Senior Trip (1981)

A group of graduating students from a midwestern high school comes to New York City on a trip to celebrate the impending end of school. The students include: Roger Ellis, an ambitious teen ... See full summary »

Director:

Kenneth Johnson

Writers:

Kenneth Johnson, Dan Kibbie

Stars:

Scott Baio, Faye Grant, Randy Brooks

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Scott Baio	...	Roger Ellis
Faye Grant	...	Denise
Randy Brooks	...	David
Peter Coffield	...	Jerry
Mickey Rooney	...	Himself
Jane Hoffman	...	Mrs. Pritchardson
Jeffrey Marcus	...	Jon Lipton (as Jeff Marcus)
Liz Callaway	...	Judy Matheson
James Carroll	...	Fred
Ralph Davis	...	Vic
Ron Fassler	...	Bob
Julia Montgomery	...	Marlene
Bernard Barrow	...	Nathan Aldrich
Robert Hitt	...	Stanley Simpson
Vincent Spano	...	Dick

Storyline

A group of graduating students from a midwestern high school comes to New York City on a trip to celebrate the impending end of school. The students include: Roger Ellis, an ambitious teen aiming for success in big business; David, an aspiring rock star; Judy Matheson, a stagestruck coed actress wannabe; Denise, a free-spirited girl hoping to obtain a degree of sophistication; Fred, a lotharo looking for any Big City woman to be with; and Jon Lipton, a would-be artist hoping to make it big. Mickey Rooney also appears briefly as himself during the backstage scene at the play "Sugar Babies."

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Plot Keywords:

gay man has sex with a woman | artist | underage drinking | tourist | horse | 

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Taglines:

All aboard for a ride on the wild side!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 December 1981 (USA)

Also Known As:

Férias em Nova York

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kenneth Johnson Productions,Quinn Martin Productions (QM)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

[All trivia items for this title are spoilers.]

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Goofs

When they depart from a school that is supposed to be in Youngstown Ohio, we can clearly see the Hudson river and Tappan Zee Bridge in Westchester County, NY.

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Soundtracks

Rhapsody In Blue
(excerpt)
by George Gershwin

User Reviews

Only gets better with each occasional viewing

I taped this CBS made-for-TV I guess back in 1981, not really knowing what it was about. I was so involved in trying to delete the commercial breaks, it was not until later I realized how good it was and not until about the fifth viewing that I realized Jason Alexander (later of Seinfield) was one of the Seniors. Like the song auditioned for Mickey Rooney, "One More Time", this movie gets better each time I view it. Since I goofed and let a few ads and station breaks slip in, I recently started a search for Senior Trip on DVD. No luck...and evidently it is not even available anymore on video. Scenes of New York include the now-gone World Trade Towers and great aerial shots of the city skyline and scope of Central Park. UPDATE: I found this title being shown this afternoon (Nov.28,2006) on Encore but unfortunately it had already started so I did not have a chance to record it on disc. Hopefully I can find the next showing and be ready.