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Porky's
Sign in to save'''''Porky's''''' is a 1981 sex comedy film written and directed by Bob Clark about the escapades of teenagers in 1954 at the fictional Angel Beach High School in Florida. The film stars Kim Cattrall, Scott Colomby, Kaki Hunter, Nancy Parsons, Alex Karras, and Susan Clark.
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6.4In 1954 Florida, a group of high school boys head to a strip club in the Everglades in an attempt to lose their collective virginity. When the club's owner and his sheriff brother swindle them out of their money and embarrass them, the boys plan revenge.
Cast
- Dan Monahan as Pee Wee
- Mark Herrier as Billy
- Wyatt Knight as Tommy
- Roger Wilson as Micky
- Cyril O'Reilly as Tim
- Tony Ganios as Meat
Themes
- virgin
- florida
- everglades
- stripper
- loss of virginity
- redneck
- school
- hijinks
- racism
- lust
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Porky's
- Film.image
- Porkys.jpg
- Film.alt
- The arm and leg of a woman reaching to turn on a shower, an eye peeping through a hole in the wall.
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- Bob Clark
- Film.writer
- Bob Clark
- Film.cinematography
- Reginald H. Morris
- Film.editing
- Stan Cole
- Film.distributor
- 20th Century-Fox
- Film.runtime
- 98 minutes
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $4–5 million
- Film.gross
- $160 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- Canada
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Porky's II: The Next Day
- Main subject
- virginity
- Director
- Bob Clark
- Screenwriter
- Bob Clark
- Cast member
- Art Hindle
- Composer
- Paul Zaza
- Production company
- Astral Media
- Narrative location
- Florida
- Filming location
- Miami
- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 226654
- Distribution format
- video on demand
Show 5 more facts
- title
- Porky's
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 40/100
- publication date
- 1982-09-04
Sources (11)
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Plot
- Cast
- Production
- Release
- Critical response
- Box office
- Home media
- Sequels and additional media
- Remake
- Howard Stern remake
- ''Porky's: Pimpin' Pee Wee''
- References
- External links
'''''Porky's''' is a 1981 sex comedy film written and directed by Bob Clark about the escapades of teenagers in 1954 at the fictional Angel Beach High School in Florida. The film stars Kim Cattrall, Scott Colomby, Kaki Hunter, Nancy Parsons, Alex Karras, and Susan Clark.
The film influenced many writers in the teen film genre and spawned two sequels: Porky's II: The Next Day (1983) and Porky's Revenge! (1985), and the followup Porky's: Pimpin' Pee Wee (2009). Porky's'' was the sixth highest-grossing film of 1982. The film received generally positive reviews at the time of its release, but reviews have become more mixed-to-negative over time.
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