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Wikipedia article
'Screwballs' is a 1983 Canadian teen sex comedy film[https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B02E6D7123BF93AA35754C0A965948260 'The New York Times' review] that was inspired by the success of 'Porky's'.[http://www.offscreen.com/index.php/pages/essays/screwballs/ "Screwballs", 'Offscreen', Volume 13 Issue 9] accessed 4 May 2014
Plot
In 1965, five boys at Taft and Adams High School try to see the bare breasts of Purity Bush, the most beautiful girl in school. After being set up, reprimanded and sent to detention by the principal because of Purity, they plot their revenge.
Production
Jim Wynorski designed the poster and said that he was inspired by 'Mad' magazine.Chris Nashawaty, 'Crab Monsters, Teenage Cavemen and Candy Stripe Nurses - Roger Corman: King of the B Movie', Abrams, 2013 p 193 Linda Shayne posed for the blonde figure on the poster.
Reception
Critical
'Variety' magazine called the film "a poor mans 'Porkys'... full of youthful exuberance and proves utterly painless to watch, but it is so close in premise and tone to its model that negative comparisons cant help but be drawn."[https://variety.com/1982/film/reviews/screwballs-1200425439/ 'Screwballs' review] at 'Variety' At Metacritic, the film has a score of 34 out of 100 based on seven reviews.Box office
The film was released in U.S. theaters by New World Pictures in April 1983. It grossed $2,082,215.Sequels
The film led to two sequels, 'Screwballs II' (1985) and 'Screwball Hotel' (1988).References
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