School Spirit
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| Directed by | Alan Holleb |
| Written by | Geoffrey Baere |
| Produced by | Ashok Amritraj Jeff Begun |
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| Cinematography | Robert Ebinger |
| Edited by | Sonya Sones |
| Music by | Tom Bruner |
Production Template:Pluralize from text | Chroma III Productions Amritraj |
| Distributed by | Concorde Pictures |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Template:Pluralize from text | United States |
| Template:Pluralize from text | English |
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School Spirit is a 1985 American supernatural sex comedy film directed by Alan Holleb, and starring Tom Nolan, Roberta Collins, and Larry Linville. It follows a college student who is killed in a car accident and returns as a ghost to haunt his school.
It was one of the first films from Roger Corman's new distribution company, Concorde Pictures, along with films like Barbarian Queen, Loose Screws, Cocaine Wars, and Wheels of Fire.[1][2] Corman said he had to form his own distribution company because the owners of New World Pictures — which he sold — refused to distribute this and Wheels of Fire.[3]
Plot
A college student gets into a car crash and becomes a special kind of ghost who can make himself invisible or corporeal at will. He takes advantage of his powers to pursue his fellow female students, during the infamous "Hog Day".
Cast
Production
The film was based on an idea of Geoffrey Bare called College Ghost about a campus Casanova who comes back as a ghost to help a nerd get laid. He pitched it unsuccessfully, but director Allan Holleb felt it had possibilities. They adjusted the script and ended up selling it to Roger Corman, who had worked with Holleb on Candy Stripe Nurses. Corman agreed to help make the film.Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found. Holleb says one of his inspirations was the Italian film Il Sorpasso (1962).Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Footnotes/anchor_id_list' not found.
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Release
School Spirit was released on October 25, 1985 in Pennsylvania.[4]
Reception
The Philadelphia Daily News called it "an affably low-rent soft-core item that dares to tackle such compelling subjects as life, death, mortality, morality and overaged schoolgirls who like to flex their mammary glands."[5]
The Los Angeles Times called it a "vulgar, ugly looking little film of no visual distinction or ambition."[6]
The Philadelphia Inquirer critic wrote, "By my count, there are 37 naked female breasts in the movie... (one aspiring actress appears only in profile; she must have a bad agent). I mention this because there's really no other reason for the movie to exist. There are no hot sex scenes, no terrific new jokes, no remotely funny performances. Just jiggle, jiggle, jiggle... a cheapo, one-gimmick teen sex comedy that's so thin and so exploitative that it couldn't even interest a minor distribution company."[7]
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.London, Michael (March 22, 1985). "Handicapping the Oscar Field". Los Angeles Times. p. 1.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wilmington, Michael (February 10, 1986). "'Cocaine Wars' Toe the Low-Budget Line". Los Angeles Times. p. 7.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.LONDON, MICHAEL (March 6, 1985). "Corman, New World Sue In A Battle For Control". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."School Spirit". The Evening News. October 25, 1985. p. C6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Baltake, Joe (October 29, 1985). "'School Spirit': As Soft-Core, It's a Super Bore". Philadelphia Daily News. p. 52.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Wilmington, Michael (December 17, 1985). "A Failing Grade for 'School Spirit'". Los Angeles Times. p. G5.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lyman, Rick (October 26, 1985). "Mindless 'School Spirit' Flunks Out". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. C5.
Sources
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Borseti, Francesco (2016). It Came from the 80s!: Interviews with 124 Cult Filmmakers. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-1-476-66604-4.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Toga Party: The Official Soy Boy Podcast (October 24, 2016). "Toga Party 80 - School Spirit" (Podcast).
External links
- School Spirit at IMDbTemplate:Edit at Wikidata
- School Spirit at the TCM Movie Database (archived)Template:Edit at Wikidata
- Review of film at Film School Rejects
