Skatetown U.S.A. (1979)
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Film debut of Patrick Swayze. Film debut of Katherine Kelly Lang.
According to Maureen McCormick, cocaine use was common during filming. In her book "Here's the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice", she writes "Like a disco, there was a lot of cocaine being done on the set. Many people were open about it."
Patrick Swayze and April Allen were roller skating partners as children in Houston, Texas. When filming started, they hadn't seen each other for eleven years.
This film was the first roller-disco movie of the late 1970s. It was released a few months before Roller Boogie (1979).
Until 2019, the movie had never been released on any home video format, possibly due to rights issues with the soundtrack.
After Patrick Swayze appeared in Dirty Dancing (1987), this movie was nicknamed "Dirty Skating".
The movie features a few American television stars from the 1960s and 1970s, including Scott Baio, Ruth Buzzi, Maureen McCormick, Ron Palillo, and Flip Wilson.
The nickname of the DJ was the Wizard. The Wiz (1978) had been released the previous year.
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Dorothy Stratten: The blonde at the food counter ordering pizza. She was the August 1979 Playboy Playmate Of The Month and 1980 Playmate Of The Year.
