Just One of the Guys (1985)

Regisseur:

Lisa Gottlieb

Drehbuchautoren:

Dennis Feldman (screenplay) and
Jeff Franklin (screenplay) ...

Premierendatum:

26. April 1985 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie

Werbezeile:

Terry Griffith is about to go where no woman has gone before.

Plot:

Terry Griffith has got it all -- looks, popularity, the perfect college boyfriend, and an article that's...

Plot Keywords:

Cult Comedy | Teen Comedy | Cult | Undercover Journalist | High School

Filmpreise:

3 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

One of my favs of the '80s

Besetzung

Joyce Hyser	...	Terry Griffith
Clayton Rohner	...	Rick Morehouse
Billy Jayne	...	Buddy Griffith (as Billy Jacoby)
Toni Hudson	...	Denise
William Zabka	...	Greg Tolan
Leigh McCloskey	...	Kevin
Sherilyn Fenn	...	Sandy
Deborah Goodrich	...	Deborah
Arye Gross	...	Willie
Robert Fieldsteel	...	Phil
Stuart Charno	...	Reptile
John Apicella	...	Coach Mickey Morrison
Kenneth Tigar	...	Mr. Raymaker
Steven Basil	...	Mark (as Steve Basil)
J. Williams	...	Julian & Prom Band - Brock / Davis

Alternativ:

Als Junge ist sie Spitze (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

90 Min | Sweden:100 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Tonverfahren:

Dolby

Altersfreigabe:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Iceland:L | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Sweden:11 | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:12 | UK:15

Drehorte:

Arcadia, Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Firma:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Dies und das:

Sandy mentions that Terry looks like the Karate Kid. William Zabka, playing school bully Greg, appeared as the bully in The Karate Kid (1984).

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: Terry's cup of punch at the prom has a frog in it. In the close-up, the frog has completely changed positions and is a much lighter color of green before returning to its original position and color in the wide shot.

Dialogzitate:

Terry: I'm just so confused.
Buddy: Of course you're confused. You're wearing my underwear.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Ausschnittsweise enthalten in "I Love the 80's 3-D" (2005)

Soundtrack:

Gone Too Far

One of my favs of the '80s

I got this movie at a rental store in 1985. It had already been out and I guess didn't do well so it went straight to video. We asked the guy at the counter what was a good movie to see. He recommended this one. Good choice. I must have seen it about 25 times now.

It's a cute movie about a girl who thinks she's a hot shot school reporter but she gets shot down during a school contest. Winner of the contest gets to work at a real paper during the summer. So she gets in drag(?) as a boy and goes to another school to resubmit it there. Still doesn't get accepted. So the teacher tells her to think of another story with an interesting angle. This is how she turns her future experences as a boy at that new school into "I was a teenage boy for eight weeks"!

This has old stars and new ones in it. Old being Leigh McCloskey from "Dallas" (as the boyfriend) and Toni Hudson of "Cross Creek" and "Places In the Heart" (as the girlfriend). The new stars are Arye Gross from TV's "Ellen" (as one of the geeks), William Zabka of the "Karate Kid" (as the bully), and Sherilyn Fenn of Twin Peaks (as girl who wants the new kid).

Clayton Ruhner is very good in his second ever role. Joyce Hyser is cute and funny as the girl/boy. Though her character is a bit stuckup, she changes her view in at the end. After all, beauty has fallen for the beast, er.. I mean geek. The rest of the cast is good and together makes this movie fun to watch.

Special mention to Billy Jayne as the horny brother who is so desperate to have sex he will try anything to get it. If you get a chance to see it unedited, do it and I know that you will enjoy this cute look at '80s teenage life. Though I don't remember school being like this.