Screwballs

Screwballs is a 1983 Canadian teen sex comedy film[4] that was inspired by the success of Porky's.[5]

Screwballs
Directed byRafal Zielinski
Written byLinda Shayne
Jim Wynorski
Produced byMaurice Smith
Nicky Fylan
Peter McQuillan
Roger Corman
Starring
CinematographyMiklós Lente
Edited byBrian Ravok
Music byTim McCauley
Distributed byNew World Pictures
Release date
1983
Running time
80 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
Budget$800,000[1]
Box office$2,082,215[2][3]

Plot

In 1965, five boys at Taft and Adams High School try to see the bare breasts of Purity Bush, the most beautiful girl in school. After being set up, reprimanded and sent to detention by the principal because of Purity, they plot their revenge.

Production

Jim Wynorski designed the poster and said that he was inspired by Mad magazine.[6] Linda Shayne posed for the blonde figure on the poster.

Reception

Critical

Variety magazine called the film "a poor man's Porky's... full of youthful exuberance and proves utterly painless to watch, but it is so close in premise and tone to its model that negative comparisons can't help but be drawn".[7] At Metacritic, the film has a score of 34 out of 100 based on seven reviews.[8]

Box office

The film was released in U.S. theaters by New World Pictures in April 1983 and grossed $2,082,215.[2]

Sequels

The film led to two sequels, Screwballs II (1985) and Screwball Hotel (1988).[9]

References
  1. Christopher T. Koetting, Mind Warp!: The Fantastic True Story of Roger Corman's New World Pictures, Hemlock Books. 2009 p 224
  2. Staff (2018-04-28). "Screwballs". boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2018-04-28.
  3. Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 298. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
  4. The New York Times review
  5. "Screwballs", Offscreen, Volume 13 Issue 9 accessed 4 May 2014
  6. Chris Nashawaty, Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen and Candy Stripe Nurses - Roger Corman: King of the B Movie, Abrams, 2013 p 193
  7. Screwballs review at Variety
  8. "Screwballs". Metacritic.
  9. Eleanor Mannikka (2016). "Screwballs II". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016.
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