Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987)

Director:

Joe Roth

Writers:

Dan Guntzelman (writer)
Steve Marshall (writer)
(more)

Release Date:

10 July 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

"They're Back!"

Plot:

The rising college nerds set out to a convention is Florida, but are unwelcomed by the Alpha Beta representatives.

Plot Keywords:

Nerd | Cult Favorite | Swimming Pool | Fitting In | False Identification

Cast

Robert Carradine	...	Lewis Skolnick
Curtis Armstrong	...	Dudley Booger Dawson
Larry B. Scott	...	Lamar Latrelle
Timothy Busfield	...	Arnold Poindexter
Courtney Thorne-Smith	...	Sunny Carstairs
Andrew Cassese	...	Harold Wormser
Donald Gibb	...	Ogre
Bradley Whitford	...	Roger
Ed Lauter	...	Buzz Mussinger
Barry Sobel	...	Stewart
Tom Hodges	...	Tiny
Jack Gilpin	...	Mr. Comstock
Anthony Edwards	...	Gilbert Lowell
James Hong	...	Snotty
Priscilla Lopez	...	Aldonza
James Cromwell	...	Mr. Skolnick
Jason Julien	...	Winston
Marilyn Caskey	...	Mrs. Comstock
Richard Joseph Paul	...	Gundy
Rhonda Waymire	...	Indian Maiden
Donna Rosea	...	Lori
Susan Vanech	...	Michelle
Robert Goodman	...	Jerry
Michael Fitzgerald	...	Pot Roast
Huey Laborde	...	Guard
Raymond Forchion	...	Policeman
Carmen Thomas	...	Cute Coed
Miles Greadington	...	Tri Lambda
Victor Morris	...	Tri Lambda
Ed Knott Jr.	...	Liquor Store Owner (as Eddie Knott Jr.)
Tom Boykin	...	Van Driver
Ruben Rabasa	...	Maintenance Man
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Teresa Blake	...	(uncredited)
Michael J. Carnevale	...	Chickenfighting student at wet-T contest (uncredited)
Noreen Compton	...	Extra (uncredited)
Janet Constable	...	Stewardess (uncredited)
Ellen Marguerite Cullivan	...	Socialite (uncredited)
Ian Ng Cheng Hin	...	Spring Breaker (uncredited)
Kai Thorup	...	College student (uncredited)
Todd Vittum	...	Frat Boy (uncredited)

Directed by
Joe Roth

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Dan Guntzelman		writer
Steve Marshall		writer
Miguel Tejada-Flores		characters

Produced by
Peter Bart	....	producer
Richard Chew	....	associate producer
Robert W. Cort	....	producer
Ted Field	....	producer
Joe Roth	....	executive producer
Paul Schiff	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Gerald V. Casale
Mark Mothersbaugh

Cinematography by
Charles Correll

Film Editing by
Richard Chew

Casting by
Pam Dixon

Production Design by
Trevor Williams

Set Decoration by
Don K. Ivey		(as Don Ivey)

Costume Design by
Jeffrey Kurland

Makeup Department
Marie Del Russo	....	makeup artist
Elizabeth Lambert	....	makeup artist (as Beth Lambert)
Carol A. O'Connell	....	hair stylist (as Carol O'Connell)
Mary Ann Valdes	....	hair stylist
Mark Wittenberg	....	additional makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Art Seidel	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
James Chory	....	assistant director
Ellen H. Schwartz	....	second assistant director

Art Department
John Balling	....	paint foreman
Irl Bender	....	set dresser
Bert Bertolami	....	lead man
Will Brantley	....	set dresser
Eugene Bright	....	propmaker foreman
Michael Bright	....	propmaker
Danny L. Buffington	....	propmaker
Daniel Carpio	....	propmaker
Harold Collins	....	construction coordinator
Michael Collins	....	head greensman
William Comp	....	painter
Gustavo Del Valle	....	scenic artist
Dennis Allen Dezmain	....	scenic artist
Jose Duarte	....	head scenic artist
Rhiley Fuller	....	art department assistant
William 'W' Gilpin	....	construction foreman
José González	....	scenic artist
Cheryl C. Johnson	....	scenic artist (as Cheryl Johnson)
Donald Moody	....	assistant greensman
James Robinson II	....	assistant property master (as Jimmy Robinson II)
Nicholas J. Romanac	....	property master (as Nick Romanac)
Philip Schneider	....	assistant props
Philip Schneider	....	property assistant
Robert Smalling	....	swing gang
Gil Soule	....	swing gang
Norman E. Weber	....	set dresser (as Norman Weber)
William West	....	set dresser
O.C. Whiddon	....	construction foreman
Caryn Wolf	....	storyboard artist
Susan Inge Wood	....	scenic artist
Joseph Zaludek	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Kevin Barlia	....	assistant sound editor
Don J. Bassman	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Don Bassman)
Beth Bergeron	....	supervising adr editor
Kevin E. Carpenter	....	adr mixer (as Kevin Carpenter)
Kevin F. Cleary	....	sound re-recording mixer
Lucy Coldsnow-Smith	....	foley editor (as Lucy Coldsnow)
Jacqueline Cristianini	....	dialogue editor
Jack Dalton	....	sound mixer
D. Rex Downham	....	sound
Dennis Drummond	....	supervising sound editor
Ken Dufva	....	foley artist
Carol A. Ellison Fleming	....	assistant sound editor (as Carol Fleming)
Sukey Fontelieu	....	adr editor
Robin Gerber	....	assistant sound editor
Anne Grodzicki	....	assistant sound editor
Jerelyn J. Harding	....	adr editor (as Jerelyn J. Golding)
John Murray	....	foley editor
Richard Overton	....	sound re-recording mixer
Christy Richmond	....	first assistant sound editor
Victoria Rose Sampson	....	adr editor
Frank Smathers	....	dialogue editor (as Frank T. Smathers)
Scott Warren	....	boom operator
Linda Whittlesey	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Marc Banich	....	special effects
Wayne Beauchamp	....	special effects supervisor
Bruce Hanover	....	special effects
Kevin Harris	....	special effects
James M. Reeves	....	special effects

Stunts
Jay Amor	....	utility stunts
Tom Bahr	....	stunts
Chick Bernhardt	....	stunts
John Cade	....	stunts
Arthur J. Edwards	....	stunts
Gary Epper	....	stunts
David 'Shark' Fralick	....	stunts
Gary Lowe	....	stunts
Bert Lynch	....	stunts
Artie Malesci	....	stunts
Anderson Martin	....	stunts
Marc Mercury	....	stunts
Sharon Schaffer	....	stunts (as Sharon Shaffer)
Amy Stephen Wilder	....	stunts
Glenn R. Wilder	....	stunt coordinator (as Glenn Wilder)
Scott Wilder	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Jerry Bertolami	....	dolly grip
James Bright	....	electrician
Jerry G. Callaway	....	camera operator (as Jerry Callaway)
Thomas Cocheo	....	electrician
Herb Lee Davis Jr.	....	additional first assistant camera
Stephen P. Durante	....	grip
Jack Lee Gary	....	first assistant camera (as Jack Gary)
Jay Gilbert	....	electrician
Robert Heine	....	additional first assistant camera (as Robert J. Heine)
James Klein	....	grip
Edward Knott III	....	key grip (as Eddie Knott III)
Ed Knott Jr.	....	key grip (as Eddie Knott Jr.)
Kevin Knott	....	grip (as Kevin Tomas Knott)
J. Steven Latham	....	additional second assistant camera
Larry McConkey	....	Steadicam operator (as Lawrence McConkey)
Casey Osborne	....	grip
Rusty Pouch	....	electrician (as Arnold 'Rusty' Pouch)
Pierre Roseman	....	gaffer
Zade Rosenthal	....	still photographer
Barry Ryan	....	best boy electric
Jeffrey C. Simon	....	additional camera operator
Thomas Smaling	....	grip
William Smaling	....	additional camera operator
William Smaling	....	grip
Egon Stephan	....	second assistant camera (as Egon Stephan Jr.)
William Tobin	....	assistant camera (as Bill Tobin)
Robert Ulland	....	Steadicam operator (as Robert K. Ulland)
Fred Valentine	....	electrician (as Frederick Valentine)
Warner R. Wacha	....	additional second assistant camera (as Warner Wacha)
Brian L. Williams	....	additional first assistant camera (as Brian Williams)
John Winner	....	additional camera operator

Casting Department
Tim Dinan	....	extras casting: Florida
Carol Lefko	....	casting associate
Dee Miller	....	casting: Florida

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mary Lou Byrd	....	wardrobe supervisor
Barbara Crasper	....	seamstress
Robert Musco	....	wardrobe supervisor
Esther Robinson	....	assistant wardrobe
Susan Salzano	....	seamstress (as Sue Salzano)

Editorial Department
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Albert Coleman	....	first assistant editor
Kristin McCray	....	assistant editor
Gaston Santiso	....	assistant editor (as Gaston M. Santiso)
Curt Schulkey	....	additional film editor (as Curtis Schulkey)
Eric Whitfield	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Carlton Kaller	....	music editor (as Carl Kaller)
Richard Whitfield	....	supervising music editor

Transportation Department
Billy Foster	....	transportation captain
Huey Laborde	....	transportation co-captain

Other crew
Jami Lyn Abell	....	assistant: Mr. Roth
Brian Arlt	....	production assistant
Steven Belgard	....	unit publicist
Dawn Darfus	....	assistant production accountant
D. Rex Downham	....	projectionist
Sally J. Duerr	....	production assistant (as Sally Duerr)
Nicklas Farrantello	....	production assistant
Mark Frigola	....	production assistant
Debi Giudice	....	production assistant
Carol Green	....	unit publicist
Joel Hatch	....	production assistant
Philip Hoelcher	....	animal handler
Claudio Jacobells	....	production assistant
Mary Jane Nolan Kelly	....	unit coordinator
Michelle Lerable	....	production assistant
Artie Malesci	....	animal/marine coordinator
Lisa Maniscalco	....	production assistant
Dan Perri	....	title designer
Danny Pinder	....	production assistant
Helen Pollak	....	assistant: Mr. Kurland
Susana Preston	....	script supervisor
Celia Randolph	....	production office coordinator
Steve Seidel	....	production assistant
Sharon B. Taksel	....	production assistant (as Sharon Taksel)
Elaine Taverrile	....	assistant production accountant (as Elaine Taverrite)
Sam Tedesco	....	assistant location manager
Kai Thorup	....	production assistant
Sherry Thorup	....	location manager
Gary Weddington	....	production accountant
Kevin Williams	....	production assistant
Kevin Williams	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Amercent Films
• American Entertainment Partners L.P.
• Interscope Communications

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1987) (USA) (theatrical)
• Fox Network (1990) (USA) (TV)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment España S.A. (2004) (Spain) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2000) (USA) (VHS)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• CBS/Fox Video (1988) (Belgium) (video)
• CBS/Fox

Other Companies

• Casting Directors  casting: Florida
• Cinevideo Tech  lighting equipment
• Pacific Title  opticals

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:M | Canada:14A | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

Company:

Amercent Films

Trivia:

Julia Montgomery refused to reprise her role as Betty because in the original script Betty is caught cheating on Lewis. Montgomery felt it betrayed the change in her character from the first film. Joe Roth offered to have the scene re-written but Montgomery still refused. She eventually returned for the following sequels. Lewis is shown packing a picture of Betty in the beginning of the film implying they are still together. Ironically, this means that Lewis cheated on Betty with Sunnie.

Goofs:

Plot holes: When Roger first meets Lewis, he introduces Buzz as the hotel manager. Yet when Lewis confronts Buzz following Stewart's being fired, he asks Buzz "are you the manager?" as if he had never seen him before.

Quotes:

Mr. Scolnick: You've really got the pedal to the metal, don't you, son?
Lewis Scolnick: Yeah, I do, Dad. I've got the cruise control locked in at 35.
Mr. Scolnick: Tell you what. Kick it up to 37. Let's live dangerously.
Lewis Scolnick: [shocked] Dad!

Movie Connections:

References The Terminator (1984)

Soundtrack:

Call Me

OK it's not as good as the original, but it's a fun 90 minutes anyway

The 1984 comedy 'Revenge of the Nerds' was a hit in it's time and has had a much deserved following for decades. It's no surprise that a sequel, let alone 3, was produced a few years later. Though it didn't do nearly as well as it's predecessor, this sequel is still a fun way to kill an hour and a half.

Pros: A funny 'Star Wars' style opening. A still very appealing original cast and some great newcomers. Some good humor and sight gags. Plenty of beautiful Florida scenery. A quick pace. The datedness adds to the overall fun and feel of the movie. Like the original there's plenty memorable scenes.

Cons: Some of the humor falls flat. The plot is pretty thin. They try to recreate some things from the original, for example the music performance, but with lesser results.

Final thoughts: None of the sequels to the original 'Nerds' film will ever be mistaken for comedy gems, but you could certainly do much worse. At least they didn't make as many sequels as were made to 'Police Academy.'

My rating: 3/5