Spring Break (film)
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Spring Break is a 1983 comedy film, starring David Knell and Perry Lang
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Tagline: Like it's really, totally, the most fun a couple of bodies can have. You know?
, where they meet Stu and O.T. from Brooklyn, New York, also there to have fun. The hotel has overbooked the room so Nelson, Adam, Stu and O.T. agree to share the room due to the shortage of hotel rooms. The Wet T-shirt contests, beer drinking and other illicit activities associated with Spring Break are all on display here. Nelson's step-dad shows up and causes trouble for the group; he is paired with a building inspector who threatens to shut down the hotel (and the fun).
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The film's theme song and title track "Spring Break" by Cheap Trick was released as a single with the B-side "Get Ready." However, it failed to chart.
Perry Lang
Perry Lang is an American director, writer and actor.He has directed episodes of television series such as Arli$$, ER, Millennium, Dawson's Creek, NYPD Blue, Nash Bridges, Fantasy Island, Weeds, Gilmore Girls, Army Wives, The Twilight Zone, Alias, Las Vegas, Jack & Bobby and...
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Tagline: Like it's really, totally, the most fun a couple of bodies can have. You know?
Plot summary
Two nerds, Nelson and Adam book a room at an inexpensive hotel in Ft. Lauderdale for a great time on Spring breakSpring break
Spring break – also known as March break, Study week or Reading week in the United Kingdom and some parts of Canada – is a recess in early spring at universities and schools in the United States, Canada, mainland China, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, the United...
, where they meet Stu and O.T. from Brooklyn, New York, also there to have fun. The hotel has overbooked the room so Nelson, Adam, Stu and O.T. agree to share the room due to the shortage of hotel rooms. The Wet T-shirt contests, beer drinking and other illicit activities associated with Spring Break are all on display here. Nelson's step-dad shows up and causes trouble for the group; he is paired with a building inspector who threatens to shut down the hotel (and the fun).
Cast
Actor | Role |
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David Knell | Nelson |
Perry Lang Perry Lang Perry Lang is an American director, writer and actor.He has directed episodes of television series such as Arli$$, ER, Millennium, Dawson's Creek, NYPD Blue, Nash Bridges, Fantasy Island, Weeds, Gilmore Girls, Army Wives, The Twilight Zone, Alias, Las Vegas, Jack & Bobby and... |
Adam |
Paul Land Paul Land Paul Calandrillo , better known as Paul Land, was an American actor who appeared in the movies Spring Break and The Idolmaker. He left acting in the early 1990s to start his own successful construction business in New Jersey under his real name Paul Calandrillo... |
Stu |
Steve Bassett | O.T. |
Jayne Modean Jayne Modean Jayne Modean is an American model and actress who got her break as a fashion model in the late 1970s, appearing on three Seventeen covers in 1977. She was the featured cover model on the February 1981 Inside Sports annual swimsuit issue... |
Susie |
Corinne Alphen Corinne Alphen Corinne Alphen is an American model and actor. She was a Penthouse Pet of the Month and a Pet of the Year. Alphen is also a professional Tarot card reader... |
Joan |
Donald Symington | Ernest Dalby |
Mimi Cozzens | May Dalby |
Richard B. Shull Richard B. Shull Richard Bruce Shull was an American character actor.-Career:Shull was born in Evanston, Illinois, the son of Zana Marie , a court stenographer, and Ulysses Homer Shull, a manufacturing executive. Shull attended the University of Iowa and served in the U.S. Army before starting his Broadway career... |
Eddie |
Jessica James | Geri |
Daniel Faraldo | Eesh |
Donald Symington | Ernest Dalby |
John Archie | Dalby's Henchman |
Robert Small | Dalby's Henchman |
Fred Buch | Ames |
Soundtrack
The soundtrack for the film was issued on vinyl LP and released by Warner Brothers.Side 1:
- "Spring Break" by Cheap TrickCheap TrickCheap Trick is an American rock band from Rockford, Illinois, formed in 1973. The band consists of members Robin Zander , Rick Nielsen , Tom Petersson , and Bun E...
- "One of These Days" by Gerald McMahon (Gerard McMahonGerard McMahonGerard McMahon is an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer who specialises in creating music for films and TV...
) - "True Lovin' Woman" by Jack Mack and the Heart Attack
- "Kids These Days" by DreamersDreamers"Dreamers" is the second single from Jack Savoretti taken from his debut album, Between the Minds.It spent a total of two weeks in the UK Singles Chart, debuting at 123 then falling to 159 a week later. It reached number 23 on the UK Airplay Chart....
- "Do It To You" by Hot Date
Side 2:
- "Me and the Boys" by Dave Edmunds from D.E. 7 album.
- "Hooray For the City" by Jack Mack and the Heart Attack
- "Friends" by Hot Date
- "Hit the Beach" by Big Spender
The film's theme song and title track "Spring Break" by Cheap Trick was released as a single with the B-side "Get Ready." However, it failed to chart.