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The Pom Pom Girls
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Wikipedia article
'The Pom Pom Girls' (also known as 'Palisades High') is a 1976 American film directed by Joseph Ruben. The screenplay was written by Ruben and based on a story by him and Robert J. Rosenthal. The movie was shot on location at Chaminade High School in Los Angeles. The Pom Pom Girls is a teensploitation film, female relationships and cheerleaders in locations that are "any town" American. Disobedient teens in a date movie with romance and sex, plenty of outdoor activities, stunts that are coordinated for actors and actresses, and indoor activities for a new audience.
Plot
A football player falls for a girl who is dating another guy, while another cannot figure out which girl he likes.
The big game against rival Hardin High School is looming while a full scale prank war is underway.
Production
The modest profits of the prior exploitation/teensploitation film 'The Cheerleaders' (1975) inspired 'The Pom Pom Girls' writers with cheerleader themes and scenes. 'Easy Rider' had an influence on the film, the huge success of that film had film makers like the scriptwriters Robert Rosenthal and Joseph Ruben, who is the director, include the theme of the value of freedom. Many shots and automobiles were included, drive-in restaurant, "suicide chicken" race, many scenes of nostalgia that was incorporated from the present day. Even a tagline was borrowed form the 50s picture', the exploitation flick 'The Rebel without a Cause' (1955). The tagline "How can anyone ever forget the girls who really turned us on?", is a promotional line and used in the films cover art, and is to express nostalgia.
Cast
* Robert Carradine as Johnnie
* Jennifer Ashley as Laurie
* Michael Mullins as Jesse
* Lisa Reeves as Sally
* Bill Adler as Duane
* James Gammon as Coach
* Sondra Lowell as Miss Pritchett
* Susan Player as Su Ann
* Cheryl Smith as Roxanne
Reception
The film earned $4.3 million in rentals during its initial release.Richard Nowell, 'Blood Money: A History of the First Teen Slasher Film Cycle' Continuum, 2011 p 256
DVD
This film has been issued on Too Cool For School: 12 Movie Collection from Mill Creek Entertainment September 29, 2009 and on The Starlite Drive-In Theater: (The Pom Pom Girls / The Van ) from BCI / Eclipse September 26, 2006
References
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