| Screwballs | |
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| Directed by | Rafal Zielinski |
| Written by | Linda Shayne Jim Wynorski |
| Produced by | Maurice Smith Nicky Fylan Peter McQuillan Roger Corman |
| Starring |
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| Cinematography | Miklós Lente |
| Edited by | Brian Ravok |
| Music by | Tim McCauley |
| Distributed by | New World Pictures |
Release date | 1983 |
Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $800,000 [1] |
| Box office | $2,082,215 [2] [3] |
Screwballs is a 1983 Canadian teen sex comedy film [4] that was inspired by the success of Porky's . [5]
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.
Jim Wynorski designed the poster and said that he was inspired by Mad magazine. [6] Linda Shayne posed for the blonde figure on the poster.
Variety magazine called the film "a poor man's Porky'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". [7] At Metacritic, the film has a score of 34 out of 100 based on seven reviews. [8]
The film was released in U.S. theaters by New World Pictures in April 1983 and grossed $2,082,215. [2]
The film led to two sequels, Screwballs II (1985) and Screwball Hotel (1988). [9]
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