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:

Shocking, Shameless, Sinful, Wicked. And the party hasn't even started.

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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

According to the DVD, this film was inspired by the actual bachelor party thrown for producer Bob Israel.

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Goofs

The 1971 Plymouth Satellite being serviced on four jack stands where the undercarriage falls out - Mopar B-bodies (produced until the 1979 model year) do not have a full perimeter frames; Chrysler products produced in the 1970s were unibody vehicles with the exception of its 1971-77 full-sized C platform vehicles (Imperial, Fury, Monaco) which had a bolt-on subframe. The only full-framed Chrysler products produced in the 1970s were Dodge light and medium duty trucks.

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Quotes

Rick Gassko: Uh oh. It's Mr. Laughs.

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Connections

Referenced in Perfect Strangers: Bachelor Party (1991)

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Soundtracks

Bachelor Party Theme
Performed by Oingo Boingo
Composed by Danny Elfman
Produced by Oingo Boingo, Paul Ratajczak
Courtesy of I.R.S. Records

User Reviews

An early comedy favorite from the 1980's.

When a goofy Care-Free bus driver named Rick (Two Time Oscar-Winner:Tom Hanks), who decides to get married with a rich nice young woman named Debbie (Tawny Kitaen). Rick's friends (Adrian Zmed, William Tepper, Barry Diamond, Gary Grossman, Gradford Bancroft & Michael Dudikoff) decides to give Rick, an wild all-out Bachelor Party. While Rick's nemesis, a scumbag named Cole (Robert Prescott) tries to ruined the party of Rick and also trying to framed him as well. Since he's still crazy about his ex-girlfriend:Debbie.

Directed by Neal Isreal (Suft Ninjas) made an amusing comedy, which it was in the heights of Tom Hanks' career. Which he had another hit in 1984, which it was "Splash". Hanks is fun, so is the entire cast. This has some memorable funny scenes and clever gags as well. This has becomes an Camp Classic. Fans of his early work, should enjoy this as well.

DVD has an fine anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) transfer and an good-Dolby Digital 4.0 Surround Sound. DVD also vintage behind the scenes vignettes and short interviews with the actors as well. Fans of wild 1980's sex comedies will have a blast. (****/*****).