Porky's (1982)

Note des utilisateurs:

5.8/10   

Réalisateur:

Bob Clark

Scénariste:

Bob Clark (written by)

Release Date:

19 mars 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Comedie

Accroche:

Get It At Porky's [Australia Video]

Plot:

Set in 1954, a group of Florida high schoolers seek out to lose their virginity which leads them to seek revenge on a sleazy nightclub owner and his redneck sheriff brother for harassing them.

Plot Keywords:

Sex | Revenge | Florida | Redneck | School

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Avis des utilisateurs:

Telephone call for Michael.....

Ensemble

Dan Monahan	...	Pee Wee
Mark Herrier	...	Billy
Wyatt Knight	...	Tommy
Roger Wilson	...	Mickey
Cyril O'Reilly	...	Tim
Tony Ganios	...	Meat
Kaki Hunter	...	Wendy
Kim Cattrall	...	Honeywell
Nancy Parsons	...	Balbricker
Scott Colomby	...	Brian Schwartz
Boyd Gaines	...	Coach Brackett
Doug McGrath	...	Coach Warren
Susan Clark	...	Cherry Forever
Art Hindle	...	Ted Jarvis
Wayne Maunder	...	Cavanaugh

Autre(s) titre(s):

Chez Porky (Canada: French title)
Porky's (France) [fr]

Durée:

94 min

Pays:

Canada | USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Canada:R (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Ontario) | UK:X (original rating) | Iceland:12 | New Zealand:R16 (re-rating) | New Zealand:R18 (original rating) | Singapore:(Banned) | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Peru:18 | Finland:K-15 | Italy:VM14 | Argentina:18 | Australia:R | Canada:18A (Alberta) (re-rating) (2000) | Norway:15 | South Korea:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R (Certificate No. 26384) | West Germany:16 | Ireland:18 (re-rating on appeal) | Ireland:(Banned) (original rating)

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA

Company:

Melvin Simon Productions

Anecdotes:

This was the highest-grossing movie from Canada for 24 years. As of October 2006, it is now second highest, having been beaten by Bon Cop, Bad Cop (2006).

Goofs:

Plot holes: As the boys first head for Porky's, Mickey explains to Meat that the lawmen working in "Wallacetown" for "Porky Wallace" are just "Porky's stormtroopers." So why, when later recounting their misadventure back in Angel Beach, is Meat shocked and bummed that Wallacetown's "dumb sheriff" sided with Porky?

Guillemet:

Pee Wee Morris: All I need is a watermelon and two jelly donuts!
Billy: That's it. I am not taking a shower with you.
[Billy and the other guys get up and leave]
Pee Wee Morris: Religious fanatics.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Clarkworld (2009)

Soundtrack:

Goodnight Irene

Telephone call for Michael.....

Porky's is the original teen sex comedy.

I had the great pleasure of seeing Porky's in a late night showing on opening day in March 1982 in a theater packed to the gills with 18-25 year olds (although I was 30). I hurt for 3 days from laughing so hard.

There is a portion of the movie, beginning close to the 1 hour mark that is the absolute funniest 14 minutes ever put on film. This includes these three hilarious scenes: Coach and Lassie in the boys locker room (Coach Brackett finds out why they call Miss Honeywell Lassie), then it segues to the guys peeping through the holes into the girls shower room, where Beulah Balbricker gets a 'handle' on Tommy's situation, immediately followed by the scene with Coach Brackett, Coach Warren and Head Coach Goodenough in Principal Carter's office with Beulah describing the "incriminating mole". There were people out of their seats, laying on the floor of the theater screaming with laughter. I have yet to see another motion picture invoke this kind of hilarity in a movie theater. I saw it in the theater 2 or 3 times in it's original theatrical run with the same response. When it became available, I bought the VHS copy, then the laser disc copy and when I got the DVD a few month's ago, I watched it for the zillionth time and I still laugh my butt off when I see those scenes. The acting is great for a bunch of no-names, there are actually great multiple plot-lines (in addition to the typical "get laid at any cost" plot) and the cinematography, editing and sound is above average. They made this movie in 90 days for less than $4 million and it grossed $7 million opening weekend and has grossed over $100 million in theaters to date, most of that in 1982 dollars. The only thing I can say bad about Porky's is that they should have stopped after the first one. The first pathetic sequel (The Next Day) lacked humor, the second sequel (Porky's Revenge) had 30-year-olds playing teenagers and they had long-since lost their youthful charm.