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Actors: Fran Drescher, Robert Wohl, Micihelle Pfeiffer, Tony Danza
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Hollywood Knights |
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This comedy is a combination of American Graffiti, American Pie and Animal House It is a tasteless but very funny look at the misadventures of students at Beverly Hills High School, circa 1965.
It's Halloween, and not only are students ready to party but they're also up in arms over the demise of a local drive-in. Led by Newboomb Turk (Robert Wohl), they try to foil plans to close down their favorite eatery by spiking the punch at a stuffy adult party (I won't say with what) and playing pranks on the hapless local cops. At the same time, their raging hormones persuade them to have sex, play childish pranks involving lots of scatological humor, and disrupt the school's annual talent show with a supremely untalented but highly vulgar "performance."
There are also two semi-serious subplots. One involves the older brother of one of the kids who's leaving for Vietnam in the morning. The other dwells on a romantic spat between a wannabe Hollywood star (Michaelle Pfeiffer) and her boyfriend (Tony Danza). While it's interesting to see these performers so early in their careers, these serious scenes are fairly boring and definitely play second fiddle to the ribald hijinks perpetrated by the high schoolers.
--Elana Starr, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Hollywood Knights |
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Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Kind of comedy
- teens acting dopey
How much humor v. drama
- Nearly all humor
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Events of movie makes character more...
- tougher
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Black)
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- (woman) very skinny
How much in movie?
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- an organization
Setting
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Misc setting
- school
Style
Movie makes you feel...
- full of laughter
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- touching of personal anatomy
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Classic/oldies rock
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