Movies:
Bachelor Party |
DVD Release
- Release Date: 2001
- Anamorphic widescreen [aspect ratio 1.85:1]
- Languages: English 4.0 Surround, English mono, French mono
- Subtitles: English, Spanish
- Interactive menus
- Behind-the-scenes interviews with cast and crew
- Scene selection
- Original theatrical trailer
- TV spots
- Rating:
- Genre: Comedy
- Movie Type: Sex Comedy
- Themes: Wedding Bells, Party Film
- Director: Neal Israel
- Main Cast: Tom Hanks, Tawny Kitaen, Adrian Zmed, George Grizzard, Barbara Stuart
- Release Year: 1984
- Country: US
- Run Time: 106 minutes
- MPAA Rating: R
Plot
Tom Hanks stars in this raunchy teen comedy from veteran screenwriters Pat Proft and Neil Israel, who had previously collaborated on the amusing sketch film Tunnelvision (1976) and the disappointing Americathon (1980). Bus-driver Rick Gasko (Hanks) is engaged to wealthy Debbie Thompson (Tawny Kitaen), much to the chagrin of her father (George Grizzard), who considers Rick a loser. To keep an eye on her future groom, Debbie and her friends dress as prostitutes to attend his bachelor party, which quickly turns into a bacchanal of smutty debauchery. Familiar faces in the cast include action stars Michael Dudikoff and Ji-Tu Cimbuka, pin-ups Monique Gabrielle and Rosanne Katon, and teen-movie regulars Adrian Zmed and Wendie Jo Sperber. It's an occasionally hilarious excursion into bad taste, although one which two-time Oscar winner Hanks would probably like to forget. ~ Robert Firsching, All Movie GuideReview
Tom Hanks and his flippant party animal cohorts make Bachelor Party seem like a descendent of Animal House in its better moments. A bunch of self-satisfied guys going to great lengths in the pursuit of flesh and jubilant rule-breaking, all while winking to each other and laughing, give them a certain kinship to Otter, Bluto, Boon et al. But without the sublime comic performances and dialogue to keep things moving, Bachelor Party is more often a succession of puerile practical jokes with no bounds to their tastelessness. Even the bride's disapproving father gets gagged and dressed up in dominatrix attire, an outcome the film invites us to cheer. More legitimate levity comes from watching the ongoing tortures of Hanks' rival, the smarmy Robert Prescott, who gets dangled naked from buildings among other such embarrassments. Those expecting this type of lowbrow comic irreverence from beginning to end will probably have no problem with Bachelor Party. However, anyone curious about what Tom Hanks did before Philadelphia will undoubtedly grimace -- including Hanks himself. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie GuideCast
- Tom Hanks - Rick Gasko
- Tawny Kitaen - Debbie Thompson
- Adrian Zmed - Jay O'Neill
- George Grizzard - Mr. Thompson
- Barbara Stuart - Mrs. Thompson
Robert Prescott - Cole Whittier; Angela Aames - Mrs. Klupner; Toni Alessandrini - Desiree; Elizabeth Arlen - Garage Customer; Bradford Bancroft - Brad; Billy Beck - Patient; Ji-Tu Cumbuka - Alley Pimp; Brett Baxter Clark - Nick; Barry Diamond - Rudy; Michael Dudikoff - Ryko; Martina Finch - Phoebe; Monique Gabrielle - Tracey; Anne Gaybis - Hooker; Gary Grossman - Gary; Deborah Harmon - Ilene; Tad Horino - Japanese Businessman; Jim Hudson - Neighbor; Cynthia Kania - Sue; Rosanne Katon - Bridal Shower Hooker; Ken Kimmins - Hotel Manager; Milt [Lewis] Kogan - Restaurant Customer; Coleen Maloney - Jean Store Customer; Rebecca Perle - Screaming Woman; Arlee Reed - Jean Store Customer; Ben Slack - Suitcase Man; Tracy Smith - Bobbi; Wendie Jo Sperber - Dr. Tina Gassko; Sumant - Rajah; William Tepper - Dr. Stan Gassko; Donald Thompson - Schoolboy; Michael Yama - Japanese Businessman; Bruce A. Block; Greg Norberg - Restaurant Customer; Pat Proft - Screaming Man; Sheri Short - Hooker; Gerard Prendergast - Michael; Hugh McPhillips - Father O'Donall; Kim Robinson - Party Crasher; George Sasaki - Japanese Businessman; Florence Schauffler - Sister Mary Francis; Dorothy Bartlett - Candy Counter Lady; Peaches Johnson - Hooker; John Bloom - Milt; Gregory Brown - Schoolboy; Christopher Morley - She/Tim
