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Their successful renovation irks Stan Gable, the lead Alpha Beta and star quarterback, and he sets his fellow fraternity members against the nerds in pulling several pranks. The nerds approach the [[campus police]] for help, but they are bound by the Greek council that adjudicates such pranks, and the only way to appeal to them is to be part of a national fraternity. The nerds attempt to gain national membership, eventually succeeding with the [[List of African American Greek and fraternal organizations|black fraternity]] Lambda Lambda Lambda (Tri-Lambs), though unaware of the race membership at the time. The head of the Tri-Lambs U.N. Jefferson is unwilling to grant membership to a primarily white chapter, but the nerds point out they are required to give them a sixty-day probationary membership. The nerds invite Jefferson to a party with the Omega Mu's, a sorority with similar geeky women, which is livened up when Booger supplies them with high quality [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]]. The Alpha Betas, along with Pi Delta Pi, the sorority which Stan's girlfriend and lead cheerleader Betty Childs belongs to, taunt the partygoers, allowing Jefferson to see the discrimination the nerds face. The nerds later get revenge on both the Alpha Betas and Pi Delta Pis, and Jefferson is impressed by their efforts, officially naming them a Tri-Lamb chapter. |
Their successful renovation irks Stan Gable, the lead Alpha Beta and star quarterback, and he sets his fellow fraternity members against the nerds in pulling several pranks. The nerds approach the [[campus police]] for help, but they are bound by the Greek council that adjudicates such pranks, and the only way to appeal to them is to be part of a national fraternity. The nerds attempt to gain national membership, eventually succeeding with the [[List of African American Greek and fraternal organizations|black fraternity]] Lambda Lambda Lambda (Tri-Lambs), though unaware of the race membership at the time. The head of the Tri-Lambs U.N. Jefferson is unwilling to grant membership to a primarily white chapter, but the nerds point out they are required to give them a sixty-day probationary membership. The nerds invite Jefferson to a party with the Omega Mu's, a sorority with similar geeky women, which is livened up when Booger supplies them with high quality [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]]. The Alpha Betas, along with Pi Delta Pi, the sorority which Stan's girlfriend and lead cheerleader Betty Childs belongs to, taunt the partygoers, allowing Jefferson to see the discrimination the nerds face. The nerds later get revenge on both the Alpha Betas and Pi Delta Pis, and Jefferson is impressed by their efforts, officially naming them a Tri-Lamb chapter. |
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Despite their fraternity membership, Lewis and Gilbert find their pleas to the Greek council blocked by Stan, who sits as the chairman of the council. The nerds realize they can only stop the pranks by gaining the chairmanship position by winning the upcoming [[Intramural sports|Greek Games]] during [[homecoming]]. Using their intelligence and ingenuity, the nerds, working with the Omega Mu's, stay in second place to the Alpha Betas and Pi Delta Pis through the sporting events. During the costume/charity sale events, the nerds use nude photos of Betty (taken from earlier pranks) to outsell the Alpha Betas. During this, Lewis who has fallen in love with Betty, steals Stan's costume and sexually assaults her by tricking her into having sex with him<ref>Heller-Nicholas, A. (2011). The Rape Revenge Film Across Genres. In Rape Revenge Films: A Critical Study (p. 61). McFarland.</ref><ref>Steinberg, S., & Kincheloe, J. (1998). Privileged and getting away with it: The cultural studies of white, middle-class youth. Studies in the LIterary Imagination, 31(1), 103-103.</ref>. Betty is surprised when Lewis reveals his identity, but admits Lewis is more caring than Stan in love-making. |
Despite their fraternity membership, Lewis and Gilbert find their pleas to the Greek council blocked by Stan, who sits as the chairman of the council. The nerds realize they can only stop the pranks by gaining the chairmanship position by winning the upcoming [[Intramural sports|Greek Games]] during [[homecoming]]. Using their intelligence and ingenuity, the nerds, working with the Omega Mu's, stay in second place to the Alpha Betas and Pi Delta Pis through the sporting events. During the costume/charity sale events, the nerds use nude photos of Betty (taken from earlier pranks) to outsell the Alpha Betas. During this, Lewis who has fallen in love with Betty, steals Stan's costume and sexually assaults her by tricking her into having sex with him<ref>Heller-Nicholas, A. (2011). The Rape Revenge Film Across Genres. In Rape Revenge Films: A Critical Study (p. 61). McFarland.</ref><ref>Steinberg, S., & Kincheloe, J. (1998). Privileged and getting away with it: The cultural studies of white, middle-class youth. Studies in the LIterary Imagination, 31(1), 103-103.</ref><ref>Colb, S. (2013, May 1). Rape by Deception, Rape by Impersonation, and a New California Bill. Retrieved from https://verdict.justia.com/2013/05/01/rape-by-deception-rape-by-impersonation-and-a-new-california-bill</ref>. Betty is surprised when Lewis reveals his identity, but admits Lewis is more caring than Stan in love-making. |
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With the Alpha Betas and nerds in close running, the final event is a musical competition. The nerds readily outdo the Alpha Betas with a [[Computer music|computer-driven musical production]] and win the competition, and Lewis quickly nominates Gilbert as the new chairman of the council. Enraged, Coach Harris demands the Alpha Betas get revenge, and Stan, having learned that Betty has fallen for Lewis, orders the Alpha Betas to trash the nerds' house. When the nerds return home and find the house destroyed, Gilbert barges into the [[pep rally]] for the football team and tries to demand that he be given the chance to speak. Stan, Coach Harris, and the other Alpha Betas try to stop him, but Dean Ulich, U.N. Jefferson, and other members of the national Tri-Lambs make sure that Gilbert is given his opportunity. Gilbert orates on the discrimination the nerds have gotten, swinging many of the crowd in his favor. Dean Ulich orders the Alpha Betas to repair the nerds' house while allowing the nerds to stay in the Alpha Beta's house until the repairs are done while they can live in the gym. The film ends with the nerds celebrating their victory, accompanied by song "[[We Are the Champions]]". |
With the Alpha Betas and nerds in close running, the final event is a musical competition. The nerds readily outdo the Alpha Betas with a [[Computer music|computer-driven musical production]] and win the competition, and Lewis quickly nominates Gilbert as the new chairman of the council. Enraged, Coach Harris demands the Alpha Betas get revenge, and Stan, having learned that Betty has fallen for Lewis, orders the Alpha Betas to trash the nerds' house. When the nerds return home and find the house destroyed, Gilbert barges into the [[pep rally]] for the football team and tries to demand that he be given the chance to speak. Stan, Coach Harris, and the other Alpha Betas try to stop him, but Dean Ulich, U.N. Jefferson, and other members of the national Tri-Lambs make sure that Gilbert is given his opportunity. Gilbert orates on the discrimination the nerds have gotten, swinging many of the crowd in his favor. Dean Ulich orders the Alpha Betas to repair the nerds' house while allowing the nerds to stay in the Alpha Beta's house until the repairs are done while they can live in the gym. The film ends with the nerds celebrating their victory, accompanied by song "[[We Are the Champions]]". |
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- For the 1983 TV special "Revenge of the Nerd", refer to "CBS Schoolbreak Special"
Revenge of the Nerds | |
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Directed by | Jeff Kanew |
Screenplay by | Jeff Buhai Miguel Tejada-Flores Steve Zacharias |
Story by | Tim Metcalfe |
Produced by | Ted Field (producer) Peter Samuelson (producer) Peter Macgregor-Scott (co-producer) |
Starring | |
Cinematography | King Baggot |
Edited by | Alan Balsam |
Music by | Thomas Newman |
Production company | |
Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $6 million[1] |
Box office | $60.4 million (Including rentals)[2] |
Revenge of the Nerds is a 1984 American comedy film about social life on a college campus. The film stars Robert Carradine and Anthony Edwards, with Curtis Armstrong, Ted McGinley, Julia Montgomery, Brian Tochi, Larry B. Scott, Michelle Meyrink, John Goodman, and Donald Gibb. The film was directed by Jeff Kanew.
The film's storyline chronicles a group of nerds trying to stop harassment by the persecuting jock fraternity, the Alpha Betas. Revenge of the Nerds is #91 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies".[3]
Plot
Best friends and nerds Lewis Skolnick and Gilbert Lowe enroll in Adams College to study computer science. They are kicked out of the freshmen dorms by the Alpha Betas, a fraternity composed of many of the football team members under the encouragement of Coach Harris after they carelessly burnt down their frat house. Dean Ulich sets up the freshmen in temporary quarters in the school's gym, but allows them to rush the fraternities to alleviate the housing situation. Lewis, Gilbert, and other nerds fails to gain fraternity membership, but are able to buy and renovate a home on campus they call their home.
Their successful renovation irks Stan Gable, the lead Alpha Beta and star quarterback, and he sets his fellow fraternity members against the nerds in pulling several pranks. The nerds approach the campus police for help, but they are bound by the Greek council that adjudicates such pranks, and the only way to appeal to them is to be part of a national fraternity. The nerds attempt to gain national membership, eventually succeeding with the black fraternity Lambda Lambda Lambda (Tri-Lambs), though unaware of the race membership at the time. The head of the Tri-Lambs U.N. Jefferson is unwilling to grant membership to a primarily white chapter, but the nerds point out they are required to give them a sixty-day probationary membership. The nerds invite Jefferson to a party with the Omega Mu's, a sorority with similar geeky women, which is livened up when Booger supplies them with high quality marijuana. The Alpha Betas, along with Pi Delta Pi, the sorority which Stan's girlfriend and lead cheerleader Betty Childs belongs to, taunt the partygoers, allowing Jefferson to see the discrimination the nerds face. The nerds later get revenge on both the Alpha Betas and Pi Delta Pis, and Jefferson is impressed by their efforts, officially naming them a Tri-Lamb chapter.
Despite their fraternity membership, Lewis and Gilbert find their pleas to the Greek council blocked by Stan, who sits as the chairman of the council. The nerds realize they can only stop the pranks by gaining the chairmanship position by winning the upcoming Greek Games during homecoming. Using their intelligence and ingenuity, the nerds, working with the Omega Mu's, stay in second place to the Alpha Betas and Pi Delta Pis through the sporting events. During the costume/charity sale events, the nerds use nude photos of Betty (taken from earlier pranks) to outsell the Alpha Betas. During this, Lewis who has fallen in love with Betty, steals Stan's costume and sexually assaults her by tricking her into having sex with him[4][5][6]. Betty is surprised when Lewis reveals his identity, but admits Lewis is more caring than Stan in love-making.
With the Alpha Betas and nerds in close running, the final event is a musical competition. The nerds readily outdo the Alpha Betas with a computer-driven musical production and win the competition, and Lewis quickly nominates Gilbert as the new chairman of the council. Enraged, Coach Harris demands the Alpha Betas get revenge, and Stan, having learned that Betty has fallen for Lewis, orders the Alpha Betas to trash the nerds' house. When the nerds return home and find the house destroyed, Gilbert barges into the pep rally for the football team and tries to demand that he be given the chance to speak. Stan, Coach Harris, and the other Alpha Betas try to stop him, but Dean Ulich, U.N. Jefferson, and other members of the national Tri-Lambs make sure that Gilbert is given his opportunity. Gilbert orates on the discrimination the nerds have gotten, swinging many of the crowd in his favor. Dean Ulich orders the Alpha Betas to repair the nerds' house while allowing the nerds to stay in the Alpha Beta's house until the repairs are done while they can live in the gym. The film ends with the nerds celebrating their victory, accompanied by song "We Are the Champions".
Cast
- Nerds
- Robert Carradine as Lewis Skolnick
- Anthony Edwards as Gilbert Lowe
- Timothy Busfield as Arnold Poindexter
- Andrew Cassese as Harold Wormser
- Curtis Armstrong as Dudley "Booger" Dawson
- Brian Tochi as Takashi Toshiro
- Larry B. Scott as Lamar Latrelle
- Michelle Meyrink as Judy
- Jocks and their girls
- Ted McGinley as Stan Gable
- Donald Gibb as Frederick W. "The Ogre" Palowaski
- Matt Salinger as Danny Burke
- Julia Montgomery as Betty Childs (credited as "Julie Montgomery")
- Lisa Welch as Suzy
- Adults
- John Goodman as Coach Harris
- David Wohl as Dean Ulich
- Bernie Casey as U.N. Jefferson
- James Cromwell as Mr. Skolnick (credited as "Jamie Cromwell")
- Alice Hirson as Florence 'Flo' Lowe
Production
Exterior scenes such as the arrival of the nerds at college and the fraternity houses were filmed at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona. The original Nerds residence, from which they were ousted, was in fact Cochise Hall.[7] Their subsequent residence was Bear Down Gymnasium.[citation needed] The original Alpha Beta fraternity house that gets burned down was shot (at the time of filming) at the Alpha Gamma Rho house, the Beta Theta Pi house on University Boulevard and the Pi house was the Phi Delta Theta fraternity house.[citation needed]
Soundtrack
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [8] |
No. | Title | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Manhattan" | Andrea & Hot Mink | 3:45 |
2. | "Don't Talk" | Ya Ya | 4:02 |
3. | "One Foot in Front of the Other" | Bone Symphony | 3:10 |
4. | "Breakdown" | The Rubinoos | 3:34 |
5. | "Revenge of the Nerds" | The Rubinoos | 3:19 |
6. | "They're So Incredible" | Revenge | 3:54 |
7. | "Are You Ready?" | Ya Ya | 4:02 |
8. | "Are You Ready for the Sex Girls" | Gleaming Spires | 4:10 |
9. | "Right Time for Love" | Pat Robinson and Jill Michaels | 4:00 |
10. | "All Night Party" | Gleaming Spires | 2:31 |
Ollie E. Brown, of Ollie & Jerry fame, wrote and performed as Revenge the song "They're So Incredible" for the film. "They're So Incredible" is performed with different lyrics by the nerds in the film at the final event of the Greek Games.
Reception
The film holds a 71% "Fresh" rating at the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 31 critics' reviews[9] and a 41 out of 100 ration on Metacritic based on 5 critics' reviews and signifying "mixed or average reviews".[10]
Sequels
Three less successful sequels followed; two of which were television films.
- Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise (1987)
- Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation (1992)
- Revenge of the Nerds IV: Nerds in Love (1994)
Influence
- Due to the influence of how the nerds started their own fraternity in the movie, several real life chapters of Lambda Lambda Lambda have sprung up in different locations around the United States. The real life fraternity currently has six chapters in Connecticut, Maryland, New York, and Washington.[11]
- The song played over the first of the homecoming events (a Japanese rendition of "A Bicycle Made for Two") is parodied in the American Dad! episode "Home Adrone" from the sixth season.[citation needed] The series also features a regular character named "Snot" voiced by Curtis Armstrong.
- The song "They're Incredible" by Revenge - the song that wins Tri-Lambda the homecoming presidency - is used in the 16th episode (Peter's Progress) of Family Guy's 7th season.[12]
Television series
The pilot episode of the 1991 attempted series of the same name was mostly a condensed version of the film's events. The only character created for the series was the nerds' resident advisor, P.T. Turner (Richard Gant). The pilot aired on FOX in 1991 to fairly negative reviews. This pilot is available on the "Panty Raid" DVD release.
In 2012, a game show based on the series was announced, called King of the Nerds. The show is hosted by Robert Carradine (Lewis) and Curtis Armstrong (Booger). The series premiered in January 2013 and ran for 8 episodes. In the show, 11 players are placed on two teams and compete in a team challenge called the Nerd War. The losing team must send two members (One selected by the losing team, the other by the winning team) into an elimination challenge called the Nerd Off where the loser is sent home. Players are consecutively eliminated in this matter until the number of total players reaches five, and the teams merge. The winner of the first individual Nerd War chooses one Nerd Off-ee, while the losers choose the other. The next episode is the four-person finale, with two Nerd wars where the losing player is eliminated, leading to the final Nerd Off to decide the winner. The series was renewed for a second season that premiered January 2014, and ended in March. The series runs on TBS.
Home media
The first home video release of the film was the original VHS release. It is interesting to note that the original VHS release contains a longer version of the scene where Lewis finds the house for sale that the Nerds buy and renovate, featuring him seeing the "for sale" sign and subsequently leading the nerds there. This was cut rather abruptly in all subsequent home video releases, as the sign featured an actual phone number on it.
The first DVD release of the film was a "flipper" disc that contained the first and second films, with trailers as the only extras.
On January 3, 2007 Revenge of the Nerds was released as a special edition DVD entitled "Panty Raid Edition" (The special edition name was changed from "The 'We've Got Bush' Edition", with preliminary artwork shown on websites such as The Digital Bits). Special features included: an audio commentary, Making of Documentary, deleted scenes, television pilot, and two theatrical trailers.
A Blu-ray disc was released on May 6, 2014. Special features included: a "making of" featurette (I'm a Nerd, and I'm Pretty Proud of It), deleted scenes, a television pilot, audio commentary by director Jeff Kanew and actors Robert Carradine, Timothy Busfield and Curtis Armstrong, and a theatrical trailer. The Blu-ray has all of the same special features as the previously released "Panty Raid Edition" DVD except for a trailer for the second film.
Planned remake
A remake of the original Revenge of the Nerds was slated for release in 2007, the first project for the newly created Fox Atomic, but was canceled in November 2006 after two weeks of filming.[13] The cast included Adam Brody, Dan Byrd, Katie Cassidy, Kristin Cavallari, Jenna Dewan, Chris Marquette, Ryan Pinkston, Efren Ramirez, and Nick Zano. The film was to be directed by Kyle Newman, executive produced by McG, and written by Gabe Sachs and Jeff Judah, Adam Jay Epstein and Andrew Jacobson, and Adam F. Goldberg.[14]
Filming took place in Atlanta, Georgia at Agnes Scott College, the Georgia State Capitol, and Inman Park.[15] Filming was originally scheduled to take place at Emory College, but university officials changed their minds after reading the script.[16][17] The film was shelved after producers found the movie difficult to shoot on the smaller Agnes Scott campus and studio head Peter Rice was disappointed with the dailies.[13] 20th Century Fox personnel have stated that it's highly unlikely that a remake will be picked up in the future.[17]
References
- ^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History, Scarecrow Press, 1989 p260
- ^ "Field Marshal". Newsweek. Retrieved 2010-12-22.
- ^ "Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies" on Lists of Bests". Listsofbests.com. 2006-06-02. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
- ^ Heller-Nicholas, A. (2011). The Rape Revenge Film Across Genres. In Rape Revenge Films: A Critical Study (p. 61). McFarland.
- ^ Steinberg, S., & Kincheloe, J. (1998). Privileged and getting away with it: The cultural studies of white, middle-class youth. Studies in the LIterary Imagination, 31(1), 103-103.
- ^ Colb, S. (2013, May 1). Rape by Deception, Rape by Impersonation, and a New California Bill. Retrieved from https://verdict.justia.com/2013/05/01/rape-by-deception-rape-by-impersonation-and-a-new-california-bill
- ^ "ResLife: Cochise Hall". Life.arizona.edu. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
- ^ AllMusic
- ^ "Revenge of the Nerds". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
- ^ "Revenge of the Nerds". Metacritic. Retrieved June 22, 2013.
- ^ Melissa Bishop (January 25, 2007). "Friends Start Fraternity From Scratch". The Daily Campus.
- ^ Haque, Ahsan (2009-05-18). "Family Guy: "Peter's Progress" Review". IGN. Retrieved 2009-12-29.
- ^ a b LaPorte, Nicole; Alex Romanelli (2006-11-21). "Atomic blast to 'Nerds'". Variety. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
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(help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ ""Nerds" Get Revenge on Agnes Scott Campus". Collegenews.org. 2006-11-03. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
- ^ Longino, Bob (2006-10-14). "'Nerds' will hang out in Atlanta". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
- ^ Grossberg, Josh (2006-11-22). "No Revenge for New Nerds". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2008-06-08.
- ^ a b "Naughty `Nerds' remake is shut down - Chicago Tribune". Articles.chicagotribune.com. 2006-11-23. Retrieved 2010-11-24.