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Director:

Joe Esposito

Writer:

Bill Milling (writer)

Contact:

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Genre:

Comedy more

Tagline:

This Year's Student Body Is Shaping Up.

User Comments:

I visited Miami because of this film! more (5 total)


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Keith Coulouris ... Harry Spencer (as Keith Colouris)
Elizabeth Kaitan ... Shannon McSorley

Corey Feldman ... Billy Spencer
Al Lewis ... Uncle Gene

James Hong ... Johnny Staccato
Lorelei Leslie ... Harley
Julie Cialini ... Phyllis Glass (as Julie Lynn Cialini)
Marcus Mueller ... Pigiron
Amy Lynn Rosenthal ... Erika
Ute Weigel ... Solitaire
Tiffany Cara ... Ginger
Christi Bauerle ... Dominique
Kristina Rodriguez ... Pina Kollata
Mindy Feldman ... Francesca

Gary Bristow ... Drill Sergeant
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Additional Details

MPAA:

Rated R for pervasive nudity and some sex scenes.

Runtime:

91 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:R


Fun Stuff

Goofs:

Continuity: As Billy and Harry approach a hot dog stand the blonde girl selling hot dogs is clearly topless from behind. A closer shot then shows her wearing a bikini top. As they walk away she is seen again topless from the rear. more

Movie Connections:

References "Spencer" (1984) more

Soundtrack:

Baja Sax more


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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
I visited Miami because of this film!, 8 November 2001
Author: bluethunder35 (bluethunder35@hotmail.com) from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Back in the 60's, beach movies had casts filled with unattractive actors (Frankie & Annette). In the 80's, beach movies had some attractive ladies, but most of the guys (with the exception of Grant Cramer) were still too wiry. In the 90's, the made-for-video beach movies finally got it right, but if your movies are MFV affairs, whose going to care?

This movie wasn't great, but it wasn't bad either. Mixing up every cliche it can muster, we have a film about a couple of brothers trying to help a woe-be-gone uncle from losing his shirt from a crafty rival through a beach volleyball game. Admittedly, they did put a lot of twists and turns in this one, but there are painful moments here with the acting. Elizabeth Kaitan sounds like she has something stuck in her voice. Al Lewis gets under your nerves, and James Hong delivers every Asian stereotype again. Still, the women are hot and Miami is a gorgeous city as depicted in the film, so if you're into this, by all means take a dip. Just stay out of Club Madonna. My trip to Miami was nice, but it felt more like the S Club 7's.

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