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Die Rache der Eierköpfe

Original title: Revenge of the Nerds
  • 1984
  • 16
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
58K
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1,989
125
Anthony Edwards, Robert Carradine, Donald Gibb, Ted McGinley, Julia Montgomery, and Matt Salinger in Die Rache der Eierköpfe (1984)
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At Adams College, a group of bullied outcasts and misfits resolve to fight back for their peace and self-respect.At Adams College, a group of bullied outcasts and misfits resolve to fight back for their peace and self-respect.At Adams College, a group of bullied outcasts and misfits resolve to fight back for their peace and self-respect.

  • Director
    • Jeff Kanew
  • Writers
    • Tim Metcalfe
    • Miguel Tejada-Flores
    • Steve Zacharias
  • Stars
    • Robert Carradine
    • Anthony Edwards
    • Timothy Busfield
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    58K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,989
    125
    • Director
      • Jeff Kanew
    • Writers
      • Tim Metcalfe
      • Miguel Tejada-Flores
      • Steve Zacharias
    • Stars
      • Robert Carradine
      • Anthony Edwards
      • Timothy Busfield
    • 157User reviews
    • 68Critic reviews
    • 44Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • Videos2

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    Trailer 1:32
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    The Evolution of Nerds
    Video 3:44
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    John Goodman, Donald Gibb, Ted McGinley, and Matt Salinger in Die Rache der Eierköpfe (1984)
    Anthony Edwards, Robert Carradine, Curtis Armstrong, Timothy Busfield, Andrew Cassese, David Moskowitz, Larry B. Scott, and Brian Tochi in Die Rache der Eierköpfe (1984)
    Robert Carradine, Ted McGinley, and Julia Montgomery in Die Rache der Eierköpfe (1984)
    Anthony Edwards, Robert Carradine, Donald Gibb, Ted McGinley, Julia Montgomery, and Matt Salinger in Die Rache der Eierköpfe (1984)
    Anthony Edwards, Robert Carradine, Donald Gibb, Ted McGinley, Julia Montgomery, and Matt Salinger in Die Rache der Eierköpfe (1984)
    Anthony Edwards, Robert Carradine, Curtis Armstrong, Timothy Busfield, Andrew Cassese, Julia Montgomery, and Larry B. Scott in Die Rache der Eierköpfe (1984)
    Anthony Edwards, Robert Carradine, Donald Gibb, Ted McGinley, Julia Montgomery, and Matt Salinger in Die Rache der Eierköpfe (1984)
    Anthony Edwards, Robert Carradine, Curtis Armstrong, Timothy Busfield, Andrew Cassese, Julia Montgomery, and Larry B. Scott in Die Rache der Eierköpfe (1984)
    Robert Carradine in Die Rache der Eierköpfe (1984)
    Die Rache der Eierköpfe (1984)
    Curtis Armstrong, David Moskowitz, and Brian Tochi in Die Rache der Eierköpfe (1984)
    Michelle Meyrink and David Moskowitz in Die Rache der Eierköpfe (1984)

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    Robert Carradine
    Robert Carradine
    • Lewis
    Anthony Edwards
    Anthony Edwards
    • Gilbert
    Timothy Busfield
    Timothy Busfield
    • Poindexter
    Andrew Cassese
    • Wormser
    Curtis Armstrong
    Curtis Armstrong
    • 'Booger'
    Larry B. Scott
    Larry B. Scott
    • Lamar
    Brian Tochi
    Brian Tochi
    • Takashi
    Julia Montgomery
    Julia Montgomery
    • Betty Childs
    • (as Julie Montgomery)
    Michelle Meyrink
    Michelle Meyrink
    • Judy
    Ted McGinley
    Ted McGinley
    • Stan Gable
    Matt Salinger
    Matt Salinger
    • Burke
    Donald Gibb
    Donald Gibb
    • Ogre
    James Cromwell
    James Cromwell
    • Mr. Skolnick
    • (as Jamie Cromwell)
    David Wohl
    David Wohl
    • Dean Ulich
    John Goodman
    John Goodman
    • Coach Harris
    Bernie Casey
    Bernie Casey
    • U.N. Jefferson
    Alice Hirson
    Alice Hirson
    • Mrs. Lowe
    F. William Parker
    F. William Parker
    • Sergeant
    • Director
      • Jeff Kanew
    • Writers
      • Tim Metcalfe
      • Miguel Tejada-Flores
      • Steve Zacharias
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    • Trivia
      James Cromwell has said that when he came up with the nerd laugh, after the other actors imitated it, he later realized - while driving home from the studio on the first day of production - it was his ex-wife's laugh.
    • Goofs
      As was listed in another goof, there were some inconsistencies with the scores during the Greek Games portion of the Homecoming Carnival. Part of this is because one of the events, a Chariot Race, was cut from the final version of the movie (the Chariot Race can be seen on the "panty raid edition" DVD under Deleted Scenes.)
    • Quotes

      Stan Gable: [to Booger] What are you looking at, nerd?

      Booger: [to himself] I thought I was looking at my mother's old douche-bag, but that's in Ohio.

    • Crazy credits
      The title appears on screen immediately following the 20th Century Fox logo, before the Fox Fanfare concludes.
    • Alternate versions
      UK cinema and video versions were complete. The 2003 TCF DVD featured a re-edited print which was changed for legal reasons to remove a genuine telephone number on the "For Rent" sign.
    • Connections
      Edited into Revenge of the Nerds (1991)
    • Soundtracks
      Revenge of the Nerds
      Performed by The Rubinoos

    User reviews157

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    Featured review
    "The jokes in 'Revenge of the Nerds' sometimes fall flat (the burping contest rings to mind) but the film manages to mainly stay on course with what it tries to do: have some fun, and entertain the audi
    Revenge of the Nerds - 1984

    There have been a lot of comedic rip-offs of `Animal House' over the past years. `Police Academy' and all its sequels come to mind, but those films were also rip-offs of `Stripes' with Bill Murray. Basically, all those movies are in the same genre: misfits strike back and win the day. That's what it is. In `Animal House' it was a pack of college slobs; in `Stripes' it was Bill Murray and his gang of oddballs; in `Police Academy' it was Steve Guttenberg with his rip-off pack. Now, I'm reviewing `Revenge of the Nerds,' another comedy about nerds and how they conquer the `cool' people. Thank God this one is funny, and not another rip-off, i.e. `Police Academy.'

    As I write this, I have never seen `Animal House.' I know that to be a `movie buff' `Animal House' is a must-see, but I just haven't gotten around to seeing it yet; not having it at my local video rental store and the television companies never putting it on TV doesn't help, much, either. So, with that in mind, `Revenge of the Nerds,' is, to me, the best college-geeks/misfits comedy around - perhaps even better than `Stripes' (though that is pushing it, a bit).

    After a bunch of nerds are shipped off to college, they are utterly devastated by the fact that they are picked on constantly (though I don't understand how that can be anything new for those guys). The jocks of the college ridicule them publicly, causing them to retreat to their college dorms.

    But now, they've had it up to here, and they are making a strike against the oppression.

    Robert Carradine leads a low-star cast full of geek-comedy stereotypes: the loveable slob, the token black guy with `riddim,' the full-of-himself jock, the snobby (and busty) cheerleader, etc… Fortunately, the characters are almost a pun on those of comedies like `Animal House' – they don't take themselves too seriously. The actors have fun with their roles, and that's always good to see. Robert Carradine proves to be a good actor - not the greatest in the world, but surprisingly convincing. I'm pretty sure he's the brother (son?) of John Carradine; I think so, at least.

    The jokes in `Revenge of the Nerds' sometimes fall flat (the burping contest rings to mind) but the film manages to mainly stay on course with what it tries to do: have some fun, and entertain the audience, while giving slight courage to the nerds of these generations.

    Along in the joke category are the pranks the nerds pull on everyone who ever made fun of them; they make a great array of booby-traps and pranks that would threaten even Macaulay Culkin's mad skills. The pranks are very funny, although a few get out of hand (the plate picture).

    Ask me why I like `Revenge of the Nerds' so much and I can't really tell you why. Granted, it's not a whole lot different (or better) than the ill-fated `Police Academy.' Still, it has some sort of `feel' to it that a lot of eighties comedies had and have, that just make the film worth watching. It grows on you. It's a bit like the feel of a campy movie, except for a comedy. I'm going to have to think of a name for this eighties comedy-film feeling. Perhaps I'll call it `campeight' or something like that. I don't know. I just know that `Revenge of the Nerds' is good entertainment.

    Before I bought `Predator' on DVD about a year ago, and before I bought it on video (yes, this has to do with `Revenge of the Nerds'), I rented it out on video in 1999. I had already seen it, of course, but I felt like watching it again. Anyway, before the film, there was a commercial where the camera scaled this decorated room with all kinds of gadgets and `nerdy' stuff. Finally, the camera came to rest on a chair, and the back of someone's head. Then, that `someone' turned around to reveal…Robert Carradine saying `We're ba-a-a-ack!'

    I instantly felt both happy and sad.

    It was a commercial for `Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise.' I must say that the commercial made it look good, but the sequel is just so-so. The jokes mostly fall flat, and are very reminiscent of the `Police Academy' films and their downfall(s). I just felt like adding this pointless paragraph to this review to tell you readers to ONLY watch the second film if it is on television. It is NOT worth renting. With that in mind, go see `Revenge of the Nerds' part I and have some fun. It's pure entertainment, and is very `campeight.' :)

    3.5/5 stars -

    John Ulmer
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    • Release date
      • August 10, 1984 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Revenge of the Nerds
    • Filming locations
      • Catalina Park Inn - 309 E. 1st Street, Tucson, Arizona, USA(Pi Delta Pi Sorority House)
    • Production companies
      • Twentieth Century Fox
      • Interscope Communications
      • Zacharias-Buhai Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $8,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $40,874,452
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $1,513,090
      • Jul 22, 1984
    • Gross worldwide
      • $40,874,452
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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