Porky's
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Porky's is a 1982 20th Century Fox movie about the sexual escapades of teenagers at a 1950s Florida high school. It spawned two sequels (, released in 1983 and Porky's Revenge, released in 1985) of its own and many imitators of the 1980s teen-aimed sexploitation comedy genre.
Critically lambasted for its portrayals of misogyny, these films have nonetheless been popular with teenage viewing audiences (especially since their releases on home video) for their explicit depiction of sexual situations, although they are rather tame in comparison to more recent films such as American Pie.
Although it was filmed in Florida by an American director, Porky's was funded and produced by a Canadian production company, which means that it is technically classified as a Canadian film. Furthermore, according to some calculations, Porky's is the highest-grossing Canadian film of all time.
The first two films were directed by Bob Clark and produced by Harold Greenberg, who founded Astral Communications (now known as Astral Media). James Komack directed the third and last film Porky's Revenge. The first movie featured Canadian actress Kim Cattrall in one of her first major roles involving an orgasm scene in the boys' locker room. Her character's nickname was "Lassie" due to the way she howled during intercourse.
In 2002, radio shock jock Howard Stern's production company acquired the rights to remake the film.
Taglines:
- One Fun Place, One Hip Movie!
- Keep an eye out for the funniest movie about growing up ever made!
- You'll be glad you came!
- The RAUNCHIEST Movie about growing up ever made!
Trivia
- This was the first movie to gross over £1 million in Ireland despite having initially been banned, and only released after appeal.
- Along with The Care Bears Movie, this is one of the highest grossing Canadian movies ever.
- The scene where Ms. Balbricker and Mr. Carter discussing about a penis with a mole on it was scripted, but when the boys kept on laughing while listening was unscripted.
External links
Entries on IMDb- [Porky's Movies Website]
- [Porky's (1982)]
- *[the re-make], still in pre-production as of 2006
- [Porky's II: The Next Day (1983)]
- [Porky's Revenge (1985)]
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