Hot Dog…The Movie is a teen sex comedy ski film released in January 1984. The film went on to gross over $17 million.
| Hot Dog... The Movie! | |
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 Theatrical release poster by Phil Roberts[1] | |
| Directed by | Peter Markle |
| Written by | Mike Marvin |
| Produced by | Edward S. Feldman Mike Marvin |
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| Cinematography | Paul Ryan |
| Edited by | John Stewart |
| Music by | Peter Bernstein Mark Goldenberg John Stewart |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | MGM/UA Entertainment Co. |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $2 million[2] |
| Box office | $17.7 million[3] or $22 million[2] |
Plot edit
This article needs an improved plot summary. (April 2015) |
The film stars Patrick Houser as Harkin Banks, a young and ambitious freestyle skier from Bonners Ferry, Idaho who is determined to prove himself in a freestyle skiing competition at Squaw Valley (renamed in 2021 as Palisades Tahoe).
Along the way he teams with a pack of fun-loving incorrigibles who called themselves the "Rat Pack" (whose leader, Dan O'Callahan is played by David Naughton), picks up an Austrian nemesis named Rudi (John Patrick Reger), and enters a love triangle with a pair of blondes, a young woman named Sunny (Tracy N. Smith) and the more mature Sylvia Fonda (played by 1982 Playboy Playmate of the Year Shannon Tweed in just her second major film role).
The movie ends with an extended race scene, all of the characters take part in a "Chinese Downhill" race to determine the real champion of the competition. Prior to the Chinese downhill, Kendo Yamamoto asks "whata dafuka isa Chinese downhill?".
Cast edit
- David Naughton as Dan O'Callahan
- Patrick Houser as Harkin Banks
- Tracy Smith as Sunny
- John Patrick Reger as Rudolph "Rudi" Garmisch
- Frank Koppala as "Squirrel" Murphy
- James Saito as Kendo Yamamoto
- Shannon Tweed as Sylvia Fonda
- George Theobald as "Slasher"
- Mark Vance as Heinz Hartman
- Eric Watson as "Fergy"
- Lynn Wieland as Michelle
- Sandy Hackett as T-Shirt Contestant M.C.
- Crystal Smith as The Motel Clerk
- Peter Vogt as Fader Black
- Robert Fuhrmann as Rick Lauter
- David Chilton as The Corrupt Ski Judge
Reception edit
Janet Maslin, writing in the New York Times, gave a generally positive review, describing the film as "light and less moronic than it might have been."[4]
References edit
- ^ "Hot Dog... The Movie Movie Poster".
- ^ a b WE'RE TALKING GROSS, TACKY AND DUMB Brown, Peter H. Los Angeles Times 20 Jan 1985: 6.
- ^ Hot Dog…The Movie at Box Office Mojo
- ^ "Hot Dog... The Movie -- Skiers Competing and Playing," Janet Maslin, New York Times January 14, 1986.
External links edit
- Hot Dog ... The Movie at IMDb
- Hot Dog... The Movie at AllMovie
- Hot Dog... The Movie at Rotten Tomatoes
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