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Summertime Blues

Original title: Summertime Blues: Lemon Popsicle VIII
  • 19881988
  • RR
  • 1h 30m
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4.7/10
705
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Summertime Blues (1988)
Comedy
It's summertime and Johnny hits upon the idea of restoring a disused old bar with his old friends Benny and Bobby. Raising the capital however is a problem, but luckily the landlord's geeky ... Read allIt's summertime and Johnny hits upon the idea of restoring a disused old bar with his old friends Benny and Bobby. Raising the capital however is a problem, but luckily the landlord's geeky daughter Polly has long harboured a crush on Bobby. Bobby wants no part of this and neithe... Read allIt's summertime and Johnny hits upon the idea of restoring a disused old bar with his old friends Benny and Bobby. Raising the capital however is a problem, but luckily the landlord's geeky daughter Polly has long harboured a crush on Bobby. Bobby wants no part of this and neither does Polly who smells a rat. As the boys work on restoring the bar, preparing for it's g... Read all
IMDb RATING
4.7/10
705
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    • Reinhard Schwabenitzky
    • Zachi Noy(idea)
    • Reinhard Schwabenitzky
  • Stars
    • Yftach Katzur
    • Zachi Noy
    • Jonathan Sagall
    • Reinhard Schwabenitzky
    • Zachi Noy(idea)
    • Reinhard Schwabenitzky
  • Stars
    • Yftach Katzur
    • Zachi Noy
    • Jonathan Sagall
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    • 4User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
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    Yftach Katzur, Zachi Noy, and Jonathan Sagall in Summertime Blues (1988)
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    Yftach Katzur
    Yftach Katzur
    • Benzi…
    Zachi Noy
    Zachi Noy
    • Hughie
    Jonathan Sagall
    Jonathan Sagall
    • Bobby
    Elfi Eschke
    • Polly
    Sibylle Rauch
    Sibylle Rauch
    • Eva
    Sissi Pitz
    • Tami
    • (as Sissy Liebold)
    Jacques Cohen
    Jacques Cohen
    • Mr. Braun
    • (as Jack Cohen)
    Dan Turgeman
    Dan Turgeman
    • Charly
    Dvora Kedar
    Dvora Kedar
    • Benjy's Mother
    Sonja Martin
    • Iris
    Iris Shapira
    • Laura
    Dan Harden
    • Romek Weiss
    Sigal Shapira
    • Dana
    Gilles Ben-David
    • Paul
    Yehuda Efroni
    Yehuda Efroni
    • The Trio's Boss
    Yaron Shilon
    • Joshua
    Sarit Seri
    • Sonja No.1
    • (as Sarit Baruch)
    Omna Brik
    • Sonja No.2
      • Reinhard Schwabenitzky
      • Zachi Noy(idea)
      • Reinhard Schwabenitzky
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    • Trivia
      Although there are many 50s cars in this film, a photo of John F. Kennedy appears in the newspaper hinting that this is the early 60s, but it also mentions John Travolta and his role in Grease (at least in German version). Thus, the events of this film take place at least in the late 70s, that is, approximately twenty years after the events of the first movie.
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    5/10
    Anyone for the last Popsicle? Be warned the flavor is slightly different....!
    In the last entry in the 'Popsicle' series we have somewhat of a conflict, namely a slight return to form but a compromise of content. The Popsicle series has had many twists and turns during it's reign, it started out as a raunchy Iserali 'American Graffiti' homage, branching into a series of entertaining, if dopey, sex comedies and then, from Episode 6 onwards, a shameless cash-in on it's former glory, complete with bored cast members and non-existent stories. So it ends as bizarrely as it started, as a German teen movie. Raunchy content is more-or-less ditched in favour of a more family friendly approach, keeping in line with the TV edits of the previous movies very popular on German television. The boys are back, older but not much wiser, with yet another name change (do the translators even watch previous entries??) this time aspiring to open a Hawiaan-style bar with a little help from a rich investor. The key to his help is the rich investor's daughter who has long harboured a crush on bad boy Bobby (Momo) who has no interest in romancing a geeky accident prone nerd to gain the necessary cash to make Hughie/Yuhadle/Johnny's (!!) dream a reality. Interestingly it develops that Zachi Noy's multi-named character is the love-lorn one here replacing Benzi's usual character-ark and in the process giving him little to do. Bobby or Momo has a nice change of pace exhibiting a possible softer side but proving by the final reel that the new writers keep Bobby in check. To say it's flawed is an understatement, it's certainly nowhere near as interesting as the first entry but thankfully seems like 'Gone With The Wind' compared to the previous one! This time the German producers have paid for proper versions of GOOD songs from the era and the new writers at least have bothered with a thread of story (although typically twee and easy) and took the characters (bar poor Benzi) is some new directions. Shame they forget to up the laughs and give the Popsicle fans some scantily clad babes in the process. At least it's a fitting end to this branch of the series, if a watered down one.
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      • 1988 (Israel)
      • West Germany
      • Israel
      • German
      • Hebrew
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      • KF Kinofilm
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    • 1 hour 30 minutes
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