Bachelor Party (1984)

A soon-to-be-married man's friends throw him the ultimate bachelor party.

Director:

Neal Israel

Writers:

Bob Israel (story), Neal Israel (screenplay)

Stars:

Tom Hanks, Tawny Kitaen, Adrian Zmed

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tom Hanks	...	Rick Gassko
Tawny Kitaen	...	Debbie Thompson
Adrian Zmed	...	Jay O'Neill
George Grizzard	...	Ed Thompson
Barbara Stuart	...	Mrs. Thompson
Robert Prescott	...	Cole Whittier
William Tepper	...	Dr. Stan Gassko
Wendie Jo Sperber	...	Dr. Tina Gassko
Barry Diamond	...	Rudy
Gary Grossman	...	Gary
Michael Dudikoff	...	Ryko
Bradford Bancroft	...	Brad Mollen
Martina Finch	...	Phoebe
Deborah Harmon	...	Ilene
Tracy Smith	...	Bobbi

Storyline

Rick Gassko is about to marry Debbie Thompson. Her parents hate him. Her old boyfriend hates him. They all have money and he gets a cut of the crap games on the Catholic school bus that he drives. His friends decide to give him the bachelor party of all bachelor parties in an expensive hotel with booze, adult movies and hookers. As the players catch wind of the elements of the party, each adds a little monkey wrench so that one set of hookers ends up giving demos at the bride's shower, the brides friends end up dressed as hookers in a room with a number of non English speaking Japanese businessmen, and so on, as things get out of hand.

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Plot Keywords:

female frontal nudity | bachelor party | prostitute | breasts | hotel room | 

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Taglines:

A man's tradition every woman should know about.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Japanese

Release Date:

29 June 1984 (USA)

Also Known As:

Despedida de soltero

Filming Locations:

John Marshall High School - 3939 Tracy Street, Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$4,775,155, 1 July 1984

Gross USA:

$38,435,947

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bachelor Party Productions, Aspect Ratio Film, Twin Continental

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Kelly McGillis had originally secured the female lead, but was fired early in the shoot because she wasn't considered to be pretty or sexy enough.

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Goofs

When Rick drives the bus away from the school he hits the "play" button on the cassette player but there is obviously no tape in the player but music appears to be playing.

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Quotes

Mrs. Thompson: Is that the foot-long?
Nick: And then some.

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Connections

Featured in At the Movies: Conan the Destroyer/Top Secret!/Under the Volcano (1984)

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Soundtracks

Crazy Over You
Performed by Jools Holland
Composed by Jools Holland
Produced by Jools Holland
Courtesy of I.R.S. Records

User Reviews

Tom Hanks in 'funny' shocker!

Bachelor Party has few redeeming features, but it does have one big one: it's funny. Tom Hanks is about to get married, and his friends throw him one big bachelor party. Naked women, large amounts of drinking and a donkey getting high all follow.

Of course, someone wants to ruin the fun, in the form of Hank's bride-to-be father. Naturally, all of his plans to ruin the party are foiled by the motley crew.

Most of the gags in Bachelor Party are tasteless, but that's half of the fun. Not really recommended to devout Christians, but those with open minds will either find this film infectiously silly, or just stupid. It's a nice reminder of what film makers could get away with in the 80's, though. American Pie, it's nearest competitor, is too glossy and slick to be a proper Hollywood soft porn flick. It also has too much of a heart. Bachelor Party just piles on the dirtiness, and throws in a moral at the end, which is the way all 'Porky's' copies should be made (although Party is more fun than Porkys.)

(Comedy, 1984)