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\"\"Weekend Pass<\/strong> (1984)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Crown International\/Comedy\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RT: 92 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rated R (sexual humor and references, nudity, language, brief violence)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Director: Lawrence Bassoff\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Screenplay: Lawrence Bassoff\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Music: John Baer\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cinematography: Bryan England\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Release date: April 27, 1984 (Philadelphia, PA)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cast: D.W. Brown, Peter Ellenstein, Patrick Houser, Chip McAllister, Pamela G. Kay, Hilary Shapiro, Graem McGavin, Daureen Collodel, Annette Sinclair, Grand L. Bush, Sara Costa, Valerie McIntosh, Cheryl Song, Peter Bailey-Britton, Phil Hartman, Theodore Wilson, Bunny Summers, Lynne Stewart, Mona Charles, Debbie Christoffersen, Joan Dykman.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Box Office: $21M (US)<\/p>\n

Rating: <\/strong>*** <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>In the first 15 minutes of Weekend Pass<\/strong>, a T&A comedy about four sailors on the make in L.A., the viewer gets the following: a dumb hemorrhoid joke, a cheesy opening song and the obligatory first-stop visit to a strip club. Taken together, along with it bearing the Crown International logo, there’s never any confusion about what type of movie it is.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Written and directed by Lawrence Bassoff (Hunk), Weekend Pass <\/strong>may sound like an R-rated version of the 1949 musical On the Town, but I can assure you that Frank Sinatra and Gene Kelly would not approve of what these sailors get into over the course of 72 hours. None of it involves tap dancing, you can believe that!<\/p>\n

\u00a0Four Navy men fresh out of basic training hit the City of Angels for three days of R&R before shipping out. They’re looking to get laid, of course, but they have other things going on. Aspiring stand-up comedian Fricker (Brown, Fast Times at Ridgemont High) has a gig at a comedy club. Ladies man Webster (Hauser, Hot Dog… The Movie) has a hot date with his college crush Cindy (Shapiro, Hunk). Nerdy Lester (Ellenstein, The Last American Virgin) has a blind date with his CO\u2019s niece Tawny (McGavin, My Tutor). He\u2019s nervous about it because he\u2019s a virgin. Tough black dude Bunker Hill (McAllister, Hamburger: The Motion Picture) wants to reconnect with his old girlfriend Etta (McIntosh, The Naked Cage) who\u2019s now with the leader of his old street gang.<\/p>\n

\u00a0As you can see, Weekend Pass<\/strong> isn\u2019t heavy on plot. Did you expect anything more…. or less? It mainly focuses on the guys\u2019 escapades like trying to help Lester lose his virginity. The guys employ the services of an Asian masseuse who comes to their motel room and leaves Lester looking like a human pretzel. A visit to Bunker\u2019s old neighborhood results in a violent confrontation with the aforementioned gang leader (Bush, Die Hard). Webster’s hot date becomes the date from hell when Cindy turns out to be a high maintenance phony who ignores him while she talks on the phone or schmoozes with important people at an expensive Beverly Hills restaurant. At the end, there\u2019s a party at an aerobics studio that should erase any doubt that Weekend Pass <\/strong>was made in the 80s with the outfits, cheesy music and break dancers.<\/p>\n

\u00a0There\u2019s romance too. Bunker meets an attractive aerobics instructor Tina (Kay, Rescue Me) who initially rejects his advances, but changes her tune after he persists and persists. Fricker meets an attractive comedienne (Collodel) at the club. Lester\u2019s date goes well; it turns out she\u2019s a nerdette. \u00a0Even better, she has a cute cousin Maxine (Sinclair, Hide and Go Shriek) who takes a liking to Webster. My movie\u2019s end, they all have girlfriends. Spoiler, what spoiler? You had to know this would be the eventual outcome. Silly T&A comedies like Weekend Pass<\/strong> aren\u2019t known for plot twists.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Surprisingly, Weekend Pass<\/strong> isn\u2019t as sleazy as it looks. I\u2019m not sure I\u2019d even classify it as a dirty movie even though it has a decent amount of nudity and sex humor. I didn’t like it when I first saw it at a Saturday afternoon matinee way back in April ’84. I didn\u2019t find it particularly funny and it has one of the worst opening songs I’ve ever heard. It’s a bouncy number with some truly awful lyrics. Take a gander at the chorus- “Weekend pass, weekend pass, this is just a weekend pass\/Weekend pass, you took me on a weekend pass\/Weekend pass, we only have a weekend pass\/Weekend pass.” The song is written by John Baer and sung by Robbie Baer (not sure if and how they’re related). It’s terrible yet somehow it fits right in with the tone of the movie. It\u2019s so bad, I love it! I have it on one of my playlists.<\/p>\n

\u00a0In the 40+ years since its release, I’ve developed an appreciation for bad 70s and 80s T&A comedies, especially the ones from Crown- e.g. The Pom Pom Girls, The Van, Malibu Beach, Van Nuys Blvd., The Beach Girls and My Tutor. None of them are high art, but they\u2019re great for what they are.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Like its cinematic brethren, Weekend Pass<\/strong> is made to be watched on cable late at night by teenage boys who keep the sound turned down low so as not to rouse the parentals from their peaceful slumber. Looking at it now, it’s still not a particularly outstanding movie nor is it hysterically funny. It\u2019s absolutely dated with the punk\/New Wave fashions and attitudes towards women and sex. The acting isn\u2019t especially good or bad. The lead guys are likable enough; the girls are sufficiently attractive. None of them would go on to become big stars. The only who did is the late Phil Hartman (SNL cast member 1986-94) who plays the comedy club emcee.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Weekend Pass<\/strong> is an entertaining movie that never pretends to be anything other than a harmless and dumb T&A comedy aimed at horny teens and dirty old men. If taken on its own terms, it’s actually not too bad. It has a few laughs, some hot babes and a short running time. What else could you possibly want? If you say plot, you\u2019re watching the wrong movie.\"\"<\/p>\n

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