Totally Awesome (2006)

A spoof of 1980s teen movies.

Director:

Neal Brennan

Writers:

Neal Brennan, Michael Schur

Stars:

Mikey Day, Dominique Swain, Chris Kattan

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mikey Day	...	Charlie
Dominique Swain	...	Lori
Chris Kattan	...	Gabriel
Trevor Heins	...	Max
Nicki Clyne	...	Billie
Brittany Daniel	...	Kimberly
James Hong	...	Mr. Yamagashi
Teryl Rothery	...	Mrs. Gunderson
Greg Kean	...	Mr. Gunderson
Joey Kern	...	Kipp
Tracy Morgan	...	Darnell
Tone Loc	...	Tone Loc
Adam Thomas	...	Kipp's Boy #1
Marc Menard	...	Kipp's Boy #2
Richard de Klerk	...	Werewolf / Nick (as Richard DeKlerk)

Storyline

A spoof of typical 1980's teen movies. The idea is that VH1 found a "long-lost", never-released teen film made in the 1980's and decided to air it now in 2006; thus it is loaded with the typical formula, clichés, bad fashions, and stereotypical characters found in those movies and makes fun of them.

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Plot Keywords:

1980s | spoof | parody | teen movie | sexual attraction | 

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Taglines:

Where the dancing is dirty, the pink is pretty, and the foot runs loose.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Did You Know?

Trivia

Dominique Swain plays a young girl who has a physical relationship with a much older man. Swain's breakout role was in the controversial movie Lolita in which she played the title character who is a girl who has a physical relationship with a much older man.

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Goofs

During the scene where Lori is in the principal's office, you can see modern vehicles through the window. At the decathlon, a modern minivan is in the parking lot.

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Quotes

Gabriel: In the meantime, lets all get some icecream. But you guys have to pay, alright, cause I'm a janitor.

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Connections

Spoofs Risky Business (1983)

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Soundtracks

Urgent
Written by Mick Jones (as M. Jones)
Performed by Foreigner
Published by Somerset Songs Publishing, Inc.
Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp.
By Arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & Television Licensing

User Reviews

If it wasn't cliché, I'd say "Totally Awesome" is Totally Awesome!

I was born in 1986, so, yeah, I wasn't old enough to be a part of everything like some of you guys were, but, as I did get older, I did rent or watch all the 80's movies on TV. I also love 80's music and own a bunch of 80's cd's and listen to 80's weekend on 94.3 OK, now to the movie. I loved it. Was there things that were miss? Yes. Was there things that were hit? Most definitely. More than there were miss. The only things I didn't like about the movie was the character of Max. The movie would have held better without him as he wasn't needed at all and wasn't funny. The second thing was the soundtrack. They played awesome 80's songs, but, there were only like 7 80's songs in the film. I felt like they could have used a good 15-20 songs from the 80's and it would have made a great Totally Awesome soundtrack to buy on cd. Other than that, for the songs they did use, it was awesome. The styles were also quite awesome. And, the spoofs were just hilarious. The TV spots didn't do the movie justice as it was way funny. I bought the DVD on the day it came out, which was today. And, it's unrated, and, for a TV movie, the DVD isn't vanilla at all. There looks to be some decent special features, though, I have yet to watch them. So, be sure to at least rent and watch this movie if you haven't seen it on VH1 yet, because, you'll love it if you're a child of the 80's or before. Heck, I'm sure you'll want to buy the DVD even.

Details

Country:

USA Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 December 2008 (Argentina)

Also Known As:

Totalmente Demais

Filming Locations:

Tsawwassen, Delta, British Columbia, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

3 Arts Entertainment, Awesome Productions Inc., Awesome Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1