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Porky's Pimpin' Pee Wee
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Wikipedia article
'Porky's Pimpin' Pee Wee' is a 2009 American sex comedy film. It was produced as an ashcan copy in order to retain the legal rights to produce a remake of the film 'Porky's' (1981).[http://www.filmbuffonline.com/FBOLNewsreel/wordpress/2011/04/01/porkys-remake-hits-legal-snafu/ "Porkys remake hits legal snafu"] accessed February 3, 2013
Premise
Three college student friends have misadventures over the summer.
Cast
* Adam Wylie as Edward "Pee Wee" Morris
* John Patrick Jordan as Tommy
* Russ Hunt as Anthony "Meat" Tuperello
* Whitney Anderson as Shelly
* Sandra McCoy as Vanessa
* Cristin Michele as Tina Toppers
* Vic Polizos as "Porky" Wallace
* Barry Livingston as Uncle Howard
* Colleen Camp as Helen Morris
Production
In 1994, a company called Lontano Investments purchased all rights to 'Porky's'. In 2001, Lontano signed a contract with Mola Entertainment, giving the latter the exclusive right to produce a Porky's film in exchange for 1.5% of the budget of the picture, less option fees. The agreement also gave Mola the right to produce another sequel if it satisfied the conditions of its deal, including completing the first picture within five years and paying the purchase fee in whole. This agreement was subsequently amended a number of times, extending the time and increasing the purchase fee from 1.5% of the budget to 2.5%. Mola originally wanted to make a film with a budget of around $10 million but were unable to raise the finance. They decided to make a film in 2009 for under $1 million before its rights expired. It was originally entitled 'Porky's: The College Years' and was later renamed 'Porky's Pimpin' Pee Wee'.[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/will-a-legal-fight-ensnare-171863 Eriq Gardner, "Will a Legal Fight Ensnare Howard Stern's Planned 'Porky's' Remake?", 'Hollywood Reporter', March 28, 2011] accessed February 4, 2013
"As time was running out they thought lets whip up this cheap one and bury it," said Brian Trenchard-Smith, who was hired to direct four weeks before shooting began.[http://blog.moviefone.com/2011/03/21/brian-trenchard-smith-interview/ "Interview with Brian Trenchard Smith", Movie Fone, March 21, 2011] accessed February 8, 2013
Shooting took place over 15 days on location in Canyon Country, California, and at a studio in Simi Valley, California, starting in October 2008. The director says the film was "designed as an homage to the 80s sex-comedies where there are raging hormones that cause characters to defy logic and moral scruples in the search for the Holy Grail, which is to get laid. A desperate attempt to get laid."[http://www.killerfilm.com/interviews/read/whats-going-on-with-porkys-the-college-years-37177 Jason Bene, "Whats going on with Porkys: The College Years?", 'Killer Films', Aug 16, 2010] accessed February 6, 2010 He says his aim was to do an update that did not lose the essence of the original.
Release
The movie was briefly released via video on demand but was not released on DVD. Mola then claimed they had fulfilled their obligations under their contract with Lontano and retained rights to make another sequel. However, Lontano subsequently claimed that the film required a budget of $10 million to satisfy the arrangement. A lawsuit ensued, affecting plans by Howard Stern to make his own remake as Mola maintained it held rights on 'Porky's' until April 1, 2014.
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