Screwballs

Screwballs
Directed by	Rafal Zielinski
Written by	Linda Shayne Jim Wynorski
Produced by	Maurice Smith Nicky Fylan Peter McQuillan Roger Corman
Starring	Peter Keleghan Lynda Speciale Linda Shayne Kent Deuters
Cinematography	Miklós Lente
Edited by	Brian Ravok
Music by	Tim McCauley
Distributed by	New World Pictures
Release date	1983(1983)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English
Budget	$800,000
Box office	$2,082,215

Screwballsis a 1983 Canadianteensex comedy filmthat was inspired by the success ofPorky's.

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

Following the success ofPorky's,Roger Cormantold Linda Shayne, who had worked for him, that he was interested in a low budget teen sex comedy. Shayne wrote one withJim Wynorski,who did Corman's advertising and had written scripts for him. Corman liked the script, originally entitledHide the Salami,and agreed to provide $500,000 of the budget. Shayne arranged for the balance to be found in Canada where the film was shot.The rest of the money came from the Canadian Film Development Corporation, a Canadian physician and a Canadian theatre chain. Filming took place in Toronto.

The movie was originally calledCrazy Timesand was set in 1962 but then this was shifted to 1964.

Jim Wynorskidesigned the poster and said that he was inspired byMadmagazine.Linda Shayne posed for the blonde figure on the poster.

Reception

Critical

Varietymagazine called the film "a poor man'sPorky'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 ".AtMetacritic,the film has a score of 34 out of 100 based on seven reviews.

Box office

The film was released in U.S. theaters byNew World Picturesin April 1983 and grossed $2,082,215.

Sequels

The film led to two sequels,Screwballs II(1985) andScrewball Hotel(1988).

External links

• ScrewballsatIMDb
• Review of filmat Canuxploitation
• Review of filmat AV Club
• Review of filmat Mondo Digital
• ScrewballsatRotten Tomatoes