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Bachelor Party (1984)

post #1 of 62
7/15/09 at 5:04am
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Have loved this film ever since I first saw it cut to ribbons on USA. Tom Hanks seems like he's ad libbing everything he says (which isn't a bad thing, just about everything he says is gold), and all of the main cast have a great chemistry.

The character of Rudy is obviously channeling Bluto Blutarsky, plus the opening theme sounds a lot like the opening theme to Animal House, but these just add to the hilarity, and I'm sure it was meant in good humor.

Highlights.

-The edited porno film they watch. "Olivier's in that one right?"

-The Indian pimp "Hey bro, what it be?"

- The Chippendale's stunt (complete with Dancehall Days playing)

- Anything that Tom Hanks or Barry Diamond say or do.

-The entire opening sequence.

- Max The Magical Sexual Mule and Miss Desieree.

I remember reading a rumor once that Tom Hanks is ashamed of this flick now. Don't understand why.

This movie should be re-released in theaters so people can remember that Tom Hanks was one hilarious guy before he became a serious actor. This one, The Money Pit, and The 'Burbs solidified that.
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post #2 of 62
7/15/09 at 5:06am
Can't believe you didn't mention Dudikoff!

Also have a soft spot for this one. There's really no defending it as a legitimately good movie, but it always makes me laugh.

You know you're in for a treat when even Adrian Zmed manages to come off as likable.

"I usually don't like my filth this clean."

"...Or Milt will cut your balls off."

"This being Milt."

You have fond memories of The Money Pit?
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post #3 of 62
7/15/09 at 5:08am
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Dudikoff ruled, and at that point was the boy toy of Tawny Kitaen! I'm sure if she had tried to kick his ass, he would have busted out the American Ninja moves.

Loved the scream that Gary does when he finds out about the hooker really being a guy. "Oh by the way, my name is Tim. I also do engine work on BMWs."
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post #4 of 62
7/15/09 at 12:18pm
I haven't seen this in a long, long time, but I remember it being a pretty damn funny movie. The scene that always killed me was of the friend in the bathroom trying to frantically slash his wrists with an electric razor.

Interesting casting note: the douchebag with the Porsche also plays Kent, another douchebag, in 'Real Genius'.
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post #5 of 62
7/15/09 at 12:21pm
This movie introduced my young mind to the idea of a donkey show. I will forever be grateful.

Kidding...maybe.
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post #6 of 62
7/15/09 at 12:22pm
It did have the best animal name in film history...

"Francis, The Magical Sexual Mule"!
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post #7 of 62
7/15/09 at 12:25pm
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It did have the best animal name in film history...

"Francis, The Magical Sexual Mule"!
Don't they send the dead body of the mule down the hotel elevator?
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post #8 of 62
7/15/09 at 2:44pm
This movie is really all about two things: Monique Gabrielle.
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post #9 of 62
7/15/09 at 2:49pm
I will drive you insane by reciting this movie word for word. My #1 favorite movie of all time.

"Just where do you think you are?"
"Detroit?"
"Library of Congress?"
"...Beyond the sun?????"
"Any of those right?"
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post #10 of 62
7/15/09 at 3:01pm
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Interesting casting note: the douchebag with the Porsche also plays Kent, another douchebag, in 'Real Genius'.
80's douchebags tended to be recycled. See this guy, Mr. Lawrence from Karate Kid, and the entirety of William Atherton's career.
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post #11 of 62
7/15/09 at 3:31pm
"Nick...

...the DICK."


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You have fond memories of The Money Pit?
I do too.

Alexander Godunov man... And Philip Bosco with his promise of "two weeks."

But it also has that awesome moment when the bathtub falls through the floor And then Hanks just looks down and starts laughing. That is one of the great comic moments of the eighties in my opinion.

There are better movies, but The Money Pit is pretty funny. I like it a little more than Moving.
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post #12 of 62
7/15/09 at 3:55pm
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This movie is really all about two things: Monique Gabrielle.
Definitely. Last night while I was watching it with my friend, he said she looked like Shannon Elizabeth. I said that she's better than Shannon Elizabeth.

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"Nick...

...the DICK."




I do too.

Alexander Godunov man... And Philip Bosco with his promise of "two weeks."

But it also has that awesome moment when the bathtub falls through the floor And then Hanks just looks down and starts laughing. That is one of the great comic moments of the eighties in my opinion.

There are better movies, but The Money Pit is pretty funny. I like it a little more than Moving.
I love the part where the whole stairway starts to collapse and Hanks has to jump to the second floor. That and the fact that both Joe Mantenga and his brother in the movie have the Sammy Davis Jr. song "I gotta be me" playing in both their cars.
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post #13 of 62
7/15/09 at 7:23pm
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This movie is really all about two things: Monique Gabrielle.
Three actually, if you want to count her bush.
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post #14 of 62
7/15/09 at 7:24pm
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"Nick...

...the DICK."
The best part about Nick the Dick is when he takes his johnson out to show it to the guys, they put a little "thump" in after he whips it out.

Any movie with that sort of eye for detail HAS to be good...nay, GREAT.
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post #15 of 62
7/16/09 at 6:54am
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But it also has that awesome moment when the bathtub falls through the floor And then Hanks just looks down and starts laughing. That is one of the great comic moments of the eighties in my opinion.
I wholeheartedly agree. There are few things better than a Hanks laughing jag.
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post #16 of 62
6/17/10 at 3:49pm
Re-watched this one a few times after seeing The Hangover....


...and IMO it's the better film from the "bachelor parties gone WAY outta hand" genre.
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post #17 of 62
3/14/12 at 12:49am
"If I was that kid, I would breastfeed until I was 17 or 18".

This thread must not die!
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post #18 of 62
3/14/12 at 1:14am

The Party Animal, Bachelor Party and Porky's are, for me, the holy trifeca of titty comedies. It really bothered me back in 99 when that fucking shit American Pie was hailed as some sort of sex comedy classic. BULLSHIT!!! Those movies and every subsequent so-called "sex comedy" of the last decade or so has completely failed to deliver the raw degenerate smut and outright hilarity of my beloved trilogy.

 

 


Edited by VideoDead - 3/14/12 at 5:02am
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post #19 of 62
3/14/12 at 1:55am
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"Hey if she's walkin' then I don't know my business!"

 

"She reminds me of my wife! She was so young when we got married....BITCH!"

 

 

 

I've go the dvd sitting there waiting to be revisited. Think it's about time.

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post #20 of 62
3/14/12 at 2:07am

Fun fact:  Robert Prescott, who played Tom Hank's love rival, Cole Wittier, was one of the assassins in MICHAEL CLAYTON.

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post #21 of 62
3/14/12 at 2:39am

I woke up people two apartments over with my laughter the first time I watched this. Remembering the sound the dude's penis did when he showed them still makes me laugh. "Zip." "THUMP!"

 

"Where is the grooooom?"

"In the bedrooooom."

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post #22 of 62
3/14/12 at 6:36am
"Not her, she pees standing up"!

A potential future CHUD watch-a-long? It would be a riot.
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post #23 of 62
3/14/12 at 6:39am

Fuck yes! Drunk watch-along!

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post #24 of 62
3/14/12 at 6:53am
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The Party Animal, Bachelor Party and Porky's

 

 



All the recent furor over Project X is kind of amusing when you consider the existence of these films.

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post #25 of 62
3/14/12 at 6:54am
This could be a great group watching experience. Count me in.
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post #26 of 62
3/14/12 at 7:02am
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This could be a great group watching experience. Count me in.


It would need voice communication for maximum effect, though. Finally a use for Google +.

 

 

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post #27 of 62
3/14/12 at 8:54am

Bachelor Party

 

Great Tom Hanks movie or the GREATEST Tom Hanks movie?

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post #28 of 62
3/14/12 at 9:03am

A seminal film of my adolescence. Watching it now is like hanging out with old friends. So many great gags.

 

- Rudy loosens one lugnut beneath a car and the entire chassis falls down all around him.

- Tom Hanks swatting all the tennis balls out of the court during a game with his soon-to-be in-laws.

- "Bond...James Bond."

- Brad.

- Post-party, the hotel manager is surveying the damage, and one of the piano legs breaks, causing it to tip over.

- The fistfight during a 3D movie. "I've seen better." *punch to the face* "WHOA!!!"

 

Count me in for a watch-a-long.

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post #29 of 62
3/14/12 at 9:28am
I remember the dressing room gag at the beginning with the small doors.
I remember the proctologist wife wanting to hug Tom with her used gloves on, and him wrestling with her to keep her hands away.
I remember the mule snorting lines of coke.

Some funny stuff.
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post #30 of 62
3/14/12 at 10:06am
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Bachelor Party

 

Great Tom Hanks movie or the GREATEST Tom Hanks movie?


The greatest, of course. This question needn't be asked.

 

 

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post #31 of 62
3/14/12 at 11:07am

As a kid, i used to laugh like an idiot with the image of Hanks chasing his girlfriend with that manual blender....hell, i still do.

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post #32 of 62
3/14/12 at 1:06pm

"Look at the cans on that bimbo."  

 

Zmed's finest hour.  

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post #33 of 62
3/14/12 at 1:59pm

"Rick, I want to cut through all the b.s. here for a minute..."

"I'd like that, sir." 

"....I think you're an asshole." 

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post #34 of 62
3/14/12 at 2:08pm

"You're late again, Rick."

"I know, but I have a good excuse this time."

"There's no excuse for tardiness."

"I know. I should've never stopped and saved that drowning infant. I'm weak..."

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post #35 of 62
3/14/12 at 2:13pm
"Boy George has a yeast infection"?
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post #36 of 62
3/14/12 at 2:17pm
We'll have the entire script in here before long.
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post #37 of 62
3/14/12 at 2:23pm
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Bachelor Party

 

Great Tom Hanks movie or the GREATEST Tom Hanks movie?

 

The only one that I constantly feel the need to revisit, so, yes.

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post #38 of 62
3/14/12 at 2:30pm
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The only one that I constantly feel the need to revisit, so, yes.

Here's where I admit to loving BIG and JOE VS THE VOLCANO. APOLLO 13 is up there, too.
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post #39 of 62
3/14/12 at 2:41pm

I consider the movie all failure, since it failed to answer the central question it posed - "why do good girls like bad boys?" 

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post #40 of 62
3/14/12 at 2:42pm
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Here's where I admit to loving BIG and JOE VS THE VOLCANO. APOLLO 13 is up there, too.


 

 

I have an indefensible appreciation for Dragnet - sure, the movie sucks, but Hanks is gold and "the virgin Connie Swale" is one of my all-time favorite gags. 

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post #41 of 62
3/14/12 at 2:44pm

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Here's where I admit to loving BIG and JOE VS THE VOLCANO. APOLLO 13 is up there, too.


When I die, my tombstone will contain a video screen that plays JOE VS THE VOLCANO whenever someone is in my grave's proximity.

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post #42 of 62
3/14/12 at 2:53pm
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"Is that the foot long?"  "And then some."

 

"You're a pimp? You look like Gandhi."

 

 

Yeah, I'd be down for a watchalong.

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post #43 of 62
3/14/12 at 2:57pm

I thank Ceiling Cat Almighty that Monique Gabrielle got into porn.

 

 

SHIT!...SHIT!!...SHIT!!!...SHIT!!!!

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post #44 of 62
3/14/12 at 3:08pm
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Monique Gabrielle will always be one of the hottest women I've ever seen on film. She outdoes so many even now. Really sad she didn't have a bigger B-movie career.

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post #45 of 62
3/14/12 at 3:09pm

"Go check out your car; it's BEAUTIFUL!"

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post #46 of 62
3/14/12 at 3:52pm
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"Go check out your car; it's BEAUTIFUL!"

 

SHIT!...SHIT!!...SHIT!!!...SHIT!!!!

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post #47 of 62
3/14/12 at 4:03pm
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"By the way my name is Tim. I also do engine work on BMW's. Byyyyyeeeee."

 

 

"AAAAARRRRRRAAAAAAHHHHGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!"

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post #48 of 62
3/14/12 at 4:20pm
"Hey, lets have a bachelor party! With chicks, guns, firetrucks, hookers and booze"!

"All the things that make life worth living".
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post #49 of 62
3/14/12 at 4:50pm

"I told you never to call me again! You're fulla shit! Eat my -- oh, hi, Mom."

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post #50 of 62
3/14/12 at 4:58pm
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"Married?" "Separated." "Then there is a God."

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