerk23 from New York, NY

Read the other comments about this "film" and you'll hear some attempts to treat it nicely; ie it was emotional, charismatic, etc. These people have no taste and are single-handedly keeping Jerry Bruckheimer (sic) in business. Ratboy is horrible. Horrible horrible. And, not even in a self-conscious manner, as if to poke fun of itself. People, i ask you to please go see this and start appreciating quality films again. "Ratboy the Pimp" is a moment worth remembering for the rest of your lives. It's so bad it hurts me in a special place. Horrible. In fact, it's so bad, that i need to invent a new word to describe it: Natoosh. A movie is "natoosh" when it extends the boundaries of bad film. When it redefines our core values of good and evil, well, that's natoosh. Ratboy is Natoosh to the extreme. I pray for humanity...

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